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US, anti-IS coalition allies regroup after jihadist attacks

With jihadist attacks proliferating around the world, the United States has reassembled its coalition partners for meetings Wednesday and Thursday to review a two-year-old war that has so far failed to eliminate the Islamic State group.

Jul 20, 2016, 12:24 PM IST

Pro-VC of North South University suspended for sheltering Dhaka cafe attackers

The North South University in Dhaka has suspended acting pro-vice chancellor M Gias Uddin Ahsan following his arrest on charges of sheltering militants before the terror attack on a cafe here.

Jul 19, 2016, 00:52 AM IST

California student among dead in France Bastille Day attack - UC Berkeley

A California university student who has been missing since Thursday`s Bastille Day attack in Nice is among those who died after a truck driver deliberately plowed through a crowd, killing at least 84 people, University of California, Berkeley, said on Sunday.

Jul 18, 2016, 09:53 AM IST

Bangladesh identifies masterminds of deadly Dhaka terror attack

Bangladesh said it has identified the masterminds of the deadly Dhaka cafe terror attack.

Jul 16, 2016, 19:25 PM IST

Dhaka attack: Sole Japanese survivor hid in cafe's garden

A Japanese who survived the deadly terror attack on an upscale cafe in Dhaka says he hid in the bushes of the cafe`s lawn.

Jul 14, 2016, 15:06 PM IST

Days after Dhaka cafe attack, Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina appeals to parents to keep close watch on children

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked parents and authorities to remain vigilant about the movement of children to prevent them from getting radicalised.

Jul 12, 2016, 23:23 PM IST

Singapore jails four Bangladeshi men for terrorism financing

A Singapore court jailed four Bangladeshi men for between two and five years for terrorism financing on Tuesday in a case that has put the city-state`s most marginalized migrant-worker community in the spotlight.

Jul 12, 2016, 13:03 PM IST

Bodies of six Bangladesh cafe attackers still lying at hospital morgue – Know why

Bodies of six young terrorists who attacked a popular cafe here and killed 22 people on July 1 are still at the mortuary of a Bangladeshi military hospital as no one came to receive them, police said today.

Jul 10, 2016, 19:49 PM IST

Dhaka investigating Zakir Naik's Islamist links: Bangladesh Minister

Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said the government was examining the possibilities of banning Zakir Naik's 'Peace TV Bangla'.

Jul 09, 2016, 13:39 PM IST

Dhaka cafe attack survivor dies after `torture` by police

A Bangladeshi teenager who police say was a suspect in last week`s deadly attack on a Dhaka cafe has died in custody, with his family insisting he was a hostage and alleging torture by security forces.

Jul 09, 2016, 12:48 PM IST

Rising violence in Bangladesh: What`s behind it?

Although around 90 percent of Bangladesh`s 160 million-strong population is Muslim, mostly Sunni, the nation is officially secular.

Jul 09, 2016, 09:00 AM IST

Bangladesh attacks: No NSG team to Dhaka

Government sources have confirmed that media reports about an NSG team heading to Bangladesh, to assist in the post blast analysis of the attack at the Eid prayer gathering in Kishoreganj on Thursday and the Gulshan cafe attack last week, are false.

Jul 08, 2016, 15:07 PM IST

US issues fresh travel alert for Bangladesh, asserts threat of terrorism is ''real''

Cautioning its citizens to maintain caution in the wake of the attacks including the shooting in a mosque on Eid and the deadly assault in a cafe in Bangladesh, the United States has issued a fresh travel advisory calling on its citizens to be vigilant and consider the risk of travel to Bangladesh.

Jul 08, 2016, 11:23 AM IST

Bangladesh's famous model Naila Nayem's ex-husband featured in latest ISIS video?

The three Bangladeshi youths who appeared in the latest ISIS video threatening of more terror attacks around the world have been identified as a dentist, an aspiring singer and an MBA student, officials said here on Thursday.

Jul 07, 2016, 20:21 PM IST

Dhaka cafe attackers used five pistols, two AK-22 rifles

The Islamist militants who killed 22 people, including an Indian girl, in the brazen assault at a cafe here used five pistols and three AK-22 rifles, police said on Thursday.

Jul 07, 2016, 20:13 PM IST

Totally against terrorism and killing of innocent: Naik

Facing heat over the "hate speech" that reportedly inspired one of the involved in the Dhaka attack, Islamic preacher Zakir Naik on Thursday said his statement "urging all Muslims to become terrorists" has been taken out of context and that he is totally against terrorism and the killing of innocent humans.

Jul 07, 2016, 20:06 PM IST

President Pranab Mukherjee condemns terror attack in Dhaka

President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday strongly condemned the terrorist attack on an Eid congregation in Bangladesh and expressed India's support to the neighbouring country in defeating forces of terror.

Jul 07, 2016, 18:48 PM IST

ISIS warns of more Bangladesh attacks in new video

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Jul 07, 2016, 13:28 PM IST

NIA begins probe into Zakir Naik's speeches which inspired Dhaka attackers

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Jul 07, 2016, 13:20 PM IST

Dhaka terror attack: After Pakistan, international teams could now stop touring Bangladesh

The Bangladeshi side has shown a marked improvement in all forms of cricket. 

 

Jul 07, 2016, 11:15 AM IST