Dhaka Attack
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Dipu Chandra Das lynching: US lawmakers condemn attacks on minorities amid violence in Bangladesh
World | Dec 23, 2025, 12:39 PM ISTA Hindu man named Dipu Chandra Das was killed after being attacked by a mob over accusations of blasphemy in Bangladesh’s Mymensingh. His body was set ablaze by an angry mob. As many as 12 persons have so far been arrested in the case.
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Bangladesh unrest: Security heightened at Indian mission sites in Sylhet after youth leader's death
World | Dec 21, 2025, 06:53 AM ISTThe 32-year-old leader was shot in the head by unidentified gunmen during an election campaign in Dhaka’s Bijoynagar area on December 12. He later died in a Singapore hospital on Thursday while receiving treatment.
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Bangladesh on edge after Hadi's death: Riots spread, Hindus targeted, media offices torched
World | Dec 19, 2025, 11:24 PM ISTThe interim government "strongly and unequivocally" condemned all forms of violence, intimidation, arson and destruction of property. It also warned that such actions threaten to derail the country's democratic process.
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What are the five charges against Sheikh Hasina on which special tribunal is set to deliver verdict?
World | Nov 17, 2025, 10:07 AM ISTSheikh Hasina: Monday’s verdict concerns five counts of alleged crimes against humanity linked to last year’s July Uprising. These include murders, attempted murders, torture and use of lethal force on unarmed student protesters; issuance of orders to deploy lethal weapons.
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IS claims responsibility for Dhaka airport ‘suicide attack’
World | Mar 25, 2017, 03:10 PM ISTThe Islamic State has taken responsibility for a blast in front of a police box at the entrance to Dhaka's Shahjalal International Airport, describing it as a "suicide attack".
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Bangladesh police nab two accomplices of Dhaka attack masterminds
World | Dec 20, 2016, 06:32 PM ISTPulling off a big catch, Bangladesh's elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) today arrested two accomplices of the two masterminds of the terror attack on a cafe that killed 21 persons, mostly foreigners. The two
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Dhaka cafe terror attack suspect released on bail
World | Oct 03, 2016, 02:11 PM ISTA Dhaka court granted bail to Tahmid Hasib Khan, one of the suspects in the deadly terror attack on a Dhaka restaurant in July in which 20 hostages were killed. He was arrested along with
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Dhaka attack mastermind stayed in a Kolkata hotel, reveals arrested IS operative
India | Aug 21, 2016, 11:43 AM ISTIndian national Mohammad Masiuddin alias Abu Musa told the interrogators that the April 23 killing of the professor and the July 1 terror attack at Holy Artisan Bakery were linked to Suleiman.
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Bangladeshi-Canadian identified as mastermind of Dhaka cafe attack
World | Jul 31, 2016, 12:07 AM ISTThe mastermind of the worst terrorist attack in Bangladesh has been identified as a Bangladeshi-Canadian, police said following new information from a raid on a terrorist hideout. The attack, that took place in a cafe
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Professor among three arrested for sheltering Dhaka terror attackers
World | Jul 17, 2016, 12:07 PM ISTDhaka: A university professor, acting as deputy vice chancellor of a private university, is among three people arrested for sheltering terrorists who carried out terror attack at a cafe in Dhaka in which 22 people
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Bangladesh identifies masterminds of IS claimed Dhaka cafe attack; gears up for action
World | Jul 16, 2016, 08:26 PM ISTDhaka: The masterminds of the dreaded terror attack at a cafe in Dhaka that killed 20 foreigners, including an Indian, and a second assault just days later have been identified, Bangladesh said today. Bangladesh today
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Friend or foe? Faraz Hossain, who ‘sacrificed’ his life to protect Tarishi, was a terrorist, suggests Bangla journal
World | Jul 07, 2016, 01:25 PM ISTA video doing rounds on the internet suggests that Faraz could himself have been a terrorist
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I apologise to Tarishi’s parents, India, says politician father of Dhaka attacker
World | Jul 06, 2016, 01:08 PM ISTFather of Rohan Imtiaz, one of the seven perpetrators who carried out the Dhaka massacre, has apologised to Tarishi Jain's parents.
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Was the chef at the Artisan Bakery himself one of the Dhaka attackers?
World | Jul 05, 2016, 10:28 AM ISTDhaka: Even as Bangladesh grapples with last week's massacre that resulted in death of 20 innocent lives with fears of further attacks, the identity of the sixth terrorist who was killed in the clampdown by
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Dhaka attackers followed controversial Indian Islamic preacher Zakir Naik
World | Jul 05, 2016, 09:37 AM ISTDhaka: Two of the five Bangladeshi militants who brutally massacred 20 people at a posh restaurant in Dhaka’s diplomatic zone used to follow three controversial Islamists, including Indian Islamic preacher Zakir Naik. Militant Rohan
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Dhaka attack: 45-year-old woman chooses death over terrorist’s demands
World | Jul 04, 2016, 09:25 PM ISTDhaka: Amidst the trauma and misfortune of the Dhaka terror attack, a story of commendable courage of a woman who chose death over surrendering to the terrorist’s demands has since then gone viral with hundreds of shares and reactions from people acr
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Terror giving bad name to Islam: Irrfan Khan condemns Dhaka attacks, questions silence of Muslims
Bollywood | Jul 04, 2016, 05:40 PM ISTNew Delhi: Bollywod actor Irrfan Khan is quite disturbed with the recent terrorist attack in Bangladesh’s capital city Dhaka. Around 20 innocent people were killed brutally killed by suspected ISIS militants at a cafe in
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Bald man held ‘hostage’ now under scanner for involvement in Dhaka attack, probe on into links with banned militant outfit
World | Jul 04, 2016, 05:24 PM ISTIn some of the photos and videos, a bald man was seen smoking cigarettes on the balcony on the second floor of the restaurant reportedly with two of the terrorists
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Dhaka attack: 20-year-old Muslim braveheart perished trying to protect Tarishi Jain and another friend
World | Jul 04, 2016, 06:18 PM ISTFaraz, apparently, spurned the offer from the militants to leave as he didn’t want to desert his two female friends and fellow passengers.
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Bangladesh PM pays homage to Dhaka cafe attack victims
World | Jul 04, 2016, 12:20 PM ISTDhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday paid her homage to the victims of the Dhaka cafe attack victims during a memorial service at the Army Stadium here. On the second day of the