Pakistan condemns execution of Mir Quasem Ali in Bangladesh
Sep 04, 2016, at 10:04 pm
Islamabad, Sept 4 (IBNS): Pakistan on Sunday condoled the execution of Bangladeshi Jamat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali on Saturday.
Bangladesh: Jamaat leader Mir Quasem Ali hanged
Sep 04, 2016, at 05:03 am
Dhaka, Sept 3 (IBNS): In a major development, Jamaat-e-Islami’s key financier and a notorious Al-Badr leader of Chittagong during 1971 Mir Quasem Ali was hanged to death at a prison in Bangladesh on Saturday.
Bangladesh: Militant killed in Dhaka
Sep 03, 2016, at 03:17 pm
Dhaka, Sept 3 (IBNS): Bangladesh police killed a militant during a raid in capital Dhaka on Friday, media reports said.
UN rights experts call on Bangladesh to annul death sentence against opposition member
Aug 25, 2016, at 03:44 am
New York, Aug 24 (Just Earth News): Amid reports that the trial of Mir Quasem Ali, a senior opposition member, and its appeal processes were marred with irregularities and failed to meet international fair trial and due process standards, a group of United Nations human rights experts have urged the Government of Bangladesh to annul the death sentence imposed upon him, and to re-try him in compliance with international standards.
Bangladesh: Faridpur jute mill collapse, 4 killed
Aug 21, 2016, at 10:01 pm
Dhaka, Aug 21 (IBNS): A jute mill collapsed in Faridpur Sadar upazila of Bangladesh on Sunday which left at least four workers killed and several others injured, media reports said.
Elephant that travelled 1600 km from India to Bangladesh, dies
Aug 16, 2016, at 08:46 pm
Dhaka, Aug 16 (IBNS) : A wild elephant that was rescued last week after travelling about 1600 km from India, has died in Bangladesh, media reports said.
Bangladesh: RAB arrests 6 JMB men
Aug 10, 2016, at 09:00 pm
Dhaka, Aug 10 (IBNS): Bangladesh's RAB has arrested six suspected members of militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) on Tuesday, media reports said on Wednesday.
Bangladesh: Govt orders shutting down of Peace schools
Aug 03, 2016, at 04:27 am
Dhaka, Aug 2 (IBNS): The Bangladesh government has directed to shut down unapproved schools by the name of ‘Peace School’ across the Asian nation.
Bangladesh: Four suspected JMB women members arrested
Jul 24, 2016, at 09:58 pm
Dhaka, July 24 (IBNS):The Bangladesh police on Sunday said they have arrested four women who are suspected to be members of militant group Jamaa'tul MujahideenBangladesh (JMB).
Trawler capsizes in Bangladesh, 9 killed
Jul 24, 2016, at 12:00 am
Dhaka, July 23 (IBNS): At least nine people were killed as a trawler capsized on the Arialkhan River at Narsingdi area in Bangladesh on Saturday, media reports said.
Bangladesh: Police must establish fate and whereabouts of disappeared Dhaka attack hostage
Jul 13, 2016, at 03:02 pm
Dhaka, July 13 (IBNS) Bangladeshi authorities must immediately establish the fate and whereabouts of a surviving hostage from the recent Dhaka restaurant attack who has been missing since taken by police for questioning 10 days ago, Amnesty International said today.
Bangladesh bans airing of Peace TV
Jul 10, 2016, at 10:09 pm
Dhaka, July 10 (IBNS): The Bangladesh government on Sunday stopped airing of Peace TV in the country, media reports said.
Three terrorists arrested for blast at Bangladesh Eid prayer gathering
Jul 08, 2016, at 04:54 am
Dhaka, July 7 (IBNS): Three terrorists have been arrested for the attack on Thursday morning near a mass Eid prayer congregation at Kishoreganj in Bangladesh, the second terror strike in the country in less than a week's time.
Two policemen, one terrorist among 4 killed in second jihadi attack in Bangladesh in seven days
Jul 07, 2016, at 10:39 pm
Dhaka, Jul 7 (IBNS) : In the second terror attack in Bangladesh in less than seven days, at least three people, including two policemen, were killed and seven wounded at Kishoreganj, 140 km north of Dhaka on Thursday, the holy day of Eid-al-Fitre.
Four killed in blast at Bangladesh Eid prayers, gun battle continues
Jul 07, 2016, at 05:40 pm
Dhaka, Jul 7 (IBNS) : In the second terror strike in Bangladesh in less than a week's time, at least four people, including a policeman, were killed and seven cops injured on Thursday after a bomb exploded near a mass Eid prayer congregation, reports said.
Dhaka restaurant attack: Bodies of Japanese nationals reach Tokyo
Jul 05, 2016, at 10:30 pm
Tokyo, July 5 (IBNS): Bodies of seven Japanese , who were killed in the terror attack that hit Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Friday, reached Tokyo, media reports said on Tuesday.
Dhaka restaurant attack: 2 suspects detained
Jul 05, 2016, at 03:48 am
Dhaka, July 4 (IBNS): Bangladesh Police chief AKM Shahidul Hoque on Monday said two persons have been arrested for their suspected connection to the militant attack on a cafe in Dhaka.
Pakistan rejects 'ISI' role in Dhaka terror attack
Jul 04, 2016, at 10:48 pm
Islamabad/Dhaka, July 4 (IBNS): Pakistan on Monday rejected Bangladesh government's allegations that the nation's official spy agency Inter-State Intelligence (ISI) was involved in Dhaka's terrorist attack.
Tributes paid to terror attack victims in a moving ceremony in Dhaka
Jul 04, 2016, at 09:09 pm
Dhaka, Jul 4 (IBNS): At a ceremony at the Army Stadium in Banani in Dhaka, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, on Monday, paid tribute to the hostages and policemen who were killed in Friday's terrorist attack.
Bangladesh attack: John Kerry calls Sheikh Hasina, offers FBI assistance
Jul 04, 2016, at 02:54 pm
Dhaka, July 4 (IBNS) US Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday called Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina over the recent attack at a restaurant in capital Dhaka that left several people, including foreigners, killed, officials said.
Sheikh Hasina to pay tribute to Dhaka cafe attack victim tomorrow
Jul 04, 2016, at 03:47 am
Dhaka, July 3 (IBNS): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday will pay tribute to the victims of the militant attack at a cafe in Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Friday.
People pay tribute to the victims of Bangladesh terror attack
Jul 04, 2016, at 03:23 am
Dhaka, July 3 (IBNS): Relatives and friends of the victims of the Dhaka cafe attack and others paid tribute to the people, who were killed in the incident, at the entrance of Road 79 in Gulshan on Sunday.
Pakistan's ISI connected to Bangladesh attack?
Jul 03, 2016, at 10:17 pm
Dhaka, July 3 (IBNS): Days after a deadly militant attack at a cafe in Bangladesh capital Dhaka left 20 hostages killed, a top official of the country claimed that Pakistan's powerful ISI or military spy agency might be involved in the crime.
UN Security Council condemns terrorist attack in Bangladesh
Jul 03, 2016, at 04:51 pm
New York, July 3 (IBNS): The United Nations Security Council has joined an international chorus condemning the terrorist attack on a cafe in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka, for which Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh) has claimed responsibility.
Dhaka restaurant attack: 12 hostages rescued, ops on
Jul 02, 2016, at 02:57 pm
Dhaka, July 2 (IBNS) At least five people have been killed while 12 others were rescued as security forces launched an assault in order to end the 11-hour-long hostage crisis at a restaurant in Bangladesh capital Dhaka.
ISIS claims responsibility for Bangladesh restaurant attack
Jul 02, 2016, at 07:23 am
Dhaka, July 2 (IBNS): Militant group ISIS took responsibility for the attack on a restaurant in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on Friday which has left at least two policemen killed and several others injured as many people, including foreigners, are believed to be trapped inside the building.
Bangladesh: Gunmen storm cafe in Dhaka, 2 top police officers killed
Jul 02, 2016, at 06:46 am
Dhaka, July 2 (IBNS) Two top Bangladesh security officials have been killed as gunmen attacked a restaurant in Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Friday, media reports said.
Dhaka: Gunmen takes 20 foreigners as hostage
Jul 02, 2016, at 05:07 am
Dhaka, July 1 (IBNS) A group of gunmen took 20 foreigners as hostage at a restaurant in Dhaka's Gulashan area in Bangladesh on Friday, media reports said.
Bangladesh project exposes India EXIM bank to high risk: IEEFA Report
Jun 17, 2016, at 09:10 pm
New Delhi, June 17 (IBNS): According to the report released by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) on Friday the Bangladesh-India Maitree project could effectively end up in a financial mess.
Bangladesh: College teacher attacked
Jun 16, 2016, at 05:46 pm
Dhaka, June 16 (IBNS): A college teacher was injured as he was hacked with sharp weapons by unknown attackers in Bangladesh's Madaripur town,media reports said.