At least three fresh blasts and several gunshot were heard from inside the building in Bangladesh where 6 people were killed and 50 injured in blasts claimed by the Islamic State
3 min read26 Mar 2017The crackdown comes after the government banned live television coverage of Islamist extremist attacks in the wake of last month's deadly assault on a cafe
1 min read5 Aug 2016Police say they are working on specific intelligence and they will be able to arrest the perpetrators of the attack that killed 22 people in a Dhaka bakery
1 min read24 Jul 2016Five militants who were killed by police after they stormed the cafe had rented an apartment in a nearby residential area
2 min read17 Jul 2016The measures come after several suspected Islamist extremists were reported to be fans of the television channel run by Zakir Naik
1 min read11 Jul 2016Under attack from US-backed forces, the caliphate shrank by 12% in the first six months of this year after losing 14% in 2015
2 min read10 Jul 2016The NSG team, it is understood, will be in Dhaka over the weekend to gather leads on the two terror incidents
1 min read7 Jul 2016Zakir Naik is in the news again, and unsurprisingly, for all the wrong reasons
3 min read7 Jul 2016Bangladesh has rejected the Islamic State's claim of responsibility for the Friday attack and blamed it on a domestic militant group
2 min read6 Jul 2016Police believe that Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh played a vital role in organising the band of privileged, educated young men who carried out the attack
3 min read5 Jul 2016The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared