Dhaka Hostage

Bangladesh has arrested a suspected terrorist who supplied weapons and explosives for a 2016 siege that killed 22 hostages, a top police official said Sunday.

Bangladeshi police Saturday said they have arrested an Islamist extremist accused of being one of the "masterminds" of last year's deadly siege at a Dhaka cafe where 22 hostages were killed.

The upscale cafe in Bangladesh where Islamist terrorists killed 22 hostages including an Indian girl in the country's worst terror attack last year has reopened in Dhaka after moving to another location with enhanced security, media reports said.

Five people linked to the Islamist extremist group behind July's Dhaka cafe siege that left 22 hostages, most of them foreigners, dead have been arrested, Bangladesh police said Thursday.

A counter-terrorism official says Bangladesh has discovered who funded the July 1 attack in which a group of assailants tortured and killed 20 hostages at a restaurant in Dhaka.

Security was tightened in a Bangladesh southern city on Sunday ahead of the expected execution of a senior Islamist extremist whose group has been linked to the murder of foreign hostages, police said.

Eoin Morgan, England captain, has yet to commit to Bangladesh tour whose future was called into question after an attack on a Dhaka cafe in July saw 20 hostages killed

Bangladeshi authorities named a third prime suspect on Monday in their investigation into the July 1 attack at a Dhaka cafe in which 20 hostages were killed, most of them foreigners.

Bangladesh's elite security force said today it had arrested a top regional head of the home-grown Islamist extremist group blamed for an attack on a Dhaka cafe in which 20 hostages were murdered.

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.

India today denied that a team of National Security Gaurd (NSG) was visiting Bangladesh amidst reports that it was in Dhaka to study the recent terrorist attacks that have shocked that country.

A three-member team of forensic experts has dismissed reports that all 20 hostages, including an Indian, were slaughtered by slitting of their throats during the brazen assault at a cafe in Dhaka by a group of gunmen.

Bangladesh has launched a clampdown on social media sites spreading jihadist propaganda after the attack on a Dhaka cafe in which 20 hostages were murdered, saying the country's young were being radicalised online.

Days after 20 hostages were killed in a cafe in Dhaka, the Maharashtra government has begun an inquiry against controversial preacher Dr Zakir Naik, who has been accused of inspiring, through his speeches, the weekend's deadly attack in Bangladesh in which 20 hostages were hacked to death.

For nearly 12 hours during which they held people hostage, a group of seven young terrorists forced the staff at an upmarket restaurant in Dhaka to cook a series of meals for them - pasta and fish were their preferred choices, said a young chef who cannot be named for security reasons.

Bangladesh has arrested a suspected terrorist who supplied weapons and explosives for a 2016 siege that killed 22 hostages, a top police official said Sunday.

Bangladeshi police Saturday said they have arrested an Islamist extremist accused of being one of the "masterminds" of last year's deadly siege at a Dhaka cafe where 22 hostages were killed.

The upscale cafe in Bangladesh where Islamist terrorists killed 22 hostages including an Indian girl in the country's worst terror attack last year has reopened in Dhaka after moving to another location with enhanced security, media reports said.

Five people linked to the Islamist extremist group behind July's Dhaka cafe siege that left 22 hostages, most of them foreigners, dead have been arrested, Bangladesh police said Thursday.

A counter-terrorism official says Bangladesh has discovered who funded the July 1 attack in which a group of assailants tortured and killed 20 hostages at a restaurant in Dhaka.

Security was tightened in a Bangladesh southern city on Sunday ahead of the expected execution of a senior Islamist extremist whose group has been linked to the murder of foreign hostages, police said.

Eoin Morgan, England captain, has yet to commit to Bangladesh tour whose future was called into question after an attack on a Dhaka cafe in July saw 20 hostages killed

Bangladeshi authorities named a third prime suspect on Monday in their investigation into the July 1 attack at a Dhaka cafe in which 20 hostages were killed, most of them foreigners.

Bangladesh's elite security force said today it had arrested a top regional head of the home-grown Islamist extremist group blamed for an attack on a Dhaka cafe in which 20 hostages were murdered.

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.

India today denied that a team of National Security Gaurd (NSG) was visiting Bangladesh amidst reports that it was in Dhaka to study the recent terrorist attacks that have shocked that country.

A three-member team of forensic experts has dismissed reports that all 20 hostages, including an Indian, were slaughtered by slitting of their throats during the brazen assault at a cafe in Dhaka by a group of gunmen.

Bangladesh has launched a clampdown on social media sites spreading jihadist propaganda after the attack on a Dhaka cafe in which 20 hostages were murdered, saying the country's young were being radicalised online.

Days after 20 hostages were killed in a cafe in Dhaka, the Maharashtra government has begun an inquiry against controversial preacher Dr Zakir Naik, who has been accused of inspiring, through his speeches, the weekend's deadly attack in Bangladesh in which 20 hostages were hacked to death.

For nearly 12 hours during which they held people hostage, a group of seven young terrorists forced the staff at an upmarket restaurant in Dhaka to cook a series of meals for them - pasta and fish were their preferred choices, said a young chef who cannot be named for security reasons.