Bangladesh Faces an Uncertain New Reality After the Dhaka Attack
Source: BBC By Nikhil Kumar The carnage at the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka on July 1 has turned the world’s attention on rising extremist violence in the small South Asian […]
Heartbreak, selfies and soccer: The life of a Bangladesh cafe killer
Hindustan Times Until late 2014, Nibras Islam appeared to acquaintances to be a typical student: fun-loving, in and out of love, and keen on sport, especially soccer. Women found him handsome. On a “confessions” Facebook page for Monash University students, one anonymous admirer gushed in a post on October 11, […]
Bangladesh siege: Twenty killed at Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka
Source: BBC Twenty people, most of them foreigners, have been killed in an attack on a cafe in Bangladesh claimed by so-called Islamic State. Gunmen stormed the Holey Artisan Bakery […]
Gunmen take hostages in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred; killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: BBC Gunmen have stormed a popular cafe in the diplomatic area […]
Bangladesh: Hindu priest hacked to death with machetes at temple
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred; killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: India TV News Hindu priest hacked to death with machetes at […]
Bangladesh police shoot dead militant who allegedly murdered bloggers, gays
Source: Religion News Service By Ruma Paul/REUTERS DHAKA (Reuters) Police in Bangladesh on Sunday (June 19) shot dead an Islamist militant wanted for the killings of several liberal bloggers and gay rights activists, a senior official said. The militant, identified as Sharif, one of the leaders of the banned group Ansar Ullah […]
Bangladesh clerics issue fatwa on Islamist killings
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: Yahoo News Bangladeshi clerics said Monday they have issued a […]
Bangladesh arrests 900 in crackdown on Islamist militants
Source: BBC Bangladesh police say they have detained about 900 people as part of a crackdown on militants following a series of deadly attacks. Police launched the week-long campaign on […]
Bangladesh Hindu priest murdered by militants
Source: BBC A Hindu priest has been killed in Bangladesh, in the latest attack by Islamist militants. The body of Ananda Gopal Ganguly, 70, was found in a field near […]
‘Ahmadiyya mosque attacker’ killed in ‘gunfight’
Source: Dailystar.net An operative of militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) was killed during a “gunfight” between his cohorts and police in Godagari upazila of Rajshahi early today, hours into the confession of his involvement in Bagmara Ahmadiyya mosque attack, police said. Jamal Uddin, 25, son of Tabjul Haque of […]
Christian murdered in latest Bangladesh attack
Source: The Guardian Agence France-Presse in Dhaka A Christian was knifed to death after Sunday prayers near a church in northwestBangladesh in an attack claimed by Islamic State. Police said […]
Sufis live in fear after Bangladeshi machete slaughter
Source: Yahoo News Dhaka (AFP) – Each time he hears of the latest deadly machete attack, Ashraful Islam can’t help but think of his father’s gruesome murder and fear his […]
The Real Source of Terror in Bangladesh and Our Solution
National Monument of Bangladesh The Real Source of Terror in Bangladesh Source: NY Times By William B. Milam, who is a senior policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington […]
Is Bangladesh turning fundamentalist?
Guardian: I am a novelist. I look around at the world and I make up stories about people, families, lovers and friends. More often than not, the stories take place in Bangladesh, where I was born. When I close my eyes and think of home, it’s the peaty smell of […]
‘Is Bangladesh turning fundamentalist?’ – and other questions I no longer wish to answer
Source: The Guardian By Tahmima Anam I am a novelist. I look around at the world and I make up stories about people, families, lovers and friends. More often than not, […]
Elderly Buddhist monk hacked to death in Bangladesh
Source: Aljazeera A 75-year-old Buddhist monk has been hacked to death inside a temple in Bangladesh, police said. The body of Mongsowe U Chak was found on Saturday at the […]
Bangladesh executes Islamist leader Motiur Rahman Nizami for war crimes
Source: CNN By Tiffany Ap and Farid Ahmed, CNN Dhaka, Bangladesh (CNN)Bangladesh has executed a top leader of the banned Jamaat-e-Islami party, Motiur Rahman Nizami, for war crimes committed during […]
Bangladesh war crimes court sentences 4 to death
Source: Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — A special war crimes court in Bangladesh sentenced four men to death Tuesday for killing, torture, arson and looting during the nation’s independence […]
Police in Bangladesh Detain 3 in Killing of Hindu Tailor
Source: The New York Times By JULFIKAR ALI MANIK and GEETA ANAND DHAKA, Bangladesh — The police detained three men early Sunday in connection with the killing of a Hindu tailor, the latest in a series of hacking deaths in the country. Islamist militants are believed to be responsible for […]
US urges action by Bangladesh to prevent killings
Source: Associated Press By MATTHEW PENNINGTON WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry called on Bangladesh’s leader to step up law enforcement to prevent a wave of killings targeting […]