Ansar Al Islam

4 Ansar al Islam members arrested in Dhaka, Rab claims

Rab claimed to have arrested four alleged members of banned militant group Ansar al Islam from Dhaka’s Darussalam area last night.
Rab arrests 3 ‘Ansar Al Islam members’ in Rajshahi

Rapid Action Battalion members arrest three suspected activists of the banned militant group Ansar Al Islam from Rajshahi city.
Huji men now joining Ansar al Islam: Rab

The operatives of the banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad Bangladesh (Huji) are now joining another banned militant group Ansar al Islam, responsible for killing bloggers, writers and free thinkers, Rab says.
4 Ansar al Islam men arrested

Police have arrested four suspected members of banned militant outfit Ansar al Islam in the capital’s Jatrabari area.
4 ‘militants of Ansar AL Islam’ held in Dhaka

Police claims to have arrested four members of banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam in Jatrabari area of Dhaka.
Avijit Murder: 6 Ansar al Islam men indicted

A Dhaka Court yesterday framed charges against six Ansar al Islam leaders and activists, including Maj (sacked) Ziaul Haque in a case over the killing of blogger and writer Avijit Roy.
5 of a family held in Dhaka for 'militant link'

Five members of a family including a “Sonali Bank official” have been detained from a building in Dhaka’s Mirpur area for their alleged involvement with the banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam.
5 'Ansar Al Islam' members held in Rajshahi

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims to have detained five members of banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam from Puthia upazila of Rajshahi.
Ansar Al Islam man held in Dhaka

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims to have arrested a member of banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam from Dhaka’s Badda area.
In the name of serving people

The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit yesterday claimed to have busted a militant gang whose members in the guise of NGO workers had long been spreading terror propaganda among Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar.
Dipan Murder: Ansar al-Islam leader confesses involvement

A top leader of banned militant outfit Ansar al-Islam yesterday confessed to supplying the money used in connection with the killing of publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan in October 2015.
Ansar Al Islam maybe behind Shahjahan murder: Monirul

Ansar Al Islam, a banned militant outfit, might be behind the murder of free-thinking writer-publisher Shahjahan Bachchu, Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit Chief Monirul Islam says.
4 ‘Ansar Al Islam militants’ held in Rajshahi

Rapid Action Battalion have claimed arrest of four members of the banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam from Rajshahi’s Puthia upazila.
2 Ansar Al Islam militants held in N’ganj

Law enforcers claim arrest of two members of banned Islamist outfit Ansar Al Islam from a raid in Narayanganj’s Araihazar.
'2 Ansar Al Islam militants' held in N’ganj

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims to have arrested two members of banned Islamist outfit Ansar Al Islam from Fatullah of Narayanganj city.
Mysterious al-Qaeda statement condemns SP wife killing

In a mysterious statement, Ansar al-Islam, the Bangladesh chapter of al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent, condemns the murder of Mitu, wife of Superintendent of Police Babul Akter, says SITE Intelligence Group. The Daily Star could not verify the claim.
Special drive against militants from tomorrow

Police will launch seven-day clampdown on militants and criminals across the country in the wake of recent murders, which law enforcers think are works of militants. The decision came at a meeting at Police Headquarters in Dhaka.
Militants grow in silence

While the government was taking pride in containing militancy by cracking down on Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) over the last several years, two new radical Islamist groups have built up an extensive network that remained relatively unnoticed until late last year.
The fuss about ISIS and what we need to do

The murders of bloggers, intellectuals, priests, academicians, rights activists, and also persons of ordinary vocations committed by allegedly extremist groups...
'LGBT magazine editor's killers left a list of targets’

Some important documents left behind by the killers of Xulhaz Mannan and his friend Mahbub Tonoy include a list of targets, police said.
Ansar Al Islam claims responsibility

Militant outfit Ansar Al Islam or the Bangladesh branch of al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) has reportedly claimed responsibility for the murder of LGBT magazine editor and his friend.
Ansar Al Islam claims Kalabagan twin murders

Bangladesh unit of al-Qaeda in the Indian Sub-Continent, Ansar Al Islam, has claimed responsibility of murdering a LGBT magazine editor and his friend in Kalabagan.