Holey Artisan Bakery attack

Holey Artisan attack: Why death sentences of 7 militants were commuted

The High Court found seven death-row convicts in the Holey Artisan attack case guilty of involvement in hatching conspiracy, provoking and assisting the persons directly took part in the attack, a defence counsel said today.

Holey Artisan attack: 7 militants' death sentences commuted to imprisonment till death

The High Court today commuted the death sentences of seven jailed militants in the Holey Artisan attack case to imprisonment till death

Victims' families still wait for justice

The HC is expected to finish the hearing within the next few months and deliver a judgement

Holey Artisan Attack: Key witness testifies

Sharmina Parvin, one of the eyewitnesses of the Holey Artisan attack, yesterday told a tribunal in Dhaka how she saw innocent people being killed by the militants.

Faraaz honoured as 'righteous' in Italy

Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain, who sacrificed his life by refusing to desert his friends during the July 1, 2016 terror attack at Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka, was recently remembered and honoured by the students of Rummo High School and The Garden of the Righteous Worldwide (GARIWO).

Faraaz honoured as ‘righteous’ in Italy

Students of Rummo High School in Benevento, Italy, accepts Dhaka café attack victim Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain as “the first Righteous” for his courageous role.

‘Charge sheet in Gulshan café attack any day’

The charge sheet into the terror attack at Holey Artisan Bakery café in Dhaka’s Gulshan will be submitted any day, says Monirul Islam, chief of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit.

Talha conferred with Faraaz Hossain Courage Award

Daffodil University student Khondaker Abu Talha, who heroically gave his life trying to fight muggers in Dhaka, is conferred with “Faraaz Hossain Courage Award 2017”.

Café attackers had grenade training in the Buriganga

A couple of weeks before the Gulshan café siege on July 1 last year, two of the five attackers received training in throwing grenades in the middle of the Buriganga.

July 24, 2017
July 24, 2017

Gulshan Café Attack: Sohel ‘admits’ he supplied bombs

Sohel Mahfuz, a key “Neo JMB” leader, yesterday confessed before a magistrate that he had supplied all the bombs used in the Holey Artisan Bakery attack in the capital's Gulshan on July 1 last year, court sources said.

July 21, 2017
July 21, 2017

Gulshan Café Attack: 2 suspects killed in raid months ago

Key “Neo-JMB” militants Basharuzzaman Chocolate and Mizanur Rahman alias Chhoto Mizan were killed during a raid by police on a

July 1, 2017
July 1, 2017

Militancy now under control: Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says that the menace of militancy and terrorism in the country is under control with the bold stance of the government.

July 1, 2017
July 1, 2017

Of haunting memories

The word "excruciating" can hardly describe the pain Simeen Hossain has been in since she lost her son in the Gulshan cafe attack.

April 16, 2017
April 16, 2017

Hiding info: Dhaka attack survivor Tahmid cleared of charge

Tahmid Hasib Khan, one of the survivors of the terrorist attack in Gulshan Holey Artisan Bakery on July 1 last year, is acquitted of charge filed against him for not giving information to police about the case.

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