Holey Artisan Bakery

Holey Artisan attack timeline

The nation witnessed one of the most devastating hostage crises it had ever experience

In memory of a loved one lost too early

The walls of the school were adorned with pictures of the victims of the militant attack at Holey Artisan Bakery.

2 yrs of Gulshan tragedy / All-out efforts in tough times only

Socio-political campaigns against militancy get momentum after a major terror attack but fizzle out when the situation comes under control. Then a laid-back attitude prevails until terrorists regroup and strike again.

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.

Another café attack planner arrested: cops

A key “Neo JMB” militant, who is one of the planners of last year's Gulshan café attack, was arrested in Natore early yesterday, police say.

Recounting 'Operation Thunderbolt'

When the terror attack was unfolding at the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka on the night of July 1 last year, Lt Col MM Imrul Hasan, a commando, was watching a movie with his family at a resort in Habiganj, some 180km from the capital.

Homage to Dhaka cafe attack victims

Eerie quiet engulfed Gulshan road no 79 since this morning as people slowly make their way to the grounds of the Holey Artisan Bakery, witness to the worst-ever hostage crisis in the country that left 22 people killed including 17 foreigners.

Is Morgan risking his career?

Is England one-day captain Eoin Morgan risking his international career by refusing to tour Bangladesh on security fears?

DMC writes to take away bodies of killed militants

Dhaka Medical College authorities urge police to take away the bodies of killed militants, which neither the families nor anyone is claiming yet.

July 1, 2016
July 1, 2016

LIVE: Gulshan hostage crisis

Stay tuned with The Daily Star for live updates of the hostage crisis at a restaurant in Gulshan, Dhaka.

July 1, 2016
July 1, 2016

Terror Strikes Dhaka

In an unprecedented turn of events last night, gunmen held hostage dozens of people inside a popular hangout for foreigners in the capital's diplomatic zone of Gulshan, and fired shots and hurled bombs at law enforcers, killing at least two cops and injuring around 40. According to some accounts, 20 foreigners and a few children were among the hostages.

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