Islamic State (IS)
Where did the IS cap come from?
After a Dhaka tribunal delivered the verdict in the Holey Artisan Café attack case today, one of death row convicts reached into his pocket and brought out a prayer cap emblazoned with the emblem of the Islamic State.
Baghdadi dead in US military raid
Fugitive Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died “whimpering and crying” in a raid by US special forces in northwest Syria, President Donald Trump announced yesterday, fulfilling what he called his top national security goal.
IS claims Science Lab bomb attack on cops: SITE
Terrorist outfit Islamic State (IS) has claimed the responsibility of last night's bomb attack at Science Lab intersection in Dhaka, US-based SITE Intelligence Group says.
Islamic State cases: Indian investigators in Sri Lanka
Reflecting enhanced bilateral security cooperation, a team of India's counter-terror agency National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials is in Sri Lanka to probe two Islamic State (IS)-related cases which could have possible links to the April 21 Easter terror attack that killed more than 250 people in the island nation.
3 French IS members sentenced to death in Iraq
An Iraqi court has sentenced three French citizens to death for joining the Islamic State group, the first IS members from France to be handed capital punishment, a court official has said.
Kerala coastal areas put on high alert as Islamic State terrorists on way to Lakshadweep in boats
Kerala’s coastal areas of India were put on high alert after intelligence reports said that terrorists affiliated to the Islamic State are on their way to Lakshadweep in boats from Sri Lanka.
No IS existence in Bangladesh: Home minister
Terming the claim of Islamic State (IS) presence in Bangladesh a part of an international conspiracy, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan categorically says there is no existence of IS group in the country.
India arrests IS suspect plotting attacks in Kerala
India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) says it has arrested a 29-year-old suspect linked to terror group Islamic State for allegedly conspiring to carry out a suicide attack in the southern state of Kerala.
Islamic State claims responsibility for Sri Lanka bombings
The Islamic State group says it was behind a devastating string of suicide attacks against churches and hotels in Sri Lanka that killed more than 320 people on Easter Sunday.
Russia claims to have killed IS leader Baghdadi
Russia's Defense Ministry says it was checking information that a Russian air strike near the Syrian city of Raqqa may have killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in late May.
Number of IS fighters killed by US bomb jumps to 90
The number of Islamic State fighters killed by a massive US bomb in eastern Afghanistan has nearly tripled to at least 90, Afghan officials say.
US drops 'mother of all bombs' on Islamic State in Afghanistan
The United States dropps a massive GBU-43 bomb, the largest non-nuclear bomb it has ever used in combat, in eastern Afghanistan today against a series of caves used by Islamic State militants, the military say.
IS claims responsibility for Sylhet blasts
Islamic State (IS) reportedly claims the responsibility for the bomb blasts near a militant den in Sylhet city's Shibbari that killed at least three people and injured many.
Islamic State’s media reports ‘suicide blast’ at Dhaka Rab barracks
Amaq News Agency, run by the Islamic State (IS) militants, reports the suspected suicide blast at proposed headquarters of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Dhaka’s Ashkona area, according to US-based SITE Intelligence Group.
No IS existence in Bangladesh: Shahriar
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam says that there is no organisational existence of Islamic State (IS) or other international terrorist outfits in Bangladesh.
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.
Sheltering militants: NSU teacher, 2 others get bail
Suspended North South University Professor Gias Uddin Ahsan and two others, arrested on charges of renting flats to Gulshan café attackers and withholding tenants' information from the police, get bail.
IS abducts around 2,000 civilians in north Syria
Islamic State group fighters seize around 2,000 civilians to use as "human shields" Friday as they fled their stronghold of Manbij in northern Syria, according to US-backed forces and a monitor.
Dhaka raid militant Abdullah’s aide held in Dinajpur
Detectives arrest an allegedly close aide of Abdullah, one of the militants killed in Dhaka raid, from Nawabganj upazila of Dinajpur.
