With ‘Operation Hit Strong 27’ under way, three militants, one of them the suspected mastermind of the Gulshan café attack, Tamim Chowdhury,…

After killing the "mastermind" of the Gulshan café attack, Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury, and two other militants, Iqbal and Manik, yesterday, law enforcement and intelligence agencies are now on the lookout for two fugitives—Maj. (retd) Syed Mohammad Ziaul Huq, alias Major Zia, and Nurul…

The dreaded militant who allegedly masterminded the Holey Artisan Bakery attack was remembered as a “shy, skinny kid” by an expert on international terrorism who had investigated jihadis in Ontario’s Windsor. Tamim Chowdhury’s name was catapulted to the police’s most-wanted…

Relatives of Gulshan café attack mastermind Tamim Chowdhury, who was killed in a police operation in Narayanganj yesterday, here refused to receive his body out of hatred towards him for his evil acts, UNB reports. “I feel hatred introducing him as my nephew… we don’t want…

Flood triggered by the rise in water level of the Padma River after India opened the sluice gates of the Farakka Barrage to ease Bihar flood situation left several hundred people in four upazilas of Rajshahi marooned, report agencies. SM Ali Mortuja, officer of Rajshahi Water Development Board, said…

BNP standing committee member Goyeshwar Chandra Roy, in an immediate reaction to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s briefing on Rampal power plant, termed her allegations against Khaleda Zia baseless. Asked about the premier’s allegation of conspiracy against BNP chief Khaleda Zia, he said ‘it’s…

Liberation War Affairs Minister Mozammel Huq yesterday said the grave of former president Ziaur Rahman would be shifted from the parliament area because of his controversial role during and after the War of Independence, which proved that he did not want liberation of the country in 1971. “The…

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday alleged that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her party are indulging in 'anti-state activities' by setting up coal-fired power plant near the Sundarbans, reports UNB. "I want to say who (PM) is talking in favour of it, and the party that is doing it…