Bangladesh mourns victims of Dhaka cafe attack
Bangladesh has declared two days of national mourning for those killed when Islamic militants stormed a cafe in the capital, Dhaka. Twenty hostages, most of them foreign, were killed in…
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Death toll from Bangladesh hostage crisis rises to 20
The death toll from the Dhaka cafe hostage crisis in Bangladesh has risen to 20 people, according to the army’s spokesman. All victims were foreigners. “We’ve recovered 20 bodies. Most…
Bangladesh restaurant siege ends; 6 gunmen killed, 13 hostages rescued – UPDATED
Bangladeshi soldiers and security personnel sit on top of armoured vehicles as they cordon off an area near a restaurant popular with foreigners after heavily armed militants took dozens of…
Bangladesh forces storm Dhaka cafe and rescue hostages
Hundreds of troops have stormed a cafe in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, where gunmen took at least 20 hostages on Friday, security officials say. Explosions and heavy gunfire were heard…
FBI warned banks on cyber attacks after Bangladesh heist
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation last month urged banks to look for signs of possible cyber attacks in the wake of the massive heist at Bangladesh’s central bank, asking…
Bangladesh Hindu priest murdered by suspected Islamists
A Hindu priest has been killed in Bangladesh, in the latest attack by suspected Islamist militants. The body of Ananda Gopal Ganguly, 70, was found in a field near his…
At least 10 killed, 18 injured in Bangladesh bus accident
At least 10 people were killed and 18 more were injured on Friday in a collision of a bus and a truck in the northern Bangladeshi district of Bogra, local…
Bangladesh court sentences man to death for 1971 war crimes
A special court in Bangladesh has sentenced one man to death and two of his associates to life in prison for killing two local fighters during the country’s 1971 war…
Lightning in Bangladesh kills 42
DHAKA: At least 42 people, including women and children, were killed in Bangladesh within the last 24 hours after being struck by lightning during thundershowers, officials said on Friday. Meteorological…
Buddhist monk hacked to death in Bangladesh: Police
DHAKA: A 75-year-old Buddhist monk was found hacked to death Saturday in Bangladesh’s remote southeastern district of Bandarban, police said, the latest in a spate of murders of religious minorities…