Ansar Al Islam

Seven youths leave home at the same time from Cumilla on 24 August 2022

RAB arrests seven including four missing youths involved in militancy

RAB has arrested seven people, including four who went missing from their homes in Cumilla and elsewhere with suspected ties to radical groups, in raids in and around the capital

(From L-R) Md Nesar Uddin, Ibrahim, Md Miraz, Md Hossain, Rakib Hasnat, Md Sabith, Zahed chowdhury and Roman Shikder

Fear of militant involvement Where are the 'missing' youths?

The number of youths who left their houses in the name of ‘hijrat’ after being involved in militancy, is on the rise. There are reports of more than 50 youths from different parts of the country ...

BIPSS-Dhaka Tribune roundtable on 'The Changing Contours of Terrorism - A Threat Assessment', held on Thursday at Westin Hotel

BIPSS-Dhaka Tribune roundtable 'Contours changing but terrorism remains'

Just as there is need to address the root cause of radicalisation, there is also need to deradicalise, rehabilitate and reintegrate the militants upon their release from detention, said speakers at ...

Seven youths leave homes at the same time from Cumilla on 24 August 2022

Newly involved in militant activities Seven youths leave homes in the name of ‘hijrat'

Being involved in militancy, a section of youths is again leaving home in the name of hijrat (migration) and there are reports that seven youths simultaneously left their homes in Cumilla, according ...

Holey Artisan Bakery after the gruesome militant attack

Holey Artisan attack: Six years on Pro-IS elements active in ‘virtual cell’

The pro-IS neo-JMB are basically active online. The pro-Al Qaeda Ansar Al Islam are active both online and offline

RAB have arrested a militant leader from Narail district on 25 April, 2022

Ansar al-Islam leader held in Narail

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested a militant leader from Narail district on Monday

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Five ‘members of Ansar Al Islam’ held in Dhaka, Keraniganj

Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU), a specialized unit of Bangladesh Police, have arrested five suspected members of banned militant outfit ‘Ansar Al Islam’ from Dhaka city and its outskirt Keraniganj

Sylhet district map

Ansar Al Islam member arrested in Sylhet

Rapid Action Battalion-9 have arrested a youth on Monday night from Beanibzar upazila in Sylhet for allegedly being member of banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam

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Failed 'lone wolf' militant attack in Gulshan

The young man who hurled a petrol bomb at a car belonging to the American International University of Bangladesh (AIUB) was a ‘lone wolf’ militant. He learned how to make petrol bombs and also attack ...

Arrest

Two suspected Ansar militants arrested in Khulna

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP) on Tuesday claimed to have arrested two members of the banned militant outfit Ansar al-Islam

Julhas Mannan and his friend Tonoy Majumder

Verdict in Julhas-Tonoy murder trial on 31 August

A Dhaka court on Monday set 31 August for pronouncing judgement in a case lodged over the murder of former USAID official Julhas Mannan and his friend Tonoy Majumder

Taliban men with arms

Return of the Taliban: Police see causes for concern in the long run

There are apprehensions of extremist outfits in Bangladesh rearing their heads with the takeover of state power by the Taliban

Mahmud Hasan alias Gunabi

Ansar al-Islam spiritual leader Gunbi sent to jail

Rapid Action Battalion arrested Gunbi from Shah Ali Beribadh area on 16 July and handed him over to police. He was placed on three-day remand on 17 July

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'Pro Al-Qaeda group conducting militant activities in the hills'

A pro Al-Qaeda militant group is conducting extremist activities in the hills under a new name

Army operation during the 2016 Holey Artisan Bakery terrorist attack

Terrorism hasn’t been uprooted, new threats emerge

While terrorist activities of religious militants have apparently come to a halt in Bangladesh, there is no room for complacency

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