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Bangladesh 'militants' surrender after Facebook plea claiming innocence

Five young Bangladeshis accused of being Islamist militants surrendered to authorities on Sunday, an official said, after a lengthy siege that prompted questions about heavy-handed police tactics.

Bangladesh suicide blasts: Two neo-JMB militants blow themselves up during anti-terror operations in Dhaka

Two suspected militants on Sunday blew themselves up in "suicide blasts" when security forces raided their hideout in Bangladesh, the latest such incident amid an intensified nationwide crackdown on Islamist militants

Dhaka attack: Bangladesh's Rapid Action Battalion identifies 261 missing persons as suspected Jihadis

Bangladesh's Rapid Action Battalion has identified 261 missing persons as possible threats that could've joined terrorists outfits like the Islamic State.

Bangladeshi officials announce 260 missing amid hunt for Islamist extremists

At least 261 people across Bangladesh are missing, officials announced early on Wednesday, sparking fears many of them have joined homegrown Islamist extremist outfits or the Islamic State group in the Middle East.

Bangladesh to offer Tk 10 lakh as reward to militants who lay down arms

The Taka 10 lakh reward was for any militant outfit member who was ready to return to normal life and give specific information about activities of militants

Dhaka attack: Is Bangladesh paying the price for Al-Qaeda-IS turf war?

According to terror research firm SITE Intelligence Group, Dhaka has become victim to a competition between Ansar al-Islam, the Bangladesh division of Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and ISIS.

5 militants held in Bangladesh, authorities suspect they had planned attacks on the country's Independence Day

Five militants, including the commander of a banned terror outfit, were arrested by Bangladesh's security force, which also seized a huge cache of explosives

Hours after lifting ban on Facebook, Bangladesh arrests satirist for anti-govt posts

A popular satirical writer has been arrested in Bangladesh for posting articles poking fun at the government, an official said Friday, hours after a three-week ban on Facebook for security reasons was lifted.

Bangladeshi journalists' bodies exhumed after over two months

Meherun Runi, senior reporter of ATN Bangla TV channel, and her husband Sagar Sarowar, news editor of Maasranga Television, were killed on 11thFeb in their apartment in the posh West Rajabazar area of Dhaka.