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Bangladesh Police foil JMB's New Year Celebrations terror attack plan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec.29 (ANI): Police in Bangladesh have confirmed the arrest of five suspected members of the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) who were allegedly collecting explosives to carry out attacks in Dhaka during New Year celebrations.
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Six Bangladeshi fishermen injured by Myanmar troopers
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec. 28 (ANI): Six Bangladeshi fishermen were injured in firing by Myanmar's border troopers near St Martin's Island.
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Mushfiqur out of remaining ODI series with hamstring injury
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec.28 (ANI): Bangladesh wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim has been ruled out of the remainder of the three-match ODI series against New Zealand due to a hamstring injury.
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Bangladesh government starts blocking over 500 porn sites
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec.28 (ANI): The Bangladesh government has started to block several hundred pornography websites.
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Husbands force wives into militancy: B'desh top cop
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec. 27 (ANI): Chief of Dhaka Metropolitan Police's counter-terrorism unit, Monirul Islam, said on Tuesday that women turn towards militancy under pressure of their militant husbands.
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Bangladesh sends back 169 Rohingyas
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec. 27 (ANI): At least 169 Rohingyas were sent back by the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) after they tried to enter the country illegally.
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Female jihadists in B'desh take centre-stage as Dhaka witnesses first
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec. 25 (ANI): A female militant blew herself up during a police raid in a militant hideout at Dhaka's Ashkona, marking the first time a woman acted in the capacity of a suicide bomber in Bangladesh.
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B'desh: Two female militants nabbed, one killed in raid at militant d
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec. 25 (ANI): A raid by the Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit at a house in Ashkona Purba Para area of Dhaka led to the capture of two female militants and rescue of three children.
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Bangladesh sends back 45 Rohingyas
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec. 24 (ANI): At least 45 Rohingyas were sent back by the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) after they tried to enter the country illegally.
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CTTC raids 'militant den' in Dhaka
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec. 24 (ANI): A raid is underway as a Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) team in Bangladesh on Saturday encircled a three-story building here in Ashkona where several suspected militants are believed to have taken refuge.
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Dhaka court defers hearing in Zia Charitable Trust graft case till Jan. 5
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec. 22 (ANI): A special court in Dhaka deferred the hearing in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case filed against Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia and fixed January 5 as the next date of hearing.
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B'desh PM's flight glitch: Seven Biman officials arrested
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec. 22 (ANI): Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit has arrested seven Biman officials in connection with the emergency landing of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's aircraft en-route Hungary.
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