Scornfully Condemned, Dhaka Assault

      Ashik Kabir The assail which took place at Dhaka on 1st July 2016, has twisted a snivel of ignominy all over the world. The impulsive assault in a Spanish restaurant at a Posh area which is also known as the diplomatic zone of the country was unprecedented and not at all called for. In…

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      Everything wrong with the Gulshan attack reactions

      Nobonita Chowdhury As you’ve all heard by now, we had a hostage situation at the Holey Artisan Bakery in the evening of Friday, July 1st. The attack led to 28 death casualties among which 20 were hostages. In the midst of this entire ruckus, we as bystanders haven’t been doing much to help the situation…

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        The victims were working for Dhaka’s Metrorail project

        Desk Report Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Kader said on Sunday that the death of Japanese citizens who were working for the Metrorail Project will not affect the project. “Their demise will not affect the project. The Japanese government knows the attack on the Gulshan cafe is part of a global terror scheme.” Obaidul…

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          Baghdad bombings claims 125 lives, over 200 injured

          Desk Report At least 125 people were killed and 200 injured in two bombings that hit Baghdad around midnight Saturday, nearly all of them in a blast targeting a busy shopping area as they celebrated Ramadan, police and medical sources said Sunday. A refrigerator truck packed with explosives blew up in Karrada in central Baghdad,…

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            Foreigners cautioned about travelling to BD

            Nashrat Arshiyana Choudhury The death of the 17 foreigners at the Spanish restaurant in Gulshan has concerned the world. The recent attack in Dhaka has forced countries to caution their citizens about travelling to Bangladesh. A few countries are said to be even going as far as to reject any visa to Bangladesh to protect…

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              Making Super-soldiers at a high cost

              Samiul Bashar Samin Having grown up reading the Asterix books, I wondered about supplements that turned normal soldiers into heroes. Valour, bravery and virtue were all prized characteristics in the ancient texts that captivated me. In fact, in Greek and Latin, the words for courage derive from the word for man. Being a man in…

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                Eyewitnesses recall the siege of Gulshan Cafe

                Desk Report The 12-hour-long hostage crisis at the restaurant popular with foreigners in Gulshan ended around 8:30am on Saturday after an hour long assault by armed forces’ commandos. Several eyewitnesses who were around when the assassination took place spoke out to several news sources. Sumon Reza, an employee of the restaurant: Sumon who witnessed the…

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                  Timeline for Gulshan Attack in Dhaka

                  Desk Report 20 foreign hostages were hacked to death by Islamic terrorists during a siege at the Holey Artisan Bakery on July 1st, 2016. The siege, which began at around 7:00 pm, has been described as the worst hostage crisis the country has seen in the past 40 years. Here are the latest updates on…

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                    Terrorists killed and hostages saved after 13 hours of tension

                    Desk Report The overnight hostage crisis at a café in Dhaka ended after around 13 hours on Saturday morning after an operation by Joint forces of Police, RAB, Border Guards and Armed Force commandos. 13 hostages were rescued including 3 foreign nationals. The crisis begins around 8:45pm on Friday at the Holey Artisan Bakery and…

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