Topic: Bangladesh

Regional Counter-Terrorism center to be set up

A regional Counter-Terrorism Center will be set up in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka with financial and technological assistance from European Union (EU) to train people across South Asia to combat terrorism. The international standard center will start functioning early next year, said Stefan ...

US youth convicted of supporting terror groups

A 23-year-old US man was found guilty Wednesday by a federal jury in Atlanta, Georgia of supporting terror groups by sending videos of US landmarks abroad and plotting " violent jihad" in Europe.Ehsanul Islam Sadequee could face up to 60 years in ...
Videos, mysterious trip and convicted terrorist at heart of trial for 2nd Ga. terror suspectChoppy homemade videos, a mysterious trek to Bangladesh and ties to a convicted Balkan terrorist are at the center of a federal case against a 23-year-old accused of ...

Bangladesh Islamic schools under spotlight

Hirona Begum was hopeful when builders began constructing a new Islamic religious school next to her home in southern Bangladesh that her children would be able to attend classes there.But the 28-year-old mother of three, who lives on the remote island of ...

Bangladesh probe British link to 'bomb factory'

Bangladesh security forces said Wednesday that an Islamic seminary where they found a " mini-ordinance factory" during a crackdown on suspected militants was owned by a British-based charity.A London-based charity was running the Green Crescent Madrassa and Orphanage, which was opened only ...

US backs South Asian anti-terror taskforce

The United States would support a Bangladeshi proposal to create a South Asian regional taskforce to combat terrorism in the troubled region, a top US diplomat said Sunday.Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher said the countries of South Asia need to cooperate ...
The heinous serpents of terrorism bit into the fabric of peace as the world witnessed the Mumbai terror attacks claim numerous souls. Every bullet that pierced through the fragile veil of life brought an end of a part inside all of us. ...
Bangladeshi Islamic militant leader Shaikh Abdur Rahman, wanted for a string of deadly bomb blasts in his home country, has been arrested in India, police said. Kanojia said Rahman had crossed into India a few weeks after the 17 August serial blasts ...