Tag: al-Qaeda
As Bangladesh grapples with the fallout from the death of radical Islamist mob leader and MP candidate from the Dhaka-8 seat, Sharif Osman Hadi, the nation has plunged deeper into turmoil. What began as mourning…
Former military officer Col. Abdul Hoque, a Jamaat-e-Islami leader and chairman of RAOWA Club, has publicly called for the separation of India’s northeastern states, known as the Seven Sisters, and the establishment of seven independent states.…
বাংলাদেশে সশস্ত্র জঙ্গীবাদের ঘটনা ১৯৯৯ সাল থেকে নিয়মিত দেখা গেলেও ২০০৬ সালের পর বড় একটি ছেদ পড়ে। কেননা তখন তিনটি বড় সংগঠনের–আল-কায়েদাপন্থী হরকাতুল জিহাদ আল ইসলামী বাংলাদেশ (হুজি-বি), জামায়াতুল মুজাহিদিন বাংলাদেশ (জেএমবি) ও জাগ্রত মুসলিম…
Al-Qaeda recruiter Asif Adnan is the son of a retired High Court judge. He was arrested in 2014. Later, AF Hasan Ariff, Yunus’ adviser, stood for him and managed his bail. Now Asif Adnan has…
Bangladesh has been talking about Islamist militancy and extremism, or an armed struggle to establish a Shariah-based state, since early 1999. Members of the Bangladesh branch of the Pakistani militant outfit Harkatul Jihad al-Islami or…