The pain is unbearable for Komakichi Okamura who lost his 32-year-old son Makoto Okamura to Friday's savage attacks on a restaurant in the capital.

Foreign countries and their missions in Dhaka, leaders of journalists' associations and political leaders yesterday and on Saturday

Denouncing the Gulshan terror attack, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday called upon all, irrespective of party and opinion, to unite against terrorism without any further delay.

Outraged at the killing of their citizens, Japan and Italy have sent high officials, counter-terrorism intelligence experts, response teams and victims' family members to Dhaka on special aircrafts.

The 12-hour tense siege at the Holey Artisan Bakery, the brutal killings, the blood and the faces of the young militants all left millions in a state of shock as it was beyond their imagination that such brutality could be unleashed in Bangladesh.

Law enforcers have stepped up security in all important places and establishments in the capital, especially in the diplomatic zone, following Friday's terror attack.

In a statement, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said, “Last night, the deaths of seven Japanese nationals were confirmed. This is a

The members of the Security Council strongly condemned the heinous and cowardly terrorist attack perpetrated in the city of Dhaka,

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has said Rome will respond with determination to ISIL (IS) attacks in Dhaka.

Regardless of ABT or JMB's participation in the recent hostage crisis, the ISIS threat appears to be real and much greater than anticipated.

The European Union, the Russian Federation and the UK have joined an international chorus condemning Friday's terrorist attack and vowed to continue with the fight against global extremism.

Young by blood and a friend like no other, Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain was among the 20 hostages who were killed during the 12-hour long Gulshan cafe siege.

Italy is down but not out, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi says in response to the Gulshan cafe attack that left nine Italian nationals among 20 dead.

Relatives and friends of the victims of Holey Artisan attack, along with people from all walks of life, pay their tribute to the departed souls with flowers at the entrance of Road 79 in Gulshan diplomatic zone of Dhaka.

Here is a compilation of the profile of most of the victims who lost their lives in the attack at Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka on Friday.

Friends, former classmates and other acquaintances have started identifying the Holey Artisan Bakery attackers with the help of social media after the SITE Intelligence Group Saturday published photos of five gunmen who the IS claims killed 22 people including two policemen.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expresses her firm resolve to figure out the root of the attack on Holey Artisan Bakery on Friday.

Seven to eight attackers, believed to be in their 20s, entered the restaurant in Dhaka's Gulshan diplomatic zone

World leaders have condemned Friday's deadly militant attack at an upscale restaurant in Dhaka, and pledged their all-out support to

The hostage standoff at a Gulshan café ended after around 12 hours but only to bring shockingly grim news for the country and beyond: nine Italians, seven Japanese, two Bangladeshis, one Bangladeshi-American and one Indian are dead. The 20 hostages were brutally murdered during the chilling siege before the commandoes stormed the popular hangout in Dhaka's diplomatic zone yesterday morning.