Four new individuals have been detected by the law enforcers, suspected to have been involved in the gruesome Gulshan restaurant attack of July 1.

The self-proclaimed numero uno of Dhallywood has had an impact so strong in the industry, that it has secured him the title of the 'undisputed' champion in the business. We are talking about none other than the famous Shakib Khan.

Abinta had plans of completing her education in business studies and come back home to join the family business but her dream was to open a non-profit organisation in Bangladesh to help those less fortunate than her.

India-based Islamic preacher Dr Zakir Naik accuses The Daily Star of sensationalising a report by saying that he was “responsible for inspiring one of the terrorists of the attack in Dhaka”. The Daily Star categorically denies this allegation and wants to say it did not report that any terrorist was inspired by Zakir Naik to kill innocent people.

A youth who was detained from the scene of the Gulshan cafe attack has died while undergoing treatment at a Dhaka hospital.

The machete link, which has been seen in the covert killings of secular activists, foreign nationals and members of religious minority, has been found again in the attack on Sholakia Eidgah where four people including two policemen have been killed during Eid.

In the wake of the Dhaka attack that left 22 people killed, the nation is trying to come to terms with the identity of the killers who, it looks like, came from affluent families and even shared similar backgrounds as some of their victims in the attack.

Attacker Nibras Islam's parents apologise to the nation, the countrymen and the victim's families for his involvement in terror attack at a restaurant in Dhaka's diplomatic zone last Friday.

As the nation is still in frenzy to identify all the killers of the Dhaka café attack, for Meer Saameh Mubashher’s family, the scenario is quite different. For his father, this is nothing but a nightmare.

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.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says the death of the Japanese citizens, who were officials of the ongoing Metrorail Project, in the militant siege in a Dhaka café will not affect the project.

The jihadists who slaughtered 20 hostages at a Dhaka restaurant are members of a homegrown Bangladeshi militant outfit and not followers of the Islamic State group, says Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan.

Nine Italians, seven Japanese, three Bangladeshis and an Indian have been killed at Holey Artisan café in Gulshan of Dhaka.

Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain, 20, grandson of Latifur Rahman, Chairman of Transcom Group and Shahnaz Rahman, is among the 28 killed during the hostage situation at Holey Artisan bakery in Dhaka last night.

In the backdrop of confusion over whether there is any Bangladeshi citizen among the dead victims at Holey Artisan cafe, a top military officer insists that not all of the 20 killed by the militants were foreigners.

Those who could recite a verse from the Quran were spared, others were tortured, says a rescued hostage of the Gulshan restaurant attack where at least two lawmen have been killed.

Soumir Baroi held hostage inside one of the bathrooms at Holey Artisan Bakery, which is witnessing a hostage situation, managed to establish contact with his brother Gopal via texts.

Islamic State claims responsibility of the attack in the Spanish restaurant at Dhaka’s Gulshan diplomatic zone where at least two police officers have died and over 20 others being held hostage.

Stay tuned with The Daily Star for live updates of the hostage crisis at a restaurant in Gulshan, Dhaka.

SP Babul Akter signed his resignation letter when he was kept in police custody for 15 hours, said police and his family sources.