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Bangladesh 'militants' surrender after Facebook plea claiming innocence
•Five young Bangladeshis accused of being Islamist militants surrendered to authorities on Sunday, an official said, after a lengthy siege that prompted questions about heavy-handed police tactics.
Bangladesh suicide blasts: Two neo-JMB militants blow themselves up during anti-terror operations in Dhaka
Fp Staff •Two suspected militants on Sunday blew themselves up in "suicide blasts" when security forces raided their hideout in Bangladesh, the latest such incident amid an intensified nationwide crackdown on Islamist militants
Dhaka attack: Bangladesh's Rapid Action Battalion identifies 261 missing persons as suspected Jihadis
Kangkan Acharyya •Bangladesh's Rapid Action Battalion has identified 261 missing persons as possible threats that could've joined terrorists outfits like the Islamic State.
Bangladeshi officials announce 260 missing amid hunt for Islamist extremists
•At least 261 people across Bangladesh are missing, officials announced early on Wednesday, sparking fears many of them have joined homegrown Islamist extremist outfits or the Islamic State group in the Middle East.
Bangladesh to offer Tk 10 lakh as reward to militants who lay down arms
Ians •The Taka 10 lakh reward was for any militant outfit member who was ready to return to normal life and give specific information about activities of militants
Dhaka attack: Is Bangladesh paying the price for Al-Qaeda-IS turf war?
Sreemoy Talukdar •According to terror research firm SITE Intelligence Group, Dhaka has become victim to a competition between Ansar al-Islam, the Bangladesh division of Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and ISIS.
5 militants held in Bangladesh, authorities suspect they had planned attacks on the country's Independence Day
Fp Archives •Five militants, including the commander of a banned terror outfit, were arrested by Bangladesh's security force, which also seized a huge cache of explosives
Hours after lifting ban on Facebook, Bangladesh arrests satirist for anti-govt posts
Fp Archives •A popular satirical writer has been arrested in Bangladesh for posting articles poking fun at the government, an official said Friday, hours after a three-week ban on Facebook for security reasons was lifted.
Bangladeshi journalists' bodies exhumed after over two months
Fp Archives •Meherun Runi, senior reporter of ATN Bangla TV channel, and her husband Sagar Sarowar, news editor of Maasranga Television, were killed on 11thFeb in their apartment in the posh West Rajabazar area of Dhaka.