Last year's Sholakia attack aimed at killing Maolana Fariduddin Masud, who heads the country's largest Eid congregation in Kishoreganj.

The government has decided to step up security in all public and private hospitals throughout Bangladesh in the wake of terrorist attacks.

The arrested Sholakia attack suspect has been shot dead in a ‘gunfight’ between Rapid Action Battalion and 'militants' in Mymensingh's Nandail, law enforcers say.

A psychiatrist has advised the government to form a ‘national research team’ in Bangladesh to identify a “common vulnerable point” of youths that can motivate them to turn to extremism.

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has released a list of 261 people missing from various parts of Bangladesh in recent times.