Bangladesh Police has proposed renaming its specialised counterterrorism agency, the Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU), and expanding its mandate to cover broader internal security and national stability, prompting concerns among serving officers that the move could dilute its core counterterrorism mission.

Mohibullah went to a training camp at remote hills in Bandarban in January last year and he was made the organisation's Nayeb-e-Amir, according to police

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Mohammad Shafiqur Rahman knew that his son got involved in militancy but remained silent, claimed a top counterterrorism official today.

A government employee, schoolteachers, doctors and imams were found to have links with seven youths who ran away from their Cumilla homes last month, said CTTC and Rab officials.

Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has filed an application to show photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol arrested in a case file under the digital security act.

Members of a “Neo-JMB” cell planted improvised explosive devices (IEDs) at two spots and attacked policemen at three others in the capital in the last six months, counterterrorism officials said.

Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) Unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) detains two persons with an AK-22 rifle from Sayedabad area of Dhaka.

Explosives used in the crude bomb explosion in the capital’s Gulistan on Monday night were poor in quality, but the manufacturing technique was different from that of conventional crude bombs.

The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit yesterday arrested three people who they claim are mainstream JMB members, including a regional commander, who were “motivating and providing training to Rohingya refugees”.

The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit yesterday claimed to have busted a militant gang whose members in the guise of NGO workers had long been spreading terror propaganda among Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar.

Ansar Al Islam, a banned militant outfit, might be behind the murder of free-thinking writer-publisher Shahjahan Bachchu, Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit Chief Monirul Islam says.