Dhaka nabs militant who set up terror unit in India

October 3rd, 2009 DHAKA - Islamist militant activities in Bangladesh have "collapsed" following a series of arrests of suspected Indian militants, a police official here has claimed. The Detective Branch of Dhaka Police said that with Wednesday's arrest of 28-year-old Emdadullah alias Mahbub, a suspected member of the Pakistan-based Islamist terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the group's network had broken down, The News Today reported Saturday.

September 12th, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladesh says it will not hand over Indian separatist leader Anup Chetia, who served a jail term here for entering the country with fake documents, but stressed it would not allow its territory to be used by militants. Back from her visit to India, Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni told reporters Friday that Chetia, a top leader of the United Liberation of Asom (ULFA), had already completed his sentence.

September 10th, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladesh has sent a diplomatic note to the UN against Myanmar's maritime boundary claim on the extended continental shelf in the Bay of Bengal and will soon register its protest against India's claim there. Sandwiched between the two neighbours, Dhaka will send its own claims only by July 2011, a minister told parliament Thursday.

August 23rd, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladesh has decided not to recognise Kosovo as an independent Balkan state, rejecting a request from the US. Dhaka has made it clear that it would like to keep away (from the Kosovo issue), New Age newspaper said Sunday quoting Foreign Secretary Mirajul Quayes.

August 23rd, 2009 DHAKA - Ahead of Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni's visit to India Sep 7, Dhaka wants more information on Delhi's plan to build Tipaimukh dam in Manipur state, a senior official has said. Foreign Secretary Mirajul Quayes described last month's visit to India by a parliamentary team as "useful" and said the data supplied by India was being examined by a committee of experts, New Age newspaper reported Sunday.

July 22nd, 2009 DHAKA - Maulana Mansur Ali alias Habibullah, an Indian national suspected of being an organiser of the banned Pakistan-based militant outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), has been nabbed from Dhaka. The arrest comes within a week of another militant being arrested.

July 21st, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladesh has started taking tough measures against militants operating from its soil and the recent arrests of Indian origin Lashkar-e-Toiba militants proves Dhaka's resolve not to allow its soil to be used for launching anti-India operations. India has time and again raised concern over terrorism emanating from Bangladesh.

July 21st, 2009 DHAKA - Another militant, who is sought by India and is working for Pakistan based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba, has been arrested by Bangladesh Police. Maulana Mohammad Monsur Ali alias Maulana Habibullah was arrested on Monday night by the Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, after information another arrested Indian militant, Mufti Obaidullah.

July 18th, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladesh authorities claim that an Indian militant arrested here has been living in the country since 1995 and has links with Pakistan-based terrorist groups as well as underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, media reports said Saturday. Mufti Obaidullah, who was paraded before the media Friday, was described by Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner A.K.M.

July 17th, 2009 DHAKA - A top operative of a Indian terror group -Asif Reza Commando Force - has been arrested for trying to expand his network in Dhaka. "We have arrested ARCF operator Sheikh Obaidullah, who, according to our information, is wanted by the Indian authorities," Deputy Police Commissioner of Detective Branch Monirul Islam said.

June 24th, 2009 DHAKA - Retired career diplomat Ahmad Tariq Karim has been appointed the new high commissioner of Bangladesh to India. Brought back from voluntary retirement and a sabbatical in a US university, Karim was the deputy high commissioner in New Delhi in the 1980s.

March 27th, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladesh has said it would like the anti-terrorism task force, which it wants to set up with its neighbours, to prevent funding of militant bodies. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government will discuss how to strengthen its effort in tackling financial supports to extremists and combating terrorism, Minister of State for Home Tanjim Ahmed Sohel Taj said Friday.

February 8th, 2009 DHAKA - India and Bangladesh Monday rejuvenated their multi-faceted ties by signing two economic pacts and joining hands to combat the growing menace of terrorism in the region. External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who is on a day-long visit to Dhaka, held talks with his Bangladeshi counterpart Dipu Moni on an entire gamut of bilateral issues, including security, terrorism, intensification of economic ties, border management and improving connectivity.

February 6th, 2009 DHAKA - Dhaka has strongly condemned a Pakistani investigation agency's claim of a Bangladesh-based terror outfit's involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks. 'Militants and terrorists do not belong to any territory, country and nation.

December 24th, 2008 DHAKA - Hailing Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's ruling out war in the wake of the Mumbai terror attack, a Dhaka daily has urged Pakistan to 'go an extra mile' in meeting its commitment to fight terrorism on its territory. '...nothing short of a genuine crackdown on the terrorist organisations will convince the international community that the country (Pakistan) is really serious about combating terrorism,' The Daily Star said in an editorial Thursday.