Incidents in Tangail, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Event ID Date Country Event
67964-139127-353057 2/19/2014 Bangladesh The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on February 18 arrested a youth in Tangail District for spreading online the audiovisual message purportedly from al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri calling upon Muslims in Bangladesh to wage intifada (popular uprising), reports The Daily Star.
67032-136862-347234 12/21/2013 Bangladesh A Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader was shot dead by a gang of unidentified criminals and the supporters of the deceased stabbed an Awami League (AL) leader in Tangail town of Tangail District on December 20, reports The Daily Star.
64890-131216-332753 8/17/2013 Bangladesh Meanwhile, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel arrested two JeI-ICS cadres and seized BDT 200,000 from Dhaka city's Mirpur area on August 16, reports New Age.
64587-130542-331031 7/30/2013 Bangladesh Police on July 29 arrested 10 cadres of the Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS), the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), from the Mirpur area of Dhaka city (Dhaka District) after they hurled brickbats at law enforcers during their procession, reports Daily Star.
64079-129366-327969 7/2/2013 Bangladesh The ULFA's founder- General Secretary' sought political asylum in Bangladesh thrice, in 2005, 2008 and 2011, after Bangladesh police arrested him in December 1997.
63430-127842-324225 5/25/2013 Bangladesh Detectives arrested a gang of seven arms smugglers from Mirpur and Mohammadpur areas of Dhaka city on May 23, reports The Daily Star.

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The original source are newspaper clippings and extracts collected by the South Asian Terrorism Portal.