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Posts published in “Day: July 9, 2017

Gulshan Café Attack: ‘Bomb supplier’ finally held: Report in The Daily Star, July 9, 2017

Sohel Mahfuz, known as an explosives expert and the bomb supplier for last year’s Gulshan café attack, was arrested along with three accomplices in the bordering Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj early yesterday. “We arrested him at a mango orchard around 2:45am,” Chapainawabganj Superintendent of Police TM Mujahidul Islam told local reporters. Sohel, a key accused in the café attack case, was on the police list for about 11 years but could not be arrested as…

At ‘Lewis turning point’, China eyes Pakistan as labour haven: by Mansoor Ahmad in The News, July 9, 2017

LAHORE: Chinese are making serious forays into Pakistan’s textile sector. It’s evident from the fact that their negotiations with the country’s largest business group to put together a large composite textile unit are in the final stages, while others are reportedly opting to lease the closed apparel-making units. It goes without saying the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has given Chinese investors a vast window of opportunity to view Pakistan as a top investment destination. The…

TATP: explosive of choice for ‘Neo JMB’

Experts suggest strict monitoring to check sale of ingredients by Shariful Islam and Mohammad Jamil Khan in The Daily Star, July 9, 2017 The deadly explosive triacetone triperoxide or TATP, used by terrorists in Paris, Brussels and London attacks, has of late become “Neo JMB” militants’ explosive of choice in Bangladesh, say bomb experts. The experts said they had found evidence of its use in militant dens in Rajshahi, Jhenidah and Moulvibazar. The trace of…

Hatkata Mahfuz – a militant with cross-border credentials

by Arifur Rahman Rabbi in Dhaka Tribune, July 09, 2017 The Dhaka Metropolitan Police Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit has arrested one of the planners of the Gulshan Terror Attack, Abdus Sabur alias Sohel Mahfuz alias Hatkata Mahfuz alias Nasullah, as well as three of his accomplices, from Chapainawabganj on Saturday, a year after the attack on Holey Artisan Bakery. Sohel, who also goes by name of Hatkata Mahfuz – as he blew up…