Word: bangladeshis
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...Making matters worse is the continuing uncertainty over the identity of the terrorists. Two days after the attack, a previously unknown group, Hikmatul Zihad, e-mailed a local paper to claim responsibility?and promised to kill Hasina within seven days. Last Friday, Bangladeshi authorities began questioning a man they suspected of sending the e-mail from a cybercaf?, but political analysts are unsure whether he is suspected of being a member of a terrorist group or is just a prankster. As for Hasina, she questions the government's capacity to conduct a proper inquiry and is asking for an international...
...Bangla Bhai, who has told the Bangladeshi press that he is committed to establishing a Taliban-style Islamic government in the northwest of the country, remains at large. Although Prime Minister Zia has ordered his arrest, the police appear to have made little progress, fueling widespread suspicions that the government isn't serious about cracking down on Islamic terrorism. Bangla Bhai has said that his organization's goal is merely "to awaken people's religious feelings to establish their links with the creator...
...crimes he was convicted of committing there in the 1990s while a member of a radical Islamist group known as the Roubaix gang. For now, four of the men-two from Bangladesh, one from Mali and another from India-are being held only on immigration violations, while another Bangladeshi has been charged with falsifying official documents. But the police are investigating whether Dumont, a French national of Algerian descent who lived in Japan on and off in 2002 and 2003, was setting up a terrorist ring in the country. The local press have reported that Dumont, who worked...
...heard the clerk say something to his co-worker in Bengali. “You’re from India too?” I found myself asking him in my best Bengali accent. A five-minute conversation ensued, in which I learned that he was in fact Bangladeshi, but originally from Calcutta, and that his family owned several grocery stores back home. We laughed together over a joke only South Asians would appreciate, and as I walked out of the store I thought to myself: Speaking Bengali. That was nice. I think I’ll hold...
...Number of hand grenades discovered by Bangladeshi authorities as part of a record haul of smuggled arms. The destination of the cache, which included 150 rocket launchers and 1,200 rifles, hasn't been confirmed...