Japan and Italy have agreed to coordinate diplomatic and intelligence activities in the aftermath of Friday's militant attack in Dhaka.

Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious festival of the Muslims, will be observed tomorrow if the Shawal moon is sighted this evening.

One of the five Gulshan attackers whose identity had remained unknown was identified by Dhunat police in Bogra yesterday.

The morning sky was cloudy after the overnight downpour as if to tell humanity to cry for the souls of those killed in the unprecedented terror attack that has numbed the nation.

Terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to international peace and security. Perpetrators, organizers, financiers and sponsors of these reprehensible acts of terrorism should be brought to justice.

Confronted with the madness of those who want to undo the Italian way of life, Italians have been struck but not broken…We have the responsibility to respond with even more resolve and determination in defense of our values.

This was an impermissible act of terrorism and I am profoundly outraged....We intend to work in cooperation with the international community in order to root out terrorism.

US President Barack Obama, British Prime Minister David Cameron, the Russian Federation, Pakistan, the European Union, and the British

The namaz-e-janaza of Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain, son of Simeen and Waquer Hossain, and grandson of Latifur Rahman and Shahnaz Rahman, will be held today (Monday) after Asr prayers at Gulshan Azad Mosque in the city.

Outraged at the killing of their citizens, Japan and Italy have sent high officials, counter-terrorism intelligence experts, response teams and victims' family members to Dhaka on special aircrafts.

The 12-hour tense siege at the Holey Artisan Bakery, the brutal killings, the blood and the faces of the young militants all left millions in a state of shock as it was beyond their imagination that such brutality could be unleashed in Bangladesh.

In the aftermath of Gulshan café siege, photos of suspected attackers surfaced in public domain, prompting social media users and journalists to search for their identities and look into family and educational backgrounds. There have been some findings but a lot more is yet to be unearthed.

It was a pleasant evening at the exquisitely decorated restaurant in Gulshan, with guests eating their favourite cuisine.

United Nations officials have condemned the terrorist attack in a cafe in Dhaka on Friday night.

Seven to eight attackers, believed to be in their 20s, entered the restaurant in Dhaka's Gulshan diplomatic zone

World leaders have condemned Friday's deadly militant attack at an upscale restaurant in Dhaka, and pledged their all-out support to

The hostage standoff at a Gulshan café ended after around 12 hours but only to bring shockingly grim news for the country and beyond: nine Italians, seven Japanese, two Bangladeshis, one Bangladeshi-American and one Indian are dead. The 20 hostages were brutally murdered during the chilling siege before the commandoes stormed the popular hangout in Dhaka's diplomatic zone yesterday morning.

Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain, 20, grandson of Latifur Rahman, chairman of Transcom Group and Shahnaz Rahman, and son of Simeen Hossain,

The militants asked some of the hostages to recite from the Holy Quran to confirm whether they are Muslims. Those who could were

Announcing a two-day national mourning from today for those killed in Friday's terrorist attack on a Gulshan eatery, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina last night called upon the people to have confidence in her government.