Saw this today - it's definitely a 'positive' end to a tragic story.
Real shame, they aren't in their own premises and are instead going to operate out of a Meena bazaar/Agora/Swapno type of superstore and have their own little corner.
Holey Artisan reopens after six months
Holey Artisan Bakery has reopened in Gulshan as a survivor of the terror attack in July last year
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Holey Artisan Bakery has began operating again after moving to Rangs Arcade in Gulshan 2.
Holey Artisan Bakery has officially reopened its operations in Gulshan after six months of the militant attack. The cafe’s owners maintained their determination to reopen their door for the second half of 2016 after being the victim of history’s worst militant attack of the country.
Throughout the second half of 2016, the cafe’s owners maintained their determination to one day reopen their doors, albeit at a different site.
Holey Artisan Bakery interior view after reopening
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The worst terrorist attack in the history of Bangladesh received global attention for its international casualties and was the first public statement from Islamic State on operating in Bangladesh.
In the aftermath of the attack, the cafe – in a show of fortitude and solidarity – began operating from a neighbouring restaurant in Gulshan 2.
After law enforcement agencies finished their investigation of the premises, they returned the keys to the owners. They pledged to turn it into a residential complex, and stated they would not resume operating on the same premises that experienced such a terrible, inhumane act.
Holey Artisan Bakery is now operating on a more secure, smaller scale inside Gourmet Bazaar at Rangs Arcade on North Gulshan Avenue.
Holey Artisan Bakery confectionaries on display after reopening on January 10
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On July 1, 2016, after Iftar in the Islamic sacred month of Ramadan, five armed militants stormed the Holey Artisan Bakery in Baridhara. They took the bakery staff and guests hostage and killed 20 – including 18 foreigners – before law enforcement teams laid siege in the early hours of July 2, killing the terrorists in a firefight which destroyed much of the premises.