Terrorist attack, hostage situation in Dhaka ; Analysis & Footage

[extra terrestrial]

Foreign firms cancel travel to Bangladesh after Dhaka cafe attack
Foreign nationals in building and garment industries told to stay home and hospitality sector sees rise in cancellations

Foreign companies with nationals working in Bangladesh’s garment and building industries have suspended travel to the country and told workers to stay at home after a deadly attack by Islamic militants on a restaurant in Dhaka.

The hospitality sector is also seeing cancellations, hotels are tightening security and foreign embassies are looking at reducing staffing after the attack on Friday claimed the lives of nine Italians, seven Japanese, an American, an Indian and some Bangladeshi nationals.

He said that after a foreigner was killed in Bangladesh last year, some overseas companies pared back travel to the country and asked for meetings to be held in Bangkok, New Delhi or Hong Kong instead.

Islam said: “This time the intensity of the threat is much higher and we will definitely see companies altering their plans.”

Sudhir Dhingra, the head of Orient Craft based in the Indian city of Gurgaon, said: “There’ll definitely be an impact on the garment industry. I was just speaking to a top label which said its official who was supposed to visit Bangladesh to inspect an order has refused to go.”

Bangladesh garment exporters who dealt with some of those killed in the attack were still coming to terms with what has happened. “I was doing business with six of the nine Italians who died. It’s shocking and heartbreaking,” said Meshba Uddin Ali, the managing director of Wega Fashion Sweater.

Amos Ho, a senior manager at Pou Chen, one of the world’s largest makers of trainers for brands such as Nike, Adidas and Puma, said: “We’ve urged our employees to be cautious. They have to pay attention to their personal safety.”

Industry analysts have suggested clothing brands may now consider shifting out of Bangladesh to less unsettled countries in Asia, such as Cambodia and Sri Lanka. No major companies have yet signalled official plans.

“There are no plans on changing any sourcing, but we are following developments closely,” Sweden’s H&M said in a statement echoed by other big retailers. The US and British embassies in Bangladesh may reduce staff numbers, one diplomatic source said, and ask only essential staff to stay on.

The Japanese construction companies Obayashi and Shimizu, which both have more than a dozen employees working on bridge projects in Bangladesh, said they had advised staff to stay indoors.

At least two five-star hotels in Dhaka that cater primarily to business clients said they had received cancellations since Friday’s attack. “Whenever people book it’s usually within two or three days of their visit to Dhaka and now nobody is doing any bookings at all,” said a source at one of the hotels, adding that this week was typically quiet due to the upcoming Eid celebrations.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ms-cancel-travel-bangladesh-dhaka-cafe-attack

I do believe the West and Japan will be wary of withdrawing their economic commitments towards Bangladesh since that will effectively push the government to completely rely on China.

End of the day, terrorism is a global problem. If we are scared, they win...

 

[idune]

I do believe the West and Japan will be wary of withdrawing their economic commitments towards Bangladesh since that will effectively push the government to completely rely on China.

End of the day, terrorism is a global problem. If we are scared, they win...

Awami League regime on advise from its master in Delhi, already destroyed any chance of Chinese goodwill. Deep Sea project, power plant in Bashkhalli are good examples why Chinese are not interested in dealing with current regime and making big investment in Bangladesh. That is why even Padma bridge fund from China got stuck. So using China card is no longer there for the regime. US and and Japanese are well aware of that fact.

 

[Arthur]

JICA "will remain firmly committed to contributing to the development of Bangladesh."

The Attack in Dhaka, Bangladesh

It is extremely regrettable that seven Japanese people were killed and one injured in a terrorist attack in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 1. The eight were consultants engaged in survey work for JICA. They were participating in a preparatory survey related to an infrastructure project to improve the urban transit situation in Dhaka, where traffic is rapidly increasing. Sadly, these people, who worked hard for the development of Bangladesh, became caught up in this incident. It is impossible to suppress our anger at the criminals who carried out this act of terrorism. I sincerely pray that those whose lives were lost will rest in peace and offer my condolences to their loved ones. I also pray for the earliest possible recovery of the person who was injured. On behalf of JICA, I would like to offer as much support as possible to all the family members.

The people who were killed and injured not only participated in survey work in Bangladesh, together with JICA they also contributed to the growth of developing countries and were expected to continue doing so. It is a matter of great sorrow to us that these precious comrades were killed or injured.

Because last October a Japanese man was killed in northwest Bangladesh, we elevated our safety measures and have been alerting all JICA-related personnel to the danger. And JICA was just recently warning them again to be extra cautious, particularly during and just after Ramadan. It is quite regrettable that this result came about despite those efforts.

We at JICA will continue giving top priority to the safety of JICA-related personnel and thoroughly assessing the situation on the ground in the places where we do our work. We also remain firmly committed to contributing to the development of Bangladesh.

Shinichi Kitaoka
President
Japan International Cooperation Agency


link:
JICA


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Case filed over Dhaka attack
Staff Correspondent | Update: 23:31, Jul 04, 2016


A case was filed with Gulshan police station on Monday night over the recent terror attack on a Spanish restaurant at Gulshan in the capital city that left 28 people killed.

The assistant police commissioner of Gulshan zone confirmed the matter of filing the case.

Police said case has been filed against five attackers along with a number of unidentified people. Earlier in the evening, police sources said a number of cases were being prepared to be filed against the attackers and some other people.




Case filed over Dhaka attack||Prothom Alo

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Court seeks Dhaka attack case report by 24 August

Staff Correspondent | Update: 17:17, Jul 06, 2016


Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's (CMM) Court on Wednesday asked police to submit a detailed report on Gulshan’s Holey Artisan Bakery attack by 24 August.
Metropolitan magistrate Snigdha Rani Chakrawarty passed the order after police placed the case documents in the court.
A case under anti-terrorism act was filed with the Gulshan police station on Monday night accusing a number of unidentified people for Friday's terror attack on the Spanish restaurant that killed at least 20.



Court seeks Dhaka attack case report by 24 August || Prothom Alo

 

[idune]

Another Awami League leader (Shafiur Rahman an ex janoter moncha leader) son Tahmidur Rahman turned IS terrorist and now threatening to strike. Looks like Awami League with help of india created terror incubator against Bangladesh.

http://www.bd-desh.net/newsdetail/detail/200/226010

 

[extra terrestrial]

Awami League regime on advise from its master in Delhi, already destroyed any chance of Chinese goodwill. Deep Sea project, power plant in Bashkhalli are good examples why Chinese are not interested in dealing with current regime and making big investment in Bangladesh. That is why even Padma bridge fund from China got stuck. So using China card is no longer there for the regime. US and and Japanese are well aware of that fact.

Well, the Chinese do not keep that typical village-politics mentality like us...

It's true that the cancellation of the Sonadia project has irked them but China will keep on trying to engage with Bangladesh anyhow, no matter what. There has been no sign from the Chinese of ignoring Bangladesh.

Despite all her political strategies, Hasina will remain vigilant about the economic growth. And don't forget that a significant number of the parliamentarians as well as AL leaders are businessmen and industrialists.

If the West and Japan pulls out its economic commitments with Bangladesh, then it leaves the government with the only alternative: China and Hasina will be bound to follow that alternative.

 

[Solomon2]

If I donate money to ISIS am I innocent? There is your answer. Choose your answer as you wish. I don't see any difference between ISIS aand Israel. Zionists also started as terrorists before 1947.....

You are either a very sick in the head person or severely misinformed. Maybe both. While this is not the thread for this discussion, everyone can see today that Zionists are NOT terrorists. Sure not everyone can admit that openly. But that doesn't justify perpetrating the lies and linguistic perversions, especially since the object is to make real terrorists look less bad than they are.

IS says Dhaka cafe slaughter a glimpse of what’s coming
BY AT EDITOR on JULY 6, 2016 in SOUTH ASIA, TOP NEWS

By Ruma Paul

DHAKA (Reuters) – Islamic State has warned of repeated attacks in Bangladesh and beyond until rule by sharia, or Islamic law, is established, saying in a video last week’s killing of 20 people in a Dhaka cafe was merely a glimpse of what is to come.


A U.S. family residing in Bangladesh mourns for their friends who were killed in the attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery and the O’Kitchen Restaurant, at a makeshift memorial near the attack site, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 5, 2016. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

Five Bangladesh militants, most from wealthy, liberal families, stormed the upmarket restaurant on Friday and murdered customers, the majority of them foreigners, from Italy, Japan, India and the United States, before they were gunned down.

“What you witnessed in Bangladesh … was a glimpse. This will repeat, repeat and repeat until you lose and we win and thesharia is established throughout the world,” said a man identified as Bangladeshi fighter Abu Issa al-Bengali, in the video monitored by SITE intelligence site.

Bangladesh has rejected the Islamic State’s claim of responsibility for the Friday attack and blamed it on a domestic militant group.

It was one of the deadliest attacks in Bangladesh, where Islamic State and al-Qaeda have claimed a series of killings of liberals and members of religious minorities in the past year. The government has also dismissed those claims.

The IS video began with pictures of recent attacks in Paris, Brussels and Orlando in the United States that the Middle East-based militants have claimed.

The fighter in the video, who spoke in both Bengali and English, said Bangladesh must know that it was now part of a bigger battlefield to establish the cross-border “caliphate” the group proclaimed in 2014.

“I want to tell the rulers of Bangladesh that the jihad you see today is not the same that you knew in the past,” he said from a busy street in the militant group’s de facto capital of Raqqa, in Syria. “The jihad that is waged today is a jihad under the shade of the Caliphate.”

Though Bangladesh has rejected the IS claim of responsibility for Friday’s attack, police said they were stepping up security in response to the video threat.

“We are taking this issue seriously. All our units concerned are working tirelessly,” said deputy police inspector general Shahidur Rahman.

Police believe the domestic Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh, which has pledged allegiance to Islamic State, played a significant role in organizing the band of privileged, educated young men who carried out the attack.

Police have said they are hunting for six members of the group suspected to have helped the attackers.

But foreign security experts say the scale and sophistication of the attack on the Holey Artisan bakery cafe pointed to some level of guidance from international militant groups.

Officials in Dhaka said on Tuesday police commandos had mistakenly shot dead a restaurant chef during the operation to end the siege.

H.T. Imam, a political adviser to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also said security officials had seen online warnings about an impending attack on Friday and ordered major hotels and restaurants in the neighborhood of the cafe shut.

But they missed the actual target, he said.

(Writing by Sanjeev Miglani; Editing by Robert Birsel)

 

[Abingdonboy]

Any more pics of the operations (especially of the specialist units involved)?

I have found surprsingly few thus far.

 

[idune]

Well, the Chinese do not keep that typical village-politics mentality like us...

It's true that the cancellation of the Sonadia project has irked them but China will keep on trying to engage with Bangladesh anyhow, no matter what. There has been no sign from the Chinese of ignoring Bangladesh.

Despite all her political strategies, Hasina will remain vigilant about the economic growth. And don't forget that a significant number of the parliamentarians as well as AL leaders are businessmen and industrialists.

If the West and Japan pulls out its economic commitments with Bangladesh, then it leaves the government with the only alternative: China and Hasina will be bound to follow that alternative.

In deep sea port, in duty free access and in industrial zone request, Awami League listened to indian dictate and did not allow investment. What makes you think even if China offer investment Awami League will take it over its existential support from India?

 

[extra terrestrial]

In deep sea port, in duty free access and in industrial zone request, Awami League listened to indian dictate and did not allow investment. What makes you think even if China offer investment Awami League will take it over its existential support from India?

AL could reject those offers because Japan provided the alternative i.e. the $5 billion loan, investment offers from JETRO representatives. If there is no alternative, then AL will have no other option but to accept the Chinese offers. As I said they cannot afford to ignore the economic growth.

 

[idune]

AL could reject those offers because Japan provided the alternative i.e. the $5 billion loan, investment offers from JETRO representatives. If there is no alternative, then AL will have no other option but to accept the Chinese offers. As I said they cannot afford to ignore the economic growth.

You may not willing to admit, Awami League already ignored economic growth by NOT allowing deep sea port, not taking duty free access and now not allowing Chinese fund for building Padma barrage. In fact Japan also asked to provide land to create industrial zone and that was not provided since Hasina's Japan visit 3 years ago. Banking, construction, manpower export all are in downhill. Growth numbers are highly fabricated using utter lie. So Hasian is not worried about economic growth (cosmetic development like flyover does not count) so long she has formula from india to cook the book.

 

[extra terrestrial]

You may not willing to admit, Awami League already ignored economic growth by NOT allowing deep sea port, not taking duty free access and now not allowing Chinese fund for building Padma barrage. In fact Japan also asked to provide land to create industrial zone and that was not provided since Hasina's Japan visit 3 years ago. Banking, construction, manpower export all are in downhill. Growth numbers are highly fabricated using utter lie. So Hasian is not worried about economic growth (cosmetic development like flyover does not count) so long she has formula from india to cook the book.

Not really, I've already expressed the significance of a deep sea port multiple times. There is no reason of rejecting Japan, I think they have been provided land in Matarbari.

The thing is that the deep sea port or the Ganges barrage will have significant long term effects and AL, just like every other political party in Bangladesh, have short sighted strategies; they are more concerned on things which will have immediate effects. The economy is definitely not in a desired state but at least moving forward which is the only matter of attainment for AL, they wouldn't like to have it slip away.

 

[~Phoenix~]

Politics,Politics and Politics...Bruh...

 

[BDforever]

 

[Al-zakir]

OC of Banani Thana of Police, has martyred

I disagree. OC salauddin was a police thug. His hand was full of blood. He has killed many Jamat-BNP activists.

 

[Nilgiri]