Hoque said he alerted the chiefs of NIA and CBI against Chowdhury.
Reza told reporters that the attackers were armed with firearms and bombs as they entered the restaurant and took customers and staffers hostage at gunpoint.
Condemning the attack, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said, "What kind of humans are these, who are killing other humans during (the holy month of) Ramzan? They don't have any religion."
The terrorist was killed during a raid on a house in Dhaka's Rupnagar area and was identified by police as top Neo-Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh leader Chowdhury's 'second-in-command'.
Indian Cricket League (ICL) on Tuesday unveiled its ninth city-based team, Dhaka Warriors, for its second season starting October 10, a move which would plunge Bangladesh cricket into crisis.
'These are highly regrettable, irresponsible and provocative stories being carried in the Indian media. They are utterly baseless and unfounded. Pakistan strongly rejects such allegations,' he said in the statement.
A British national and a student of a Canadian University have been arrested for their alleged involvement in Bangladesh's worst terror attack at a cafe in Dhaka last month that killed 22 people, including an Indian girl.
Bangladesh and India on Tuesday agreed to launch the direct train service between Dhaka and Kolkata in the next four weeks.
Bangladesh on Tuesday pressed anti-terrorism charges against several suspects and identified the fifth assailant in the country's worst terror attack as authorities intensified efforts to unravel the plot behind the brazen assault in which 22 people were slaughtered by Islamists.
A homemade crude bomb of low intensity was hurled today outside the Sonargaon Pan-Pacific hotel in Dhaka where President Pranab Mukherjee is staying. No one was injured in the blast which took place around 2 pm., said Apoorva Hassan, the officer in-charge of Tejgaon police station.
Salam Azad, who lives in New Delhi since his book 'Bhanga Math' ('Shattered Dream') was banned in Bangladesh in 2004, says he is being persecuted by fundamentalists in his country.
Low cost airline SpiceJet, will introduce international flights to Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal from Kolkata by June.
The Gujarat government told the Supreme Court on Thursday that the petitioners who have sought a probe into the alleged fake encounters in the state from 2002 to 2006 need to explain the reasons for their "selective public interest" in raising the issue.
"A seal from a factory in Bihar was found on the three AK22 rifles recovered after the Gulshan terror attack," Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime chief Monirul Islam was quoted as saying by the Dhaka Tribune.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday left for Dhaka ahead of signing of documents for operationalising the 1974 Land Border Agreement between India and Bangladesh during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's two-day visit starting on Saturday.
With the arrests of nine men, including four Bangladeshi nationals, the Delhi Police on Monday claimed to have busted an international racket that used to send people to European countries on the basis of illegal documents.
"The five terrorists killed at Gulshan (cafe) were JMB members. The police had their details and been looking for them for a while," Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Haque told media persons.
The Bangladeshi soldiers on Friday discovered a mass grave at the Bangladesh Rifles complex in Dhaka and recovered bodies of at least 30 army officers, two days after the paramilitary personnel staged a mutiny in their force's headquarters in Dhaka.
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Rohit Sharma, who missed the first Test after sustaining a thumb injury during the second ODI against Bangladesh, will no longer be travelling to Dhaka.
The main Opposition BNP of former premier Khaleda Zia, 78, who is under house arrest, is boycotting the elections amidst violence.
During an action-packed day one of second Test between India and South Africa, a total of 23 wickets fell, which is the second highest number of wickets falling on day one of a Test.
A third of the study zone in and around Dhaka showed that the area was "most vulnerable" to tremors as these were recently filled with clay and silt.
They belonged to different outfits of the Northeast and were killed in simultaneous attacks by unidentified gunmen on four hideouts.
A team of the National Investigation Agency will be visiting Bangladesh on November 17 to brief the authorities in Dhaka and also seek cooperation of that country to unravel all plans of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh terror outfit.
Deep Dasgupta and Rohan Gavaskar slammed whirlwind half-centuries to guide Royal Bengal Tigers to an eight-wicket victory over Dhaka Warriors in the ICL 20s Championship at the Tau Devi Lal stadium on Saturday night.
Favouring a free trade agreement between India and Bangladesh, business leaders of the two countries have suggested that a direct air link be established between Guwahati and Dhaka to promote commerce and tourism.
A group of unidentified persons vandalised idols of Hindu goddesses in 14 temples in Bangladesh's Baliadangi upazila on Sunday, Dhaka Tribune reported citing a police officer.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday arrived in Dhaka to a red carpet welcome on his maiden visit which is expected to put ties with Bangladesh in a new trajectory, as the two sides will firm up a number of pacts to boost cooperation besides ratifying the long-pending Land Boundary Agreement.
Sources told Rediff.com that the terrorist captured alive provided information about the absconding terrorists.
The Islamists, who carried out Bangladesh's terror worst attack at a cafe in Dhaka, had slaughtered all the 20 hostages within 20 minutes of the brazen assault, a top police official said.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday arrived in Dhaka on a two-day tour to join the 150th birth anniversary celebrations of poet Rabindranath Tagore.
The five terrorists in the video, believed to be recorded sometime before the Gulshan attack, made statements to justify their stance, criticising the democratic system and political leaders.
Agreements on Teesta River water sharing, land boundaries and extradition remain in limbo in spite of friendly relations between India and Bangladesh, says Syed Tashfin Chowdhury
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