The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant had called for suicide attacks in Bangladesh on 15 March 2017.

[3] On 17 March 2017 a suicide bomber the entered under-construction Rapid Action Battalion headquarters in Ashkona, Dhaka, Bangladesh and detonated his vest.

The injured officers, Lance Corporal Mizan and Constable Arif, were rushed to Dhaka Combined Military Hospital.

The assault comes only two days after ISIL called for suicide attacks in Bangladesh, and one day after two militants of New JMB group blew themselves up to evade arrest by the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime Unit during a raid in Chittagong's Sitakunda.

[7][8] The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for this terror attack.