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Mohammad Jamil Khan

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Bangladesh prisons overcrowding 98,233 inmates

Prisons bursting at twice their capacities

8 HOUR(s)
Bangladesh’s 75 prisons are holding 98,233 inmates against a combined capacity of 45,186, more than double the designed limit, putting severe pressure on accommodation and healthcare.
8 HOUR(s)
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China-bound brides: Deceived, drugged and trafficked

18 August 2026
A 19-year-old’s ordeal puts spotlight on cross-border brokers, alleged trafficking networks
18 August 2026
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Update / They drifted to their deaths over 11 days

17 August 2026
9 Bangladeshis, one Sudanese confirmed dead after Greece-bound boat drifts in Mediterranean for 11 days
17 August 2026
dandy addiction among women in Dhaka

Cheap adhesive addiction rising among women

14 August 2026
It was around 5:00pm on July 22. Seven to eight months pregnant, Parvin Akter, 20, sat near the Farmgate Metro Rail Station with three other women, lifting a polythene bag to her face every few seconds.
14 August 2026
Bangladesh Saudi Arabia passenger flight increase

Bangladesh-Saudi weekly flight entitlement rises to 84

14 August 2026
Saudi Arabia has opened the high-demand Bangladesh-Saudi air route wider under a new bilateral deal, giving Bangladeshi airlines more room to expand. But how much of that opportunity they can use will depend on whether they have enough aircraft.
14 August 2026
Bangladeshi workers killed in Saudi Arabia fire

A village in tears

11 August 2026
Moyna Begum had no electricity at home when her son Mohan Pramanik was calling from Riyadh as a fire tore through the sofa factory where he worked.
11 August 2026
Bank Resolution Amendment Act 2026 approved by cabinet

Door closes for errant ex-owners to reclaim banks

11 August 2026
Cabinet okays draft law allowing NHRC to issue interim orders
11 August 2026
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Biman flight from Toronto: 174 Bangladeshis stranded for over 33hrs in Rome

9 August 2026
At least 174 Bangladeshi passport holders, including elderly people, women and children, had been stranded at Rome’s Fiumicino International Airport for nearly 33 hours since landing there at 7:20am (Rome time) on Friday, after a technical glitch grounded a Biman Bangladesh Airlines aircraft.
9 August 2026
Inadequate Fire Safety Measures: 3 out of 4 city markets risky

Inadequate Fire Safety Measures: 3 out of 4 city markets risky

Three in four markets and shopping arcades in Dhaka city lack proper fire safety measures, according to a Fire Service and Civil Defence inspection report.
4 March 2024
Major Fire Incidents: No verdict to date

Major Fire Incidents: No verdict to date

At least 71 people were killed in a tragic fire at Wahed Mansion in Chawkbazar’s Churihatta area in Old Dhaka on February 20, 2019.
2 March 2024
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Amend public gambling act

Police high-ups have sought the amendment of The Public Gambling Act 1867, as the existing law has no option to take lawful action against online gambling.
2 March 2024
onlookers gather in front of the charred seven-storey building.

Short circuit or gas leak might be the cause

An electric short circuit or a leaky gas pipe at a ground floor cafe was most likely the cause of the fire at the Bailey Road building late at night on Thursday, said investigators.
1 March 2024
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Families lost in flame

It was a leap day on Thursday, and many decided to celebrate the day that comes every four years with dreams and promises to be in a better place in life when the next one arrives.
1 March 2024
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GONE ... TOO SOON

Classes, labwork, exams -- Lamisha Islam was supposed to be worrying about these today while living a life full of potential amongst her friends and family.
1 March 2024
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A biriyani stop turns tragic

A check-up with the dentist. This is why Lutfun Nahar Lucky, a 47-year-old senior teacher at Viqarunnisa Noon School & College left home on Thursday night. She was accompanied by her daughter Jannatin Tazri, 23, a student of BRAC University.
1 March 2024
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Police official father in deep shock as daughter dies

Lamisha, 23, a student of mechanical department of the Bangladesh University of Engineering (BUET), became the nucleus of the family
1 March 2024
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A whimsical biriyani stop turns tragic

Viqarunnisa teacher, her 23-yr-old daughter killed in Bailey Road blaze
1 March 2024
police officers meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

Meeting with PM: Cops want more power, benefits

Police officers want postings at the Anti-Corruption Commission, National Security Intelligence, Department of Narcotics Control, Department of Immigration and Passports, BRTA, and BIWTA.
29 February 2024
Bangladesh Emerging Cocaine Transit Hub

Cocaine Smuggling: Dhaka a vital cog in the wheel

On January 25, Nomthandazo Towera Soko, a Malawian national, landed in Dhaka with 8.3 kilograms of cocaine. A nurse by profession, she was hoping to earn $3,000-$4,000 for bringing the drug to Bangladesh.
28 February 2024
Because of an outdated rule, the young women at the centre do not have the freedom to leave at their own will.

Safe but not free

For the last five years 19-year-old Sumona (pseudonym) has been living at the Training and Rehabilitation Centre for Socially Disadvantaged Women in Barishal.
23 February 2024
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To be able to dream again

At first glance it looks like a happy gathering of women and girls spanning ages from 15 to 50 years. We are greeted by this group of 30 and they welcome us with a song and dance routine.
23 February 2024
irregular migration routes to Europe from Bangladesh

To Europe via Libya: A voyage fraught with peril

An undocumented Bangladeshi migrant worker choosing to enter Europe from Libya, will almost certainly be held captive by armed militias, tortured, and their families extorted for lakhs of taka.
22 February 2024
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Election brings ‘rewards’ for cops

It seems like the election years bring “blessings” for the police force, since, if not anything else, the number of Police Awards recipients increases manifold right after the national polls.
20 February 2024
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‘Alor Iskul’ brings light to their lives

A year ago, attending school was a distant dream for 10-year-old Alamin Islam.
15 February 2024
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Why should we suffer for political vengeance?

Around 40 days after the arson attack on Benapole Express on January 5, police handed over bodies of four victims to their relatives from Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue yesterday.
15 February 2024
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Trapped through TikTok

“We are in danger. Please save us!”
12 February 2024

Building an empire on smuggled gold

Land sprawling across acres, mansions fit for royalty, and a fleet of gleaming cars -- the “brothers in crime” of the “Bhai-Bhai” syndicate have built an empire by smuggling gold through the Benapole border.
9 February 2024

They trafficked people for organs

Police have arrested a member of a transnational syndicate that is trafficking women from Bangladesh to India and the Middle East.
8 February 2024

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