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Mohammad Jamil Khan

Covers Security, Cross-Border Crime, Human Rights and Migration

Malaysia job market for Bangladeshi workers

US war on Iran tanks workers’ migration

2 October 2026
The number of Bangladeshis approved to take up jobs in 10 major overseas markets fell nearly 35 percent in the first nine months of the year on the back of a slump in Saudi-bound recruitment, along with other traditional Gulf markets, due to the US-Israel war on Iran.
2 October 2026
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Crackdown on teen gangs to go nationwide

1 October 2026
After a series of violent incidents heightened concerns over public safety, law enforcers are stepping up drives against teen gangs and other criminal networks. They are also targeting the influential people behind such groups.
1 October 2026
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Jobs in Malaysia: Demand letters attested, rules still unclear

30 September 2026
The Bangladesh High Commission in Kuala Lumpur has begun attesting job-demand letters for Bangladeshi workers, even though the recruitment process remains opaque, with no formal government announcement yet on the mechanism, costs or departure timeline.
30 September 2026
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Biman buying 10 Airbus planes: Aviation minister

30 September 2026
Biman expects four Airbus A350-900s, six A320neos; 13 Boeing 787-10s, two 787-9s, and ten 737 Max8s in 2030's
30 September 2026
Biman Bangladesh Airlines orders new Boeing planes

Biman bets big with 11 more Boeing jets

25 September 2026
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has ordered 11 more jets, taking its Boeing order book to 25 aircraft and pushing ahead with the biggest fleet expansion in its history, as negotiations continue for 10 Airbus planes.
25 September 2026
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Cox’s Bazar International Airport set for October launch

24 September 2026
But uncertainty remains over which airlines to operate int’l flights
24 September 2026
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Limited banking access proposed for Rohingyas to check hundi risks

22 September 2026
An intelligence report has proposed allowing selected Rohingya families to open controlled bank accounts to divert hundi remittances into formal channels and curb their misuse for crime and terror financing.
22 September 2026
child rape cases in Bangladesh

Familiar faces, deadly crimes

21 September 2026
Children are being killed by people they know, often within their own homes, while some are found dead after going missing -- exposing gaps in prevention, early response and justice.
21 September 2026
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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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Back to planning sabotage a day after release

Just a day after securing bail in five cases filed under the anti-terrorism act and coming out of jail, Mufti Jashimuddin Rahmani, chief of banned outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team, started planning for sabotage activities in full swing.
27 January 2024
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Torture of 4 men in custody: Police probe finds addl SP, OC guilty

An investigation has found evidence that an additional superintendent of police and an inspector had physically tortured four men in custody at a police station in Shariatpur last year. 
26 January 2024

8.3kg cocaine seized at HSIA in biggest haul

Drug traffickers have been transporting cocaine through Bangladesh from certain East African countries to India for years, said officials at the Department of Narcotics Control.
25 January 2024
Bangladeshi expatriates robbed by cops

When cops turn part-time robbers

On the night of January 23 last year, Abdullah Munshi landed at Dhaka airport from Dubai and took a CNG-run autorickshaw to go to his brother’s house in Khilgaon around 11:00.
23 January 2024
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Ansarullah Bangla Team chief out of prison

Mufti Jashimuddin Rahmani, chief of the Ansarullah Bangla Team, an Al-Qaeda-inspired militant outfit now known as Ansar al Islam, was released from the Kashimpur High Security Central Jail in Gazipur on Sunday.
22 January 2024
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‘I’m not leaving my son’

“Fire, fire”. Sharmin Akter, 22, woke up hearing these desperate cries which shattered the stillness of the night in Mollabari Slum in Tejgaon yesterday. Her immediate thought was to save her one-and-a-half-year-old son, Nafi Hossain.
13 January 2024
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Six out of 12 city corporations yet to take action

Despite the national election being over, thousands of posters and banners of candidates are still hanging across the country, causing potential hazards to the environment.
8 January 2024
Dhaka Deserted on Polls Day

Mostly peaceful but not festive

Dhaka, usually a cacophony of honking horns, blaring rickshaw bells, and the incessant hum of human activity, wore an almost deserted look yesterday during the national polls.
7 January 2024
Benapole Express fire

‘Petrol, chemicals used’ to torch train

Masud Alam started his journey towards Dhaka from Bhanga Railway Station in carriage “Cha” of Benapole Express around 7:50pm on Friday.
6 January 2024
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10 inmates out of 47,000 voted thru postal ballots

With the country going to polls tomorrow, at least 86,000 inmates in 68 jails across the country also got a chance to exercise their franchise through postal ballots this time.
5 January 2024
Bangladeshi women in Indian brothels

Sex trafficking: The untold exploitations of Bangladeshi women in India

Many Bangladeshi sex workers, once victims themselves, now serve as brothel managers, perpetuating the vicious cycle. They employ fellow countrywomen, who later become traffickers responsible for bringing new girls from Bangladesh into the clutches of these brothels.
5 January 2024
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Special focus on final hours of voting

Law enforcers are now setting their focus completely on January 7, the election day. They are particularly preparing contingency plans for the final hours of voting, as violence often erupts between supporters of rival candidates during this time.
2 January 2024

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