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Mohammad Jamil Khan

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Bangladesh prisons overcrowding 98,233 inmates

Prisons bursting at twice their capacities

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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.
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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
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Security beefed up across country

As a measure to prevent sabotage activities ahead of the national election, law enforcers have been instructed to beef up security measures across the country.
21 December 2023
Security Steps

Security beefed up across country to prevent sabotage before polls

As a measure to prevent sabotage activities ahead of the national election, law enforcers have been instructed to beef up security measures across the country
21 December 2023
Rail service to resume on limited scale

Rail vulnerable to sabotage at 350 points

Amid increasing acts of sabotage, Bangladesh Railway has identified 350 vulnerable places on the nearly 3,000 kilometres of railway lines across the country.
20 December 2023
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Running train set on fire in city; 4 killed

Mainuddin Manik, an attendant of Mohanganj Express,  was closing the door of a carriage when he saw the flames in the coupling between the Ja and Jha carriages.
19 December 2023
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A family-run gang that robs warehouse

Nuru Islam Nuru is a truck driver by profession, travelling across the country to deliver products. But Nuru, a seemingly unsuspecting individual, has been utilising his delivery ventures as a front for conducting robberies with his six-to-eight-member gang.
18 December 2023
Election Commission Office

207 UNOs, 326 OCs to be transferred in 1st phase

Authorities have made primary lists of upazila nirbahi officers and officers-in-charge of police stations to transfer in the first phase of the Election Commission’s move to reposition all UNOs and OCs ahead of the January 7 national election.
3 December 2023
BNP's mass contact

Govt to be even tougher on BNP

The BNP appears to be in for even tougher times in the next few weeks with the government going all out to make sure the party does not gain momentum in its oust-the-government movement.
23 November 2023
Metro to roll up to Motijheel November 5

Cops want CCTV, scanners for metro stations

In a bid to enhance security measures for the metro rail, the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) police wing has proposed the installation of luggage scanners at all stations.
22 November 2023
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MRT police still not a separate unit

Despite the prime minister’s directive to form a dedicated police unit to ensure metro rail’s security, the Metro Rail (MRT) Police has gained approval to operate only as a wing of Police Headquarters.
22 November 2023
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MRT cops want scanners, CCTV for stations

In a bid to enhance security measures for the metro rail, the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) police wing has proposed the installation of luggage scanners at all stations
22 November 2023
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Escaped militants still traceless

Exactly a year ago from today, two death row convict militants, Abu Siddiq Sohel and Moinul Hasan Shamim, escaped from a Dhaka court with help from their associates.
19 November 2023
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Police protection not sufficient

Bus owners have refrained from operating long-route buses due to insufficient security measures on highways amid the ongoing blockade and hartal called by BNP and other parties.
16 November 2023
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A fatal deception

An organised syndicate has been distributing counterfeit injections in the market, which are needed for kidney dialysis, newborn jaundice prevention, and vitamin-K deficiency treatment.
15 November 2023
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Curb social media rumors

The National Security Council yesterday directed law enforcement and intelligence agencies to be on alert so that no one can spread any disinformation on social media centring the next national election.
15 November 2023
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A revenge six years in the making

In July 2017, Ramjan, a member of a criminal gang operating in Kamrangirchar, killed his rival Manjur Hossain over establishing supremacy in narcotics trade.
12 November 2023
Spin doctors go into overdrive ahead of polls

Spin doctors go into overdrive ahead of polls

With the national election just around the corner, both pro-government and anti-government elements are out to manipulate public opinion through a vigorous campaign on social media platforms and private messaging apps, turning them into hotbeds of spin doctoring, disinformation and fake news.
11 November 2023
BNP's programmes on victory Day

Govt plans harsher clampdown on BNP

As the BNP and its like-minded parties intensify their street agitation, the government prepares to go for a stricter crackdown on the opposition activists to quash the anti-government movement.
5 November 2023
Countrywide Blockade: Arson, sporadic clashes continue

BNP men torched vehicles wearing press vests: DB

Detective Branch and Uttara divisions of Dhaka Metropolitan Police yesterday claimed Jubo Dal and Chhatra Dal activists set fire to buses and police vans in Dhaka wearing vests and identity cards of journalists and rights activists.
5 November 2023
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Security beefed up amid fears of violence, sabotage

Police have beefed up security measures fearing clandestine attacks and disruptive activities during the countrywide three-day blockade called by BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami
30 October 2023
Barishal City Corporation elections

Drug Trade in Barishal Division: Masterminds untraceable

Investigation into drug cases in Barishal have so far failed to yield any information regarding the masterminds of narcotics trade and smuggling.
27 October 2023

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