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Mohammad Jamil Khan

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Bangladesh prisons overcrowding 98,233 inmates

Prisons bursting at twice their capacities

9 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.
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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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Oct 28 Rallies: Cops all geared up, AL men too

Police might give the BNP permission to hold the grand rally at its desired Nayapaltan venue at the last moment, but opposition activists will not be allowed anywhere else on the streets.
26 October 2023
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AL ready to counter BNP on streets

The Awami League is fully prepared to prevent the BNP from resorting to violence centring the October 28 rally, ruling party leaders said.
25 October 2023
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Still in Myanmar prison even after serving time

On a quest to change his fortune, Salamat Ullah left his home in Teknaf for Malaysia in October last year.
25 October 2023
New bill to preserve near-extinct languages

Ansars set to get powers to arrest, frisk

Despite opposition from the police, Ansar battalion members are set to get powers to arrest offenders, frisk detainees, and seize goods.
23 October 2023
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‘He was right under their nose’

On November 20 last year, two death row convict militants, Abu Siddiq Sohel and Moinul Hasan Shamim, escaped from a Dhaka court in broad daylight with help from their associates.
23 October 2023
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BNP’s Oct 28 Grand Rally: AL, cops won’t ‘allow’ sit-ins, blockades

Awami League and law enforcement agencies will use all possible means to “drive out” BNP from the streets if the opposition party tries to stage any sit-ins or blockades after its scheduled grand rally in the capital on October 28, police and Awami League sources have said.
21 October 2023
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Yaba Smuggling: Kuakata now a major entry point

Yaba pills are now being smuggled through Kuakata sea routes after law enforcers have increased their vigilance in Teknaf and Cox’s Bazar, primary entry points for the drug from Myanmar into Bangladesh.
20 October 2023
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‘Political leaders, polls aspirants were his targets’

He was a conman who targeted controversial political leaders and aspiring candidates for the upcoming national polls to swindle them out of a huge amount of money.
19 October 2023
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Dhaka, Benapole Customs Depots: Of stolen gold and clueless cops

It seems that the gold which gets stolen from customs warehouses in the country, whether in Dhaka or Benapole, is never found again.
18 October 2023
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Escaped militants are ‘somewhere in the country’

On November 20 last year, two death row convict militants, Abu Siddiq Sohel and Moinul Hasan Shamim, escaped from a Dhaka court with help from their associates.
14 October 2023
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No ‘night party’ at some police check points

“Night Party” -- this is the name of a newly-formed  Dhaka Metropolitan Police team to ensure round the clock police presence on the capital’s streets, mostly after midnight.
13 October 2023
US visa ban

US Visa Policy: Some officials in admin, police ill at ease

A section of officials in the administration and police have a feeling of unease over the US visa curbs, but they would not publicly admit it.
30 September 2023
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Arrest of employees of mobile service operators: They used to steal, sell data to scammers

The Detective Branch (DB) of police has arrested eight people of a racket for stealing personal information, including fingerprints, of SIM card users and selling them to scammers and various groups to be used for criminal purposes.
13 September 2023
Police implicate dead men in vandalism case

290 cops in line for promotion as SPs, addl DIGs

The government has approved promotions for 290 top police officials ahead of the upcoming national election by creating temporary “supernumerary posts” in the force’s organisational structure.
7 September 2023
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Theft of 55.5Kg Gold: Two customs staffers, guard found involved

The two assistant revenue officers (AROs) responsible for overseeing the Dhaka Customs House warehouse at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) have been found to be involved in the theft of 55.5kg gold, police said.
5 September 2023
Dhaka Int’l Airport: 55kg gold vanishes from customs godown

55kg gold theft from customs warehouse may be an inside job: investigators

The gold -- 55.51kg to be precise -- stolen from Dhaka Customs House was taken from 437 separate packs kept inside a customs warehouse at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
4 September 2023
Dhaka Int’l Airport: 55kg gold vanishes from customs godown

Dhaka Int’l Airport: 55kg gold vanishes from customs godown

Approximately 55.5kg gold bars and jewellery worth around Tk 47 crore have been stolen from a customs warehouse at Dhaka airport, officials say.
3 September 2023
Childhood lost in dandy addiction

Childhood lost in dandy addiction

Hardware shops, shoemakers sell them the adhesive glue, claim street children
3 September 2023
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Refugee Camps: Killings, narco crimes on rise

Crimes, particularly those related to narcotics and murders, have witnessed a significant rise inside the Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camps over the last seven months.
24 August 2023
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They invoke ‘hijrat’ to entice recruits

Farhad suddenly left his home in Meherpur in June this year. Having “driven by extremist beliefs,” he associated with new a militant outfit called “Imam Mahmuder Kafela.”
13 August 2023

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