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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
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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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Yaba, crystal meth become the new narco currency

2 August 2026
The Daily Star explores the trafficking routes, the threats and the impacts of drug abuse. The second instalment looks at how drugs are used as a currency for illicit cross-border trade.
2 August 2026
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Gunmen facilities: Home ministry, police differ on withdrawal

Uncertainty has arisen over the withdrawal of security support -- including the deployment of gunmen, and in some cases, house guards -- provided to at least 70 politicians and politically important individuals ahead of the 13th parliamentary election.
22 February 2026
Home Minister Salahuddin Statement On Police Killing Investigation

No direct contact from OCs to ministers: Salahuddin issues warning

Home Minister orders strict chain of command, zero tolerance for corruption
18 February 2026
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Lobbying frenzy in civil service, police

Intense lobbying has gripped the bureaucracy and police, with officials scrambling for coveted postings as the contours of a new BNP-led government begin to take shape.
17 February 2026
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‘People will remember the army’s service’

Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman described the just-concluded polls as an “acceptable, fair election”, saying the outcome was widely accepted and made possible by soldiers’ “responsibility and efficiency”.
16 February 2026
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Security measures ‘unprecedented’

Law enforcement agencies have put in place a tight security arrangement across the country for the national election and referendum today, deploying nearly 10 lakh personnel to ensure a free, fair, and uninterrupted vote.
12 February 2026
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Police roll out three-tier security plan

With the much-awaited national election set to take place tomorrow, looted firearms yet to be recovered and thousands of licensed weapons yet to be deposited may pose security challenges, experts and law enforcers said.
11 February 2026
Vulnerable polling centres Bangladesh election

Dhaka division tops list of vulnerable polling centres

As a single constituency, Brahmanbaria-3 (Sadar) has the highest number of vulnerable polling centres in the 13th parliamentary election, with 121 centres classified as “highly risky”, according to police assessments.
10 February 2026
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Cops fear arms smuggling ahead of Feb 12 polls

Around 5:00am on January 11, a team of Rapid Action Battalion conducted a drive at a house in Raghunathpur in Benapole and recovered two firearms, six rounds of bullets and four magazines.
3 February 2026
Bangladesh election high risk constituencies

13 constituencies ‘highly risky’

Police have identified 13 constituencies across nine districts as “high risk” ahead of the February 12 national election, after analysing political violence since the announcement of the polls schedule on December 11.
2 February 2026
custodial deaths in Bangladesh latest report

‘981 hurt in polls-related violence since Oct last year’

Violence has flared since campaigning began for the 13th national election on January 22, and police say arrests and cases alone will not be enough unless rival groups show restraint.
30 January 2026
Bangladesh election violence 2026

‘Arrests alone won’t stop it’: Police say as election violence flares

5 dead and nearly 1,000 injured since Oct last year, rights group says
29 January 2026
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Manifesto expectations: Political use of police must end

As major political parties prepare their election manifestos, law enforcement experts and rights activists urge them to make law and order a top priority, keep police free from political interference, and end the partisan use of the force.
22 January 2026
Bangladesh elections monitoring by foreign countries

8,780 polling centres ‘most vulnerable’

With the 13th national election and referendum approaching, the interim government has placed the most vulnerable polling centres under heightened security, tightened controls on firearms and ordered law enforcers to take swift legal action against anyone attempting to disrupt the vote.
20 January 2026
Dhaka Metropolitan Police pre election guidelines

‘Act before any incident happens’: DMP issues strict pre-election directives

Intelligence-led policing, body cameras and neutrality stressed
14 January 2026
Dhaka Metropolitan Police pre election guidelines

Political leaders start getting armed escorts

Law enforcers have started providing security to top political leaders and election officials ahead of the national election after assessing their security risks or threats.
14 January 2026
political killings in Bangladesh before election

8 political killings since polls schedule: ASK

With a little over a month left before the 13th general election, political leaders and activists are increasingly falling victim to targeted killings.
9 January 2026
law and order situation before Bangladesh election

Law and order lapses stoke public fears

Despite the launch of Operation Devil Hunt, continued killings and law enforcement’s failure to arrest escaped criminals and recover looted weapons are raising serious concerns ahead of the national election.
9 January 2026
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Govt warns parties of sabotage ahead of elections

With the national elections approaching, the interim government has warned political parties about possible infiltration by agents of fascist forces and saboteurs posing as allies.
5 January 2026
Bangladesh interim government warns political parties

Beware of infiltrators, interim govt tells political parties

Draft ordinance discussed to ensure protection of July Uprising leaders
5 January 2026
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Police directed to arrest ‘fascist’ elements attempting to purchase nomination forms

Decision made during core committee meeting on law and order
28 December 2025

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