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Mohammad Jamil Khan

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Bangladeshi migrants workers rights in Malaysia

Workers’ skills, migration on separate tracks

4 October 2026
More than seven in 10 outbound workers leave Bangladesh without any training, according to a study, and experts say the problem goes beyond the capacity of technical training centres (TTCs).
4 October 2026
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
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Extorting money, trading arms right from jail

 It costs Tk 100 to make a three-minute phone call from jail anytime. That’s not all. For the right amount -- Tk 5,000 to 7,000 -- any inmate can use a smartphone inside their cell for the whole night.
26 April 2022
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Criminals graduating to cash deposit machines, fake telemedicine services: DB

Even the world of crime is witnessing innovations.
24 April 2022

There’s a new strategy out there

In an attempt to escape the prying eyes of law enforcers, drug peddlers across the capital have come up with a new strategy. They are now using the elderly as their carriers to transport consignments from one place to another.
23 April 2022

A box that can make dollars!

They enter Bangladesh with business or visit visas.
21 April 2022
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How criminals ‘rent’ bank accounts for illegal transaction

In the documents submitted to a bank, Bappy Hossain (26) mentioned that he’s a labourer. But an anomaly came up after analysing his national identity (NID) details.
20 April 2022
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Where are the fugitive killers of Prof Humayun Azad?

Law enforcers have no clue about the whereabouts of top JMB militant Salahuddin Ahmed alias Salehin, a fugitive death row convict of Prof Humayun Azad murder case.
14 April 2022

Computer operator turns counterfeiter

Taizul Islam Liton did not continue his studies after the eighth grade. After dropping out of school, he started working as a computer operator in the capital’s Nilkhet area in 2004.
12 April 2022
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One-stop service for women, children

Around 10:30am on Friday, 28-year-old Amena Begum was found pacing in front of the duty-officer’s room at Narayanganj Sadar Model Police Station.
9 April 2022

From student to ringleader

Back in 1996, Lokman Hakim alias Liton was still a student. But early on in life, he had a brush with law, when he abducted a girl.
7 April 2022
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Tipu’s aide hired hitman, armed him

An aide of Awami League leader Jahidul Islam Tipu hired the hitman and gave him a gun to have Tipu assassinated, according to the confessional statement of hitman Masum Mohammad Akash.
6 April 2022
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Fake persona brings in real money

He was once a preacher, giving sermons at different waz-mahfils. At the time, he was merely a Jamaat-Shibir activist in Satkhira’s Kalaroa upazila.
31 March 2022
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Tipu murder - At least five took part in the killing mission: probe

At least five people took part in the killing of Jahidul Islam Tipu, former general secretary of Motijheel Awami League, in the capital’s Shahjahanpur a week ago.
30 March 2022
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Don’t click that link!

Using the “add money” option of mobile financial services (MFS), several syndicates are looting money by hacking into users’ online bank accounts and credit cards.
28 March 2022
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Mosque water the only alternative

It takes Anwar Hossain, a 60-year-old cook at a mess in the capital’s Farmgate, about an hour to make a trip to the nearest deep tube-well, get 10 litres of water, and return home.
25 March 2022

Youth held over vandalism of idols in temple

Police have arrested a man on charges of vandalising idols in a Hindu temple in the capital’s Khilgaon on Monday.
23 March 2022
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Bangladeshi expats in Iraq confined, tortured, extorted by syndicate

Inside the torture cell, when there was no water, urine was offered as a substitute.
23 March 2022

‘Make sure you look poor, needy’

It’s an organised gang that mostly operates in government hospitals. It targets those that come for treatment from outside Dhaka, feed them sedatives, and loot their valuables as the victims fall unconscious.
21 March 2022
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Ahsan Group embezzled at least Tk 130cr using religious clout: CID

It was corruption at a massive scale, undertaken by a single family.
16 March 2022
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TikTok: preferred app for youth crime?

Though a relatively new social media platform, TikTok has already become a preferred tool for criminals to carry out their activities, according to law enforcers.
14 March 2022
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Scamming from a quiet village

In the quiet village of Faridpur’s Dumain, the residents do all kinds of work, from working in the field to running shops, for their livelihood. But many have chosen a more sinister path to make ends meet.
10 March 2022

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