Barely able to speak Bangla, Farid found his family through memories of home
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After decades away, a few childhood details were enough for aid workers to trace his family in Cox’s Bazar
39 MIN(s)
Prisons bursting at twice their capacities
19 August 2026
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.
19 August 2026
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
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
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 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
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
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
‘Yaba dealers using expats as carriers’
With an aim to stop narcotics smuggling from Bangladesh to abroad through expatriates, the airlines have to ensure that their passengers packed their own luggage.
22 March 2021
‘They have to wear prison uniforms’
Every accused, convicted after trial and sent to jail, has to wear black/white striped shirt and pajamas as a uniform in prisons.
21 March 2021
Huji set up ‘madrasa’ to train children
Investigators have found that banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (Huji) was giving training to children in the guise of running a madrasa.
20 March 2021
Fire at ICU of DMCH: It had no emergency evacuation system
The intensive care unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital has no “emergency evacuation system”.
19 March 2021
50 years of independence: Rejoicing at myriad positives
The country starts its 10-day celebrations of Mujib Borsho and golden jubilee of independence today with colourful events and presence of global leaders.
16 March 2021
It’s sensitive
The government has turned down the proposal of buying mobile trackers for the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC).
11 March 2021
Stopping Drugs Smuggling: Couriers denied access to NID server
Despite repeated use of courier services by transnational syndicates to smuggle drugs through Bangladesh to a third country, the government has turned down a proposal to use the National Identity Card server to verify the identity of the product sender.
9 March 2021
Ansar Al Islam: Regrouping by stealth
Ansar al Islam is far from over.
6 March 2021
Methamphetamine In Bangladesh: Crystal death summoned
Targeting users in upscale neighbourhoods, organised syndicates have been smuggling in high-priced crystal meth over the last few years, much to the concern of law enforcers and narcotics control officials.
4 March 2021
Plan to vaccinate 15k convicts in jail in first phase
The Department of Prisons has finalised a plan to vaccinate for Covid-19 inmates in 68 jails in the country.
25 February 2021
Teens hawk drugs in Karwan Bazar
Around 7:00pm on February 14, a group of five or six young girls aged between 14 and 18 were seen roaming around in front of Tejgaon level crossing.
21 February 2021
Trafficking of Woman with Forged Passport: Syndicate teams up with officers
A human trafficking syndicate formed a nexus with immigration police personnel at Sylhet Osmani International Airport and got a woman trafficked to the United Kingdom with a fake passport, a CID probe has found.
18 February 2021
BB Reserve Heist: Criminals from 6 nations involved
Criminals from at least six countries, including Bangladesh, have been found involved in the $81-million heist from Bangladesh Bank reserves with the New York Fed five years ago.
9 February 2021
Deported Bangladeshi Student: He plotted terror attack in France
A Bangladeshi recently deported from France for his involvement in militant activities had plans of going to Syria to join Islamic State.
4 February 2021
Fraudster’s 3-yr run ended by DB
It’s good to learn from mistakes, but it’s another thing entirely when the lessons from a mishap goes on its own tangent of more errors.
4 February 2021
Deradicalisation Programme: Rab gets warm response on hotline
People looking for a window to shun the path of militancy have been calling a hotline number and writing to an email address the Rab has dedicated for its deradicalisation programme.
3 February 2021
Scrap seller turns ‘liquor’ maker
Jahangir Alam was not even able to complete a school education.
2 February 2021
Ex-univ teacher held for militant link
Jobless since the start of the pandemic, private university teacher Minhaj Hossain started seeking a job online and was soon drawn by the lure of an international militant outfit.
26 January 2021
Fraudster arrested by CTTC in capital
This is how the plot unfolded:
25 January 2021
Standing up to the oath of sacrifice
It was early morning on September 15, 2019. Sergeant Md Shahidul Islam went to Abhaynagar Police Station in Jashore with members of the bomb disposal unit of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-6).
20 January 2021