To light from dark spiral of militancy
The husband is an engineer and the wife a doctor.
13 January 2021
Fake NID for Tk 1.5 lakh
A syndicate of brokers and some dishonest staffers of the Election Commission had been forging national ID cards for years due to a lack of strict monitoring and loopholes in the system, found a police investigation.
8 January 2021
Uzi in Guise of Rifles: Take legal action against importers
The police headquarters has recommended taking lawful action against the arms importers who sold semi-automated Uzi pistols after importing them under the declaration of rifles.
6 January 2021
Deradicalisation to eliminate militancy
Like developed countries, as part of a soft approach to eliminate militancy, Bangladesh is going to start an institutional deradicalisation process.
27 December 2020
‘Once drivers, they now hijack buses to conduct robbery’
They were drivers by profession and used to work in public transport.
25 December 2020
Rising Cybercrime: Police hotlines flooded with complaints
“Please save me, I have no other option but to die.”
22 December 2020
DNC planning to buy phone trackers
With an aim to detect narcotics rings and the masterminds behind it, the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) has proposed to buy a mobile tracker system.
22 December 2020
Give couriers access to NID server
To stop narcotics smuggling through national and international courier services, the Department of Narcotics Control has recommended National Identity Card server access for couriers.
17 December 2020
Airports being used to smuggle out yaba
Drug traffickers smuggled four to five stashes of yaba pills in luggages or shipping boxes out of the country through the airports every month in the last two years.
17 December 2020
Sinha murder pre-planned
Investigators have found that the murder of Maj (retd) Sinha Rashed Khan was pre-planned and they will mention it in the case’s charge sheet, which will be submitted to court soon.
12 December 2020
Tactical belts for cops
Bangladesh Police will be introducing tactical belts for officials involved in operational duty and patrols, as part of its efforts to better equip the force and make the policing system more efficient.
11 December 2020
Hefajat Mayhem 2013: Govt moves to resume probe
The government is resuming the long-stalled investigations into 62 cases filed over the mayhem by thousands of Hefajat activists in the capital and elsewhere in May 2013.
4 December 2020
Natural Disasters: Work going on for 5-layer protection
Uri grass is growing naturally along the shore of Bhasan Char. This type of grass provides protection to the shore and only grows in areas where there is no possibility of erosion, according to officials of the housing project there.
2 December 2020
Bhasan Char: 2,500 Rohingyas soon to be there
An isolated island around 52 kilometres from Chattogram city has now been transformed into a planned, modern township with rows of white, multi-storey buildings.
1 December 2020
Unequipped Morgues: Tricky autopsy gives doctors hard times
Salauddin Khan, officer-in-charge of Banani Police Station, lost his life during the Holey Artisan siege on July 1, 2016. Police officials suspected he had suffered bullet injuries during the operation to free the hostages.
26 November 2020
Amphetamine Smuggling: Stopover Dhaka
A group of chemical traders in Chennai are found to be the kingpins of amphetamine smuggling from India through Dhaka, according to an investigation by the Department of Narcotics Control.
24 November 2020
The art of cargo theft
A syndicate has long been stealing imported goods after breaking the locks of containers at the Mongla Port and selling those in the local market, a DB investigation found.
23 November 2020
Govt changes, but his ‘magic’ goes on
The rise of Monir Hossain, also known as Golden Monir, over almost two decades was unaffected by regime change because he knew how to keep high-ups in the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha and the housing and public works ministry happy.
22 November 2020
34 robbers give up arms, surrender
At least 34 members of 11 robbery gangs yesterday surrendered their weapons to Rab-7 at Chattagram’s Banshkhali Adarsha High School.
12 November 2020
53 Uzi Pistols: Detectives looking for users’ info
Detectives are now gathering details of those who own Uzi pistols; military-grade semi-automatic weapons imported in the absence of monitoring by the authorities.
6 November 2020