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Mohammad Jamil Khan

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Barely able to speak Bangla, Farid found his family through memories of home

7 HOUR(s)
After decades away, a few childhood details were enough for aid workers to trace his family in Cox’s Bazar
7 HOUR(s)
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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
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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

‘Neo-JMB’ using female wing to recruit online

Counterterrorism unit officials of police claim to have identified around a hundred social media accounts, whose users have allegedly showed interest in joining militancy or the war in Syria.
23 March 2020

Mobile banking scammer held in city

They used to target female subscribers of mobile banking and financial services.
13 March 2020
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All regional offices to issue e-passport from July

The Department of Immigration and Passport (DIP) is going to launch e-passport service at 10 more regional passport offices this month to ensure easy availability of electronic passports.
9 March 2020
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Rape of DU Student: DB to submit charge sheet this week

Police’s Detective Branch (DB) have completed all necessary preparations to submit the charge sheet in the rape case of a Dhaka University (DU) student in the capital’s Kurmitola area, and they are expecting to submit it within this week.
8 March 2020

A ‘revenge’ gone too far

In yet another case of gang culture in the capital, a youth lost his life while a teenager has been held on charge of the murder.
6 March 2020
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PBI probe reveals murder mystery of Sabujbagh youth after a decade

Nearly a decade after Md Sujon, a grille-shop owner in Sabujbagh, was murdered, the investigation into the case reveals that the crime was orchestrated by his ex-wife’s brothers and her lover for Sujon trying to stay in touch with her after divorce.
5 March 2020
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Metro rail to get special police unit

The government is planning to form a separate police unit to ensure security at metro rail stations which are currently under construction.
4 March 2020

Stolen from Dhaka, recovered in Gaibandha

On February 28 around 7:50pm, Divisional Special Judge of Barishal of Mohsinul Haque hired a rickshaw from a programme at Kakrail to his residence on Dilu Road.
3 March 2020
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‘New Neo JMB cell behind remote bomb’

The Improvised Explosives Device that went off at a traffic police box in Chattogram’s Sholoshahar on Friday was detonated by remote control.
2 March 2020
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Mohammadpur Geneva camp: Exiled yaba lord reclaims throne

He is back. Ishtiaq Ahmed, known as the drug lord of Mohammadpur Geneva Camp, was forced to stay out of his empire after the anti-narcotics crackdown began in 2018.
1 March 2020

Eskaton Fire: Charred remains of a family’s hopes and dreams

Thirty-eight-year-old Jannatul Ferdous dreamed of becoming a successful entrepreneur.
1 March 2020
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Eskaton fire victims laid to rest

With one of his legs in a cast, Jahangir Alam was at the funeral of his beloved daughter in his ancestral home in Sherpur yesterday. With him was his wife, who was also injured in their attempt to get away from the fire in Eskaton early Thursday.
28 February 2020
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'I know my son is dead; bury him in Dhaka'

Just before being put on life support, Shahidul Kirmany Rony, who had sustained 43 percent inhalation burns, told his sister Nasrin Akter, “I know my son has died, bury him in Dhaka. Our condition is also not good; I don’t know what will happen. Tell father to decide [about us too].”
27 February 2020
Casino Brothers

‘Nothing less than a bank of their own’

Lane-1 of Wari’s Lalmohon Saha Street is just five feet wide.
25 February 2020

The enterprising daytime burglar!

In 2013, at the age of 18, Md Sumon had plans to start a small business. But fascination with Indian TV crime anthology series “Crime Patrol” took him down an entirely different path.
23 February 2020
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New armed police to start working in Cox’s Bazar

A new police battalion is going to start its operation in coastal district Cox’s Bazar from February 28.
22 February 2020

150 rape cases filed in capital last month

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has instructed its field level officials to identify rape-prone areas of the capital to initiate an awareness programme to stop the menace.
17 February 2020
Chapainawabganj Border

‘Commission business’ of another kind

To have firsthand knowledge about Phensedyl smuggling in the wake of an apparent rise in the flow of this contraband, our staff correspondent Mohammad Jamil Khan went to two villages in Chapainawabganj, a northwestern district bordering India.
8 February 2020
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Phensedyl Smuggling: Pouring in unchecked

The smuggling of Phensedyl through various border points appears to be rising with alleged relocation and reopening of some factories in India.
8 February 2020
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30 drug dealers to surrender today

At least 30 top drug dealers, who have been in police’s “safe house” for the last seven months, are set to surrender in Cox’s Bazar today.
2 February 2020

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