Blinded, broken, Sohag returns home in a coffin
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Family says Jhenaidah man went to Cambodia for work but returned as a victim of alleged torture in a cyber-scam compound
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Zero-cost Malaysia jobs for 10,000 workers
5 October 2026
Bangladesh is preparing to send 10,000 workers to Malaysia at zero migration cost, with recruitment to focus on skills, experience and employers’ requirements as the two countries move ahead with restarting labour migration.
5 October 2026
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
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
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
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
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 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
2 more militants dead in hideout
Two more militants were killed in the army-led operation at Atia Mahal in Sylhet city with the four-day siege to the terrorist hideout drawing to an end yesterday.
27 March 2017
Army-led Operation in Sylhet: Two militants killed, raid on
Two militants were killed during the army-led operation inside the terror den at Atia Mahal in Sylhet yesterday, as the raid to take on the terrorists holed up there entered its third day, making it one of the longest anti-terror operations.
However, the operation codenamed “Operation Twilight” was far from over as more militants were believed to be still inside the five-storey apartment.
26 March 2017
'Serial killer' yet to be identified
Police are yet to identify the “serial killer” who in the span of less than two months murdered three women and injured two other females in the capital's Dakkhin Khan area last year.
26 March 2017
5,000 militant suspects on police list
Police have drawn up a list of nearly 5,000 suspected militants and a special drive is underway to arrest them.
17 March 2017
82pc of them radicalised thru' social media
Around 82 percent of the arrested militant suspects were radicalised through social media platforms, a police study has found.
9 March 2017
Fighting Terrorism: Dhaka hosts international police meet March 12-14
Bangladesh will arrange an international conference next week focusing on how to fight violent extremism, terrorism and organised
8 March 2017
Country's First Female Police Officer: Fatema persisted despite constant taunts
She was one of the first two women who chose to join the police after their Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) exam in 1984.
But plagued by constant goading and teasing by male colleagues and supervisors, her only female colleague quit the job within the first four months of training at the Public Administration Training Centre in Savar.
7 March 2017
Charge pressing stalled as Nitor 'loses' medical reports
The medical reports on teenage twin sisters, who were verbally abused and beaten up severely in the capital's Mirpur in October last year, have gone missing from a city hospital, casting doubt whether the victims will get justice.
16 February 2017
Police form new anti-terror teams
Bangladesh Police is going to create commando teams in all metropolitan areas and range police units to deal with any crisis situation such as militant attack or hostage situation.
“The crisis teams will respond to any emergency call within five minutes,” Dr Kh Mahid Uddin, additional deputy inspector general (training and sports) at the police headquarters, told The Daily Star yesterday.
10 February 2017
Nature of police demand changes
Moving away from asking only for little things, police in the last three police weeks have been demanding more power and repeal of
31 January 2017