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Muntakim Saad

Injured protesters rehabilitation Bangladesh

July uprising survivors: The wounds that nothing can heal

19 July 2026
On August 5, 2024, then a 16-year-old ninth-grader Al Amin Hossain joined thousands of protesters outside BRAC University.
19 July 2026
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10 killings a day fuel concerns over law and order

16 June 2026
Analysts say illegal firearms, weak policing, and the return of top criminals after the 2024 political changeover are driving the violence.
16 June 2026
Illustration: Anwar Sohel

100 days of BNP government / Few gains to show on law and order

4 June 2026
Before the February election, the BNP vowed to restore law and order and ensure public safety if voted to office.
4 June 2026
Brutal Killings in Bangladesh

Wave of grisly murders fuels safety fears

21 May 2026
1,142 murder cases filed in four months; large number of children among victims
21 May 2026
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213 assaults on law enforcers in four months

14 May 2026
Three Rab members in plainclothes went to Brahmanbaria’s Nabinagar on Monday to gather intelligence as part of their routine work, but they ended up being held hostage by a criminal gang.
14 May 2026
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Extortion and grabbing plague Kalyanpur slum

11 May 2026
Several groups, some claiming links to the ruling party, have allegedly been involved in grabbing shops and slum houses, as well as extortion and intimidation, in the Kalyanpur Porabosti slum area of Dhaka.
11 May 2026
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DB raid nets 8kg heroin and one of its own

30 April 2026
Serving constable among two remanded as police investigate alleged drug network across Dhaka and outskirts
30 April 2026
Geneva Camp in Mohammadpur

Geneva Camp: Drug trade thrives despite crackdowns

25 April 2026
A few yards away from the rear gate of Geneva Camp in Mohammadpur, several men were selling heroin, cannabis and yaba in broad daylight. Holding polybags full of narcotics, they called out to potential buyers as pedestrians walked past.
25 April 2026
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Unauthorised, uncontrolled

Alamgir Hossain was fixing pieces of elastic thread to surgical masks using a heat pressing device inside a barely hundred square feet room in the Balurmath area of Kamrangirchar.
6 January 2021
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Youth held in Dhaka for blackmailing Indian girl

Around seven months back, an Indian girl from Kanpur met a Bangladeshi youth through a dating app.
3 January 2021
Dhaka College student Faiyaz remand cancelled

Long road to justice

The family members of Benarasi weaver Mohammad Arman, who was wrongly arrested five years ago, are counting the minutes for his release.
1 January 2021
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Banker turns racketeer

He drives a Nissan X-Trail and lives in a duplex with foreign fittings in Keshorhat village of Rajshahi’s Mohanpur, where such luxuries raise quite a few eyebrows.
31 December 2020
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Leaking Admission, Recruitment Question Papers: Two bankers among six arrested by CID

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police have arrested six people, including two bank officials in connection with question leak of different university admission and bank recruitment tests.
30 December 2020

Body cameras for police need of the hour: experts

In the wake of “gunfight” incidents involving law enforcement agencies and instances of lethal use of force, equipping police with body-worn cameras can ensure transparency and accountability, according to criminologists and rights activists.
23 December 2020

‘They targeted the elderly affluent’

Police yesterday claimed to have arrested members of a gang that used to steal personal information of elderly affluent people and blackmail them to pay anywhere between Tk 5 to 50 lakh.
9 December 2020
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Death After BSMMU Surgery: Two years gone just to file case

Rafique Sikder, a filmmaker, admitted his 55-year-old ailing mother Rawshan Ara to the capital’s Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for kidney treatment on July 1, 2018.
28 November 2020
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Interpol wants 6 Bangladeshi human traffickers

Interpol put six human traffickers of Bangladesh in their “wanted-list”, on charges of deceiving jobseekers and “wrongfully confining and killing” people over ransom demands.
26 November 2020
Golden Monir

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
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Mohammadpur Geneva Camp: Notorious narcos back in business

Police checkposts stand just before the entrance of Mohammadpur Geneva Camp. A few steps into the camp, it’s the same old sight that used to be seen at the notorious drug den of the capital before the 2018 anti-narcotics crackdown.
14 November 2020
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Teen Gang Culture: Too dangerous to be ignored

From petty crimes to murder, stalking to rape, mugging to drug abuse -- teen gangs have been making headlines again for the last few months.
14 November 2020
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ASP Anisul’s Death: Director of Mind Hospital arrested, 4 others on run

Three days into the death of senior ASP Anisul Karim allegedly due to beating by staffers of Mind Aid Psychiatry and De-Addiction Hospital in the capital’s Adabor, four of its shareholders are still on the run.
11 November 2020
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It was a murder

A day after Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police Anisul Karim was allegedly assaulted to death by its staff, the Mind Aid Psychiatry and De-Addiction Hospital in the capital’s Adabor was all but deserted yesterday.
10 November 2020
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Dreams of a family, burnt down to ashes

Kohinur Begum (57) came to the capital 25 years ago with her husband, who was a rickshaw puller, and four sons from Bhola, as their house was destroyed by the nearby river.
31 October 2020
Erfan Salim

Incident not covered by any CCTV cameras

The incident of Erfan Salim and his men assaulting a navy officer in Dhanmondi on Sunday was not recorded by any CCTV cameras in the vicinity, but the police have amateur videos of the incident.
29 October 2020
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Locals still afraid to talk about Erfan

With suspended ward councillor Erfan Salim behind bars, locals in Debidas Ghat Lane of the capital’s Chawkbazar are still afraid to talk out about his illegal activities.
28 October 2020
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Clear, yet not seen

The CCTV camera of Hotel Bondhu captured it all.
27 October 2020
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Security officer gone rogue

More than a dozen complaints of assault, blackmail and extortion, and verbal abuse of female visitors have been submitted to Jahangirnagar University authorities against its chief security officer Sudipta Shaheen in the four years since he took office.
25 October 2020
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Keepsakes are all she has

The books he used to read, the prizes he won, and the clothes he wore -- all are now stowed gracefully in a showcase, just the way Abrar Fahad used to keep them in his dormitory in Buet.
6 October 2020

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