Muntakim Saad

On August 5, 2024, then a 16-year-old ninth-grader Al Amin Hossain joined thousands of protesters outside BRAC University.

Analysts say illegal firearms, weak policing, and the return of top criminals after the 2024 political changeover are driving the violence.

Before the February election, the BNP vowed to restore law and order and ensure public safety if voted to office.

1,142 murder cases filed in four months; large number of children among victims

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.

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.

Serving constable among two remanded as police investigate alleged drug network across Dhaka and outskirts

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.