Muntakim Saad

No “gunfight” took place in the country between law enforcers and criminals since December 10 last when the United States imposed human rights-related sanctions on the Rapid Action Battalion and seven of its top officials.

At least 853 people were killed and 236 others seriously injured in workplace accidents last year, according to a survey by Bangladesh Occupational Safety, Health and Environment Foundation.

An organised syndicate leaked the question papers of recruitment tests for five state-run banks in a contract of Tk 2.80 crore, an arrestee said in his confessional statement.

He was supposed to take his ailing mother, who was on her way to Dhaka from their village, to a hospital for treatment. Now, he is going back to their village from Dhaka but as a corpse.

The name of a professor of a renowned public university came up in the confessional statement of a man arrested over leaked question papers of recruitment exams for bankers.

Seventeen days have passed but the law enforcers and a government probe committee are still in the dark about the 17 missing files of the health ministry, leaving the investigation shrouded in mystery.

A suspended joint director of Bangladesh Bank has been accused in a case of leaking the question paper of a recruitment tests of five state-run banks. 

On September 21, a 19-year-old woman was invited by a dance club to perform at an event in Rangpur.

Travel agent Musa Mia Sagar bought 100 Dhaka-Dubai air tickets for Tk 40.14 lakh from airline ticketing company 24tkt.com at a discount between March 3 and April 24.

Eorange, Dhamaka Shopping and SPC World Express have laundered at least Tk 350 crore that they had received from customers in advance payment for goods, found the Criminal Investigation Department of police in its primary investigation.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police have arrested at least 13,942 people in around 9,821 drug cases in the eight months from January to August. But despite this, drug trading in the capital is yet to show any sign of stopping.

There is a growing market for highly addictive drug crystal meth in the capital, operated mostly through encrypted messaging apps, officials have found out.

The extradition of suspended Banani police inspector Sohel Rana, who was held by Indian Border Security Forces for trespassing, is uncertain as Delhi police are yet respond to Dhaka’s call.

Introducing herself at times as a consular general at Australian immigration services and at times as a ruling party leader aspiring to be an MP in Bangladesh, she would lure people to apply for permanent residency in Australia for Tk 20-25 lakh per visa.

Two police officers -- a special superintendent and a sub-inspector of the Criminal Investigation Department -- allegedly confined a trader to the CID headquarters for about three days and then framed him in a murder case as he refused to pay them extortion money, according to a complaint the trader filed with the PMO.

Around 9:00am on August 3, Badal Mia was selling fish on a pavement  in the capital’s Karwan Bazar when he received a video message on imo messaging app.  

Some of the girls trafficked to India and forced into prostitution by a transnational racket are still stranded in the neighbouring country, while a few, including a minor, are yet to be traced.

Alongside yaba, drug traders are now peddling the high-priced synthetic drug crystal meth, also called “ice”, according to narcotics officials.

The probe in the cases filed against Pori Moni, two models and some others has been hindered due to frequent changes in the agencies in charge of the investigation.

Still reeling from Thursday’s fire tragedy, workers of Hashem Foods Limited now hang in the dark over their salary and Eid bonus payment, as the factory suspended its activities, and its owner and high officials were arrested.