Shariful Islam

Prisoners, migrants, even the deceased get implicated in cases

Authorities have made primary lists of upazila nirbahi officers and officers-in-charge of police stations to transfer in the first phase of the Election Commission’s move to reposition all UNOs and OCs ahead of the January 7 national election.

In a rare move, the Election Commission has asked for the transfer of all upazila nirbahi officers and officers-in-charge of police stations across the country.

Fire service says 7.7 vehicles torched daily on average since October 28; number was 12 per day on Nov 19, 20

Alamin Kazi of Magura’s Shalikha, an expatriate businessman in Malaysia, was in deep sleep at his Kuala Lumpur residence at 4:30am on November 3.

The Daily Star has spoken to 20 BNP leaders and activists and their families in Dhaka and elsewhere, and like Moksud, each has a distressing story to tell.

Multiple lawyers dealing with some of these cases said a number of Dhaka courts have been recording depositions of prosecution witnesses beyond court hours.

The home ministry has requested the public administration ministry to approve more in-situ posts of additional inspector general and deputy inspector general of police.

Banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) hardly poses any security risks at this moment.

Around a week ago, Sub-Inspector Anwarul Islam and Assistant Sub-Inspector Haridas Roy of the capital’s Pallabi Police Station arrested a man in Adarsha Nagar on charges of selling cannabis.

Nibir, Md Shahjalal, and former Shahjahanpur thana Chhatra League leader Oliullah Rubel were known to be close friends and notorious for extorting hawkers on footpaths, and operating goat markets in Malibagh.

Corruption seems to be a constant at the Department of Youth Development.

Taking advantage of gaps in surveillance, incarcerated militant leaders have been forming new outfits and recruiting members inside and outside prisons.

The Criminal Investigation Department has found involvement of 37 more people in the much-talked about Tk 2,000 crore money laundering racket of Faridpur.

Abdul Kuddus and his brother Helal Uddin own 13 decimals of land in a plot jointly owned by several people under the Ghorasal municipality.

Mahmuda Begum was bleeding excessively after she gave birth to a baby girl on December 22 last year.

New industries are being set up in Narsingdi as the district’s road connectivity with the capital has seen a remarkable improvement in recent years, businessmen say.

Ten businessmen and shop owners, and a Saudi expatriate laundered over Tk 46.02 crore abroad through a Chattogram-based bKash distribution house, mostly to pay for various goods they imported illegally, finds a CID investigation.

A syndicate of seven Bangladeshi recruitment agencies reportedly sent Tk 154 crore to Saudi Arabia as bribe for two  diplomats who used to work at the Saudi embassy in Dhaka. In return, a huge number of work visas were issued for Bangladeshi migration-seekers, revealed an investigation by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). 

Though Rabiul Islam alias Arav Khan on a recent Facebook live claimed that he was not involved in the 2018 killing of a cop, the police probe report made some shocking revelations regarding his complicity.