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Shariful Islam

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A trafficking racket behind ordinary phone numbers

3 October 2026
CID probe uncovers nine-member network; SIMs registered to others used for ransom
3 October 2026
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Fears grow over cyber-scam gangs gaining foothold

26 September 2026
What began as a promise of a restaurant job in Cambodia turned into a nightmare for Mohammad Monnan Soyal, who was sold to a Chinese-run scam syndicate for $2,085, tortured and forced to participate in online fraud.
26 September 2026
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Debt, torture and the dangerous road to Europe

26 September 2026
Md Uzzal Hossain, a resident of Chuadanga’s Alamdanga, borrowed money from NGOs and local lenders in 2022 to send his younger brother Md Ariful Islam to Italy through a broker.
26 September 2026
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July uprising ICT case: Quader among 7 sentenced to death

16 September 2026
International Crimes Tribunal-2 yesterday sentenced Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader and six other senior party and affiliated organisation leaders to death for crimes against humanity during the July-August mass uprising.
16 September 2026
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Gas, Power: More factories may close if crises continue

11 September 2026
Acute shortages of gas and electricity are crippling production at over 400 factories, mainly RMG units, across major industrial hubs, with 202 facing the risk of a complete shutdown within one to two months if the crisis persists, according to the Industrial Police (IP).
11 September 2026
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Aug 21 blast probe, trial: Skewed from the get-go

21 August 2026
Twenty-two years after the August 21 grenade attack, the case remains one of the most consequential unresolved cases in Bangladesh’s history.
21 August 2026
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Inside house of horror

2 August 2026
From the outside, the ageing two-storey building inside the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab)-1 headquarters in Uttara appears almost idyllic.
2 August 2026
Hridoy July Uprising Martyr

Martyr of July uprising: Son they never got to bury

28 July 2026
Police shot him at point-blank on the final day of the July uprising, then made his body disappear, stripping his elderly parents of the chance to bury their only son, secure timely justice, and receive the state compensation that could have lifted them from crushing poverty.
28 July 2026
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Department of youth development: Mired in corruption

Corruption seems to be a constant at the Department of Youth Development.
15 July 2023
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Militants using jails to recruit operatives

Taking advantage of gaps in surveillance, incarcerated militant leaders have been forming new outfits and recruiting members inside and outside prisons.
3 July 2023
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Faridpur Racket Laundering Tk 2,000Cr: CID presses charges against 37 more

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.
26 June 2023
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Grabbing land, stealing fertiliser his forte?

Abdul Kuddus and his brother Helal Uddin own 13 decimals of land in a plot jointly owned by several people under the Ghorasal municipality.
16 June 2023
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Alokbali’s water hyacinth woes

Mahmuda Begum was bleeding excessively after she gave birth to a baby girl on December 22 last year.
28 May 2023
New factories in Narsingdi

Narsingdi’s clout as industrial hub grows

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.
7 May 2023
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‘They laundered Tk 46cr thru MFS’

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.
4 May 2023
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Quick work visa for right amount of bribe

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). 
5 April 2023
Arav Khan

2018 Cop Murder: Rabiul linked in every way

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.  
23 March 2023
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Garment Theft Ring: From ‘mastermind’ to ‘accused no 7’

Md Shahed alias Sayeed was arrested in September 2021 after police found his involvement in the theft of readymade garment products from goods-laden lorries on their way to the Chattogram port for shipment.
19 March 2023
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‘He hooked me with promises of stardom’

Says young man who landed in jail pretending to be Rabiul
18 March 2023
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Bringing back Arav will take time and cooperation of UAE, India: experts

There are two ways to bring back the accused. One is through a cooperation between India and the UAE authorities, and the other through coordinated efforts by Interpol.
17 March 2023
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Murder accused now a jeweller in Dubai

A man accused of killing a policeman in Bangladesh launched a jeweller’s in Dubai yesterday.
15 March 2023
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Owner of Dubai's Arav Jewellers is fugitive accused in cop murder case

The jewellery store is set to be inaugurated by Bangladesh cricket superstar Shakib Al Hasan in Dubai today
15 March 2023
Gulistan blast: Rajuk doesn’t know whether building design was approved

Siddikbazar Building: 3 designs seized, only 1 had approval

The owner of the ill-fated seven-storey building in Siddikbazar constructed its basement and the two top floors without approval from Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha, detectives have said.
10 March 2023
Wait for justice frozen in time

Wait for justice frozen in time

One year into the brutal murder of Tanwir Muhammad Taqi, Rab said it had cracked the murder mystery, identified the killers and even prepared a draft probe report.
6 March 2023
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4 narsingdi AL men: ‘Picked up’ 6 years back, no trace yet

It has been almost six years since four Awami League men disappeared after police allegedly picked them up from a village in Raipura, Narsingdi.
4 March 2023
Naming Ctg, Cox’s Bazar drug-prone zone raises fears about tourism

Plan to tag Ctg, Cox’s Bazar as drug-prone zone raises fears about tourism

It will also send a negative message to other countries and discourage foreign tourists from visiting Bangladesh's prime tourist destinations, the tour operators said
2 March 2023

Was political rivalry the reason?

The massive popularity of Narsingdi’s Shibpur Upazila Parishad Chairman Harunur Rashid Khan and the possibility of him contesting in the next general election might be reasons behind Saturday’s gun attack on him.
26 February 2023
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It’s hard to trust anyone these days

Mujibur Rahman and his family were eagerly preparing for his daughter’s and his niece’s wedding in Madaripur’s Shibchar.
23 February 2023

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