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Dhaka road digging ban during monsoon

No more road digging in Dhaka during monsoon

18 September 2026
The government has decided to stop digging roads in Dhaka during the monsoon and shut down illegal battery-rickshaw charging stations as part of measures to ease traffic congestion and disruption from uncoordinated development work.
18 September 2026
Malaysia recruitment for Bangladeshi workers

Malaysia job market reopening: Recruitment clouded by cartel worries

17 September 2026
Recruiting agencies fear associate agencies may wield little authority if they have to depend on principal agencies to process job orders.
17 September 2026
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Biman’s fleet: Deals on 21 Boeing, Airbus planes likely within weeks

16 September 2026
Biman is preparing to sign deals for 21 more Boeing and Airbus aircraft within weeks, taking its unfulfilled orders to 35 aircraft.
16 September 2026
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CAAB issues Air Navigation Order ahead of int’l audit

15 September 2026
The audit is scheduled to begin on October 26, and the dedicated aviation security ANO is one of the major issues auditors will examine
15 September 2026
UAE visa cancellation for Bangladeshis

UAE cancels visas of over 4,000 Bangladeshis, leaving many unable to return to jobs

14 September 2026
Bangladesh seeks diplomatic review as affected expatriates say cancellations came without explanation
14 September 2026
firearms

From web to waterways, hunt widens

11 September 2026
The hunt for firearms looted during the July uprising is set to expand beyond raids and checkpoints, with law enforcers planning to search water bodies, monitor online arms trading and increase surveillance of people linked to arms cases.
11 September 2026
Bangladesh government firearms recovery operation

Govt steps up efforts to recover looted firearms

10 September 2026
With the country heading towards local government elections, the government has launched a special nationwide drive to recover looted and illegal firearms.
10 September 2026
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Advance screening of int’l travellers gets govt nod

10 September 2026
The government has approved in principle a plan to introduce advance screening of international travellers, allowing immigration authorities to identify potential security risks before passengers arrive in Bangladesh.
10 September 2026
AL leader mintu assures killers payment for mp anar murder

Feud over illegal gold trade likely behind killing

Jhenaidah-4 lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar, who went missing in Kolkata last week, has been murdered by what the government says are some Bangladeshi men.
22 May 2024
MP Azim's daughter files abduction case

Plot thickens over AL MP Azim going missing

Intelligence agencies fear the worst for Awami League MP Anwarul Azim Anar who has gone missing in India, said a source in a local law enforcement agency.
21 May 2024
Impact of poverty on child marriages in Rasulpur

The child brides of Rasulpur

As Meem tended to the child, a group of girls around her age strolled past the yard.
17 May 2024
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Despite surplus, cattle smuggling on ahead of Eid

There’s hardly a month left to celebrate Eid-ul Azha.
16 May 2024
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Harassment writ large

Mosharrof Hossain, 48, has been a reconditioned car seller for 30 years and has  never been arrested or accused in any criminal case.
16 May 2024
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Taking tk 9 lakh for police job: Suspended, 2 cops now blame each other

Ratan Das, 22, was an employee of a cosmetic shop in Madaripur.
11 May 2024
Illegal city toll collection in Dhaka

‘City tolls’ now an easy way of extortion

Having driven his truck all the way from Chattogram, Kashem Mia reached Swamibagh in the capital around 1:00am on March 27, when a group of young men appeared on the road and waved desperately.
10 May 2024
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Fake job offer in Kyrgyzstan: 3 of a trafficking syndicate held

Sona Mia, 39, a rickshaw-puller in Rajbari, saw an advertisement on YouTube in December last year, that a company -- “Jannat Trade International” -- offers working visas for washing cars in Kyrgyzstan.
7 May 2024
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How drugs find their way inside prisons

In a midnight raid on February 8, Jashore police arrested Ashraful Murad Rubel, a guard at the district’s central jail, for his involvement in drug trade.
27 April 2024
Oust-Govt Movement: Family members now face arrests

Teacher Recruitment Exam Question Leak: ‘Syndicate struck a deal with 200 candidates’

A syndicate made an arrangement with at least 200 candidates prior to the third phase written test for the recruitment of assistant teachers in government primary schools, offering to provide leaked question papers along with solutions.
25 April 2024
DMP launches Quick Response Teams

Police to beef up security across Dhaka

Dhaka Metropolitan Police has been instructed to beef up security measures in police stations, outposts, and police establishments, alongside the introduction of an alarm scheme.
24 April 2024
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Certificate Forgery: Detectives now looking for source of ‘security papers’

Detectives are now searching for the source of the security papers that were used to provide forged BTEB certificates.
24 April 2024
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A predator on Dhaka streets

Tipu Kibria used to be an author of children’s books.
23 April 2024
Mohammadpur Geneva Camp

Mohammadpur Geneva Camp: Narcos clashing over new heroin spot

Mohammadpur Geneva Camp, where narcotics trade is rampant, has been witnessing clashes every day since the day after Eid-ul-Fitr.
20 April 2024
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Bailey Road Fire: Leaking gas, shorted electric kettle to blame

The deadly fire at the Green Cozy Cottage shopping mall on the capital’s Bailey Road, which claimed 46 lives on February 29, originated from an electric short circuit at a kettle on the ground floor café named “Cha Chumuk”.
6 April 2024
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Bailey Road Inferno: Rajuk finds gross violation of rules

The owner of Green Cozy Cottage on Bailey Road, where a deadly fire claimed 46 lives on February 29, had no approvals for commercial use of the property.
3 April 2024
Yaba now selling online

Yaba peddling goes digital

Sohel Hossain*, a 48-year-old employee at a private company, has been consuming yaba for the past six years.
31 March 2024
Green Road: Footpaths under the clutch of extortionists

Green Road: Footpaths under the clutch of extortionists

While there are sidewalks on both sides of the road from Farmgate’s Ananda Cinema Hall to Panthapath intersection, they are hardly functional.
30 March 2024
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Teen gang patrons still untouched

Seven years ago, the nation was shaken by the murder of an eighth grader named Adnan Kabir by a gang of boys about his age in the capital’s Uttara.
23 March 2024
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720 educational institutions in Dhaka fire-prone

National Ideal College, a popular educational institution in the capital’s Khilgaon, has over 1,600 students attending classes in two separate residential buildings.
6 March 2024

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