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 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
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
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 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
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
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
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
‘No one questioned a Nawab family heir’
The man who pretended to be the grandson of Nawab Salimullah Khan, joined Muslim League in 2018. As proof of identity, he submitted his passport and national identity (NID) card, in which his name was Nawab Khawaja Ali Hasan Askari.
3 November 2020
DNC proposes round-the-clock dog squad check at Dhaka airport
With an aim to stop narcotics smuggling, Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) wants to have round-the-clock presence of their dog squad at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
3 November 2020
Complaints stack up against fake Nawab
Investigators are yet to ascertain the real identity of the reported imposter who was scamming people by posing as the grandson of Nawab Salimullah Khan.
2 November 2020
Faking his way to nobility
His plan was to grab Nawab Estate’s property by falsely identifying himself as a descendant of Nawab Salimullah Khan’s family. To get it, he had already filed five cases with land offices of Dhaka and Narayanganj.
1 November 2020
Military-Grade Firearms: Shady import worries cops
In the absence of monitoring, a section of licensed arms dealers are importing military-grade semi-automatic weapons in the name of rifles.
28 October 2020
Erfan Salim: Building on father’s murky legacy
After Monday’s arrest of Erfan Salim, son of Awami League leader Haji Md Salim, law enforcers have unearthed tales of his lavish lifestyle, which included 12 bodyguards and 30 to 40 young men at his beck and call.
27 October 2020
Ensnaring children in the dark web
Girls as young as nine to 15 are first targeted on different social media, especially Instagram, and then they are provoked by different sexual content.
19 October 2020
Stopping Drug Abuse: Govt to set up independent institution
As a part of intensifying and strengthening narcotics control across the country, the government has taken steps to form an independent institution to carry out dope tests in a structural manner.
3 October 2020
Anti-Human Trafficking Law: Amend it to curb cops’ raid powers
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has lately witten to Law Minister Anisul Huq seeking amendment to the trafficking prevention law, to potentially leash the capacity of law enforcers in raiding recruitment agencies.
1 October 2020
‘Neo JMB’ rising again?
Militant outfit “Neo JMB” has declared its new chief and brought changes in the top leadership as the IS-inspired terror group is trying to get back on its feet by reorganising its structure.
28 September 2020
Yaba trade: Back to business
A dozen listed Teknaf narcos previously hiding are now being seen taking over yaba trade again.
20 September 2020
Smugglers using modified motorbikes to smuggle it
They called it “Phensedyl bike”.
19 September 2020
Neo-JMB leader confesses to killing missing man
A Neo-JMB leader has confessed to a court that a sleeper cell of the militant group killed a man whose photograph is uploaded on the website of SITE Intelligence Group.
16 September 2020
NID Card Forgery: EC officials compromising server security
Many field level polls officials share passwords of a software with data entry officers for corrections to national identity cards, which ultimately gives criminals the scope for forging the cards.
15 September 2020
Threats to Prisons: Caller might have used VoIP to mask identity
The anonymous caller, who had threatened jail authorities of “snatching away militant inmates from jails”, might have used a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) to make the call, police suspect.
15 September 2020
NID forgery: EC officials compromising server security
Sources say some data entry employees sell criminals passwords
15 September 2020
Threats send prisons on high alert nationwide
The prison authority has beefed up security across the country following a threats from some unidentified miscreants over phone and letters of “snatching away militant inmates” from jails.
14 September 2020
Sex traffickers active in myriad guises
Manager of a well-known film actress and at least couple of choreographers are allegedly involved in trafficking girls to Dubai.
12 September 2020
Unstoppable Yaba: New route, new colour
The constantly evolving narcotics rackets in Cox’s Bazar have been opening up new fronts to smuggle yaba pills into Bangladesh from Myanmar, largely avoiding Teknaf due to increased vigilance by law enforcers there.
12 September 2020
Fire lasted just seconds
Cooking gas trapped in the Narayanganj mosque was ignited by a spark at an overloaded circuit-breaker, and the inferno didn’t last more than a couple of seconds, explosives experts said yesterday.
7 September 2020