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
Gas leak behind mosque blast
Death toll from Friday’s explosion in the Narayanganj mosque reached 20 last night with fire officials suspecting that the incident took place due to leak in a gas pipeline that runs beneath the mosque.
5 September 2020
Trafficking to Kuwait: Investigators looking for MP Shahid’s brother
They used to contact people from across the country through brokers and charge each of them Tk 5 lakh to Tk 7 lakh for sending them to Kuwait.
28 August 2020
Refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar: Rohingyas tangled up in crimes
Three years on, crimes like murder, abduction, extortion and narcotics smuggling continue to multiply at the world’s biggest refugee settlement in Cox’s Bazar.
26 August 2020
Chakaria ‘Shootout’: Was Jafar a drug dealer?
Md Jafar, who was killed in a police “shootout” along with two others in Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar on July 31, used to run a drug syndicate in Bandarban, Patiya and Chakaria, intelligence sources say.
18 August 2020
‘Tk 5 lakh for each murder’
He started as a “shooter”, when he was 18 years old.
14 August 2020
Looted from Dhaka, sold in Chattogram
Divided in multiple groups, they mostly targeted shopping malls in Dhaka -- each team assigned a specific task.
12 August 2020
5 ‘members of Neo-JMB cell’ arrested
They planned to draw the attention of the Islamic State by carrying out several explosive attacks ahead of the Eid-ul-Adha.
12 August 2020
‘Drama by cops’ gone wrong
Some policemen took the bomb inside Pallabi Police Station to stage a bomb-recovery and frame someone in a case.
10 August 2020
Covid-19 Pandemic: Cybercriminals on the prowl
With people mostly staying home and spending more time online due to the ongoing pandemic, a group of criminals are active and swindling crores of taka through duping them on social media.
9 August 2020
DMP to probe whether bomb was handled properly
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) yesterday formed a three-member committee to investigate the explosion incident inside the capital’s Pallabi Police Station on early Wednesday.
30 July 2020
Crime Rising Amid Pandemic: Cops blame joblessness, income drop
After a sharp fall in crime rate during the first few days of coronavirus pandemic, crimes like theft, robbery and mugging have recently taken an upward turn.
27 July 2020
He used power of media to build his empire
Regent Group Chairman Md Shahed alias Shahed Karim had used the “power of media” to be on good terms with politicians, bureaucrats and law enforcers to build his criminal network, detectives said.
26 July 2020
Intel on Possible ‘Militant Attack’: New security alert before Eid
The police have received intelligence that militant outfit “Neo JMB” could try to carry out attacks centring the Eid-ul-Azha.
26 July 2020
The allure of a million-dollar gift
Along with some Bangladeshis, a group of foreign nationals have formed organised rackets and swindling crores of taka from people through duping them on social media
25 July 2020
Taking ‘Advantage’ of Pandemic: Land grabbers feasting on unguarded plots
With people mostly staying home to avoid coronavirus infection, land grabbers are using this opportunity to take over unguarded and empty plots of land in the capital’s Khilgaon.
21 July 2020
She taught at three madrasas
Before marrying a Bangladeshi man last year, Indian national Ayesa Jannat Mohona had visited Bangladesh three times since 2016.
19 July 2020
Cobweb of deception
The meeting was arranged at a government rest house in Sunamganj in January. Three luxury cars were parked outside with a number of security guards on watch. The local upazila nirbahi officer was taking care of food and other amenities.
19 July 2020
Ministry high officials played it for JKG
Two additional secretaries of the health ministry and two directors of the health directorate allegedly helped JKG Healthcare CEO Ariful Chaudhury to get the contract for collecting Covid-19 test samples.
18 July 2020
Shahed’s gang delivered ‘accident’ victims
A middle-aged man from Sylhet’s Companiganj came to the capital’s Uttara at his relative’s house in May last year. He was waiting for a rickshaw in front of Regent Hospital when a car hit him from behind.
18 July 2020
Shahed faked his own Covid positive report
Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed admitted that he made a fake certificate to show him Covid-19 positive, investigators said yesterday.
17 July 2020