15-minute-long battle against smoke, fire, fear
When a fire broke out at the Arian Fashion garment factory in the capital’s Rupnagar area on Tuesday morning, four people, including 15-year-old Mohammad Hossain, were trapped on the third floor.
15 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Little is done despite repeated tragedies
Experts say little has changed since the deadly Churihatta and Nimtali fires years ago
15 October 2025, 09:23 AM
‘We‘re trapped, we can’t get out’
When the fire broke out at the Arian Fashion factory yesterday morning, 18-year-old Marzia Sultana Alo’s father called her.
14 October 2025, 22:00 PM
‘The factory is on fire. We’re trapped. Can’t get out’
Alo's last call to her father before phone went dead
14 October 2025, 16:26 PM
Little headway made in stolen arms recovery
Since the rewards declaration, only 25 firearms and 190 rounds of ammunition were recovered
30 September 2025, 19:46 PM
Smuggling along the Bay: Rice goes out, yaba comes in
Essential goods like rice, fertiliser, and medicines are being quietly smuggled into Myanmar by a syndicate working with the Arakan Army (AA). In return, yaba, crystal meth, and other narcotics pour into Bangladesh, according to BGB and home ministry sources.
25 September 2025, 18:00 PM
Justice eludes women, children as trials drag on
Experts warn delays are letting offenders walk free
25 September 2025, 18:00 PM
Barishal BSCIC estate limping amid gas, infrastructure crises
Investors look beyond Barishal due to poor business climate, infrastructure
15 September 2025, 18:00 PM
55kg gold theft from customs warehouse may be an inside job: investigators
The gold -- 55.51kg to be precise -- stolen from Dhaka Customs House was taken from 437 separate packs kept inside a customs warehouse at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
4 September 2023, 18:00 PM
Dhaka Int’l Airport: 55kg gold vanishes from customs godown
Approximately 55.5kg gold bars and jewellery worth around Tk 47 crore have been stolen from a customs warehouse at Dhaka airport, officials say.
3 September 2023, 18:00 PM
Childhood lost in dandy addiction
Hardware shops, shoemakers sell them the adhesive glue, claim street children
3 September 2023, 18:00 PM
Refugee Camps: Killings, narco crimes on rise
Crimes, particularly those related to narcotics and murders, have witnessed a significant rise inside the Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camps over the last seven months.
24 August 2023, 18:00 PM
They invoke ‘hijrat’ to entice recruits
Farhad suddenly left his home in Meherpur in June this year. Having “driven by extremist beliefs,” he associated with new a militant outfit called “Imam Mahmuder Kafela.”
13 August 2023, 18:00 PM
10 held from ‘militant den’
Counter-terrorism police yesterday arrested 10 people – six women and four men – in a raid on a suspected militant hideout in Moulvibazar.
12 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Dhaka Central Jail: Tk 37.5cr mishandled in just one year
In fiscal 2019-20, the Dhaka Central Jail authorities forked out Tk 9.11 crore to procure rice for inmates. That rice turned out to be unfit for consumption.
5 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Govt won’t allow sit-ins, blockades
Law enforcers will conduct special drives to apprehend "troublemakers" and will not allow any illegal gathering on the streets, said officials
30 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Drug smuggling, seizures soar in 2022
The smuggling of narcotics, including cocaine, Phensedyl, marijuana and crystal meth, increased substantially in 2022, shows data from the Department of Narcotics Control.
30 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Violence in Dholaikhal: how things transpired
It was around 11 in the morning. Hundreds of BNP leaders and activists started to gather on one side of the road at Dholaikhal in Old Dhaka to stage a sit-in programme.Many were carrying sticks and soon started shouting anti-government slogans
29 July 2023, 10:29 AM
BNP Rally Venue: Intelligence report behind police refusal
Dhaka Metropolitan Police yesterday denied BNP permission to hold its grand rally in front of its Nayapaltan headquarters or at the Suhrawardy Udyan on the grounds of public suffering on a working day.
26 July 2023, 18:00 PM
July 27 Rallies: AL plans tight rein on the capital
The Awami League will mobilise its activists across Dhaka city from early tomorrow in a bid to tighten its grip on the capital, fearing the BNP and its like-minded parties may bring the city to a standstill by sparking off untoward incidents.
25 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Road Accidents: Casualties keep mounting for indiscipline
Indiscipline continues to reign supreme on the roads, taking a heavy toll on lives and properties, as the government’s steps to address the malaise remain perfunctory, experts said.
22 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Tackling opposition movement: Police looking to revive old cases
As the BNP and 35 other like-minded parties are set to launch a one-point movement to oust the government, the Police Headquarters is collecting data on all the cases against opposition activists and leaders.
10 July 2023, 01:00 AM
Killing a constable for drug money
It was early Saturday. Traffic constable Moniruzzaman Talukder had just returned to Dhaka from Sunamganj after celebrating Eid at his village home.
3 July 2023, 18:00 PM
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, 01:10 AM
7 Years of holey artisan attack: Caught in the eye of the storm
The silence was unusual for a place otherwise bustling with activities. It reminded one of the calm before a storm, of ominous signs of danger. Even then, nobody in their wildest imagination could measure the devastation and bloodshed it would lead to.
2 July 2023, 01:20 AM
The prison meet that led to Jama’atul Ansar
A top leader of the militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islam (Huji) instructed Shamin Mahfuj to establish and initiate the formation of a new militant faction, which later became known as Jama’atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya.
26 June 2023, 18:00 PM
‘The unholy agreement’
The newly-formed militant outfit, Jama’atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya, has exclusively designated Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF), an armed group operating in the Chattogram Hill Tracts, as its sole supplier of firearms.
25 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Cattle smugglers swing into action ahead of Eid
Amid a ban on cattle import, smuggling from Myanmar and India continues unabated ahead of the Eid.
24 June 2023, 01:30 AM