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
Dream of better life ends in nightmare
Without any licence to run a recruiting agency, they used to send people abroad.
14 February 2023, 18:00 PM
A grand ploy to get visas
The gang first communicates with businesses in the US, Czech Republic, Italy, and Poland, introducing themselves as suppliers of Bangladesh’s security forces.
9 February 2023, 18:00 PM
9.4m displaced in seven years
At least 1,053 people were killed and 9.4 million more displaced internally in different climate-related disasters in 58 districts in seven years from 2014, says a recent study.
9 February 2023, 01:20 AM
Leaders at home, robbers on highways
Locally, they were known as politicians or social workers. They even held social programmes spending a considerable sum of money.
3 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Graft is his middle name
Internal GCC enquiry upon directive of LGRD ministry exposes countless misdeeds of suspended mayor Zahangir Alam
3 February 2023, 01:00 AM
Tk 2.60cr into thin air
A bank account was opened in the name of ex-mayor Zahangir Alam, and was later used for the transaction of Gazipur City Corporation’s money.
2 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Don’t eat food from strangers
They sell Ayurvedic medicines on buses and trains. Some members of the gang travel on specific vehicles in the guise of passengers. In the middle of the journey, the other members get on board and pitch benefits of the medication. To make the pitch
1 February 2023, 18:00 PM
US, EU passport, visa for Tk 3 lakh!
On July 2 last year, Mohammad Asif went to Dhaka airport to go to Nepal. He was carrying two passports, one Bangladeshi and one American.
29 January 2023, 18:00 PM
The Iranian nightmare
Trafficking syndicate, with help of 2 Dhaka airport staffers, confine, torture Bangladeshi migrants, reveals CID
26 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Swallowing yaba for a living
It takes around 4 hours to swallow 54 small packets of yaba for 41-year-old Josna Khatun. Each packet contains 50 pills.
24 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Their goal: build an arsenal for militants
Counterterrorism officials have claimed that the newly-formed militant outfit “Jamatul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya” were planning to create an arsenal in the remote hilly areas.
11 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Narco Trade, Drug Abuse:: Police high-ups irked over some cops’ involvement
Top police officials have expressed resentment over field-level officials abusing drugs and being involved in the narcotics trade, and warned of stern action against them.
9 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Police Week-2023: Give DB, CTTC authority to probe money laundering
Police high-ups yesterday placed a host of demands, including the authority for the DB and counter-terror unit of the DMP to investigate money laundering cases and the appointment of lawyers in the force to deal with such cases.
8 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Authorise the PHQ to punish, promote SPs
Police officials yesterday demanded that the government authorise the Police Headquarters to investigate the SP-level officers and determine their transfers and promotions instead of the home ministry.
7 January 2023, 18:00 PM
‘Border bars’ for Bangladeshis
It was a cloudy afternoon on October 2 at Shahpur border in Cumilla.
27 December 2022, 01:30 AM
Dhaka Metro Rail: DMP to ensure security until dedicated force formed
Dhaka Metropolitan Police will ensure security at the country’s first metro rail, set to be inaugurated on Wednesday, until a dedicated force is available.
25 December 2022, 18:00 PM
Dope test plan struggling to materialise
The government’s much-hyped dope test initiative to eradicate drug abuse from the country is struggling to fully materialise thanks to bureaucratic tangles.
25 December 2022, 18:00 PM
Dumping bodies: Rivers their preferred site
River police on November 19 recovered from the Balu river the body of an unidentified man who was tied to a sack full of stone in the capital’s Khilgaon.
22 December 2022, 01:00 AM
Police on alert over possible militant attack
Militant outfit Ansar al Islam, which has not carried out any attack since 2016, is apparently pursuing an aggressive strategy and has accordingly appointed new leaders in its military wing, counterterrorism officials said.
20 December 2022, 18:00 PM
Trapped in the ‘Game Ghor’
Nuruzzaman Raju owned a mobile phone repair shop in the capital’s Gulistan.
16 December 2022, 18:00 PM