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
How criminals ‘rent’ bank accounts for illegal transaction
In the documents submitted to a bank, Bappy Hossain (26) mentioned that he’s a labourer. But an anomaly came up after analysing his national identity (NID) details.
20 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Where are the fugitive killers of Prof Humayun Azad?
Law enforcers have no clue about the whereabouts of top JMB militant Salahuddin Ahmed alias Salehin, a fugitive death row convict of Prof Humayun Azad murder case.
14 April 2022, 09:29 AM
Computer operator turns counterfeiter
Taizul Islam Liton did not continue his studies after the eighth grade. After dropping out of school, he started working as a computer operator in the capital’s Nilkhet area in 2004.
12 April 2022, 18:00 PM
One-stop service for women, children
Around 10:30am on Friday, 28-year-old Amena Begum was found pacing in front of the duty-officer’s room at Narayanganj Sadar Model Police Station.
9 April 2022, 18:00 PM
From student to ringleader
Back in 1996, Lokman Hakim alias Liton was still a student. But early on in life, he had a brush with law, when he abducted a girl.
7 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Tipu’s aide hired hitman, armed him
An aide of Awami League leader Jahidul Islam Tipu hired the hitman and gave him a gun to have Tipu assassinated, according to the confessional statement of hitman Masum Mohammad Akash.
6 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Fake persona brings in real money
He was once a preacher, giving sermons at different waz-mahfils. At the time, he was merely a Jamaat-Shibir activist in Satkhira’s Kalaroa upazila.
31 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Tipu murder - At least five took part in the killing mission: probe
At least five people took part in the killing of Jahidul Islam Tipu, former general secretary of Motijheel Awami League, in the capital’s Shahjahanpur a week ago.
30 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Don’t click that link!
Using the “add money” option of mobile financial services (MFS), several syndicates are looting money by hacking into users’ online bank accounts and credit cards.
28 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Mosque water the only alternative
It takes Anwar Hossain, a 60-year-old cook at a mess in the capital’s Farmgate, about an hour to make a trip to the nearest deep tube-well, get 10 litres of water, and return home.
25 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Youth held over vandalism of idols in temple
Police have arrested a man on charges of vandalising idols in a Hindu temple in the capital’s Khilgaon on Monday.
23 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Bangladeshi expats in Iraq confined, tortured, extorted by syndicate
Inside the torture cell, when there was no water, urine was offered as a substitute.
23 March 2022, 18:00 PM
‘Make sure you look poor, needy’
It’s an organised gang that mostly operates in government hospitals. It targets those that come for treatment from outside Dhaka, feed them sedatives, and loot their valuables as the victims fall unconscious.
21 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Ahsan Group embezzled at least Tk 130cr using religious clout: CID
It was corruption at a massive scale, undertaken by a single family.
16 March 2022, 18:00 PM
TikTok: preferred app for youth crime?
Though a relatively new social media platform, TikTok has already become a preferred tool for criminals to carry out their activities, according to law enforcers.
14 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Scamming from a quiet village
In the quiet village of Faridpur’s Dumain, the residents do all kinds of work, from working in the field to running shops, for their livelihood. But many have chosen a more sinister path to make ends meet.
10 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Gone in four seconds
Believe it or not, there are some “professional” thieves out there who can unlock motorbike locks within four to five seconds.
7 March 2022, 18:00 PM
He was fugitive in plain sight for 21 years
A man, sentenced to death for attempting to assassinate Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was right under the nose of law enforcers in Dhaka for 21 years.
5 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Even jail stay not free; some prisoners forced to pay for ‘better services’
Arrested for marijuana possession, rickshaw puller Abdul Kuddus landed in Dhaka Central Jail in October 2020.
4 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Transnational nexus bringing in Phensedyl
A transnational currency forgery gang joined hands with drug traffickers, and together they smuggle Phensedyl from India using fake Indian rupees printed in Pakistan.
27 February 2022, 18:00 PM