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
E-gates at HSIA yet not operational
Seven months after the inauguration, the authorities could still not make the e-gates operational for e-passport holders at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, frustrating inbound and outbound passengers.
18 February 2022, 18:00 PM
‘A transnational syndicate’
Between January 2 and 4, he attempted to withdraw money with cloned cards 84 times. The cards are from nationals of around 40 countries, including the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Canada, Saudi Arabia, and Spain.
7 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Still stuck in a Bureaucratic Tangle
The proposal to appoint psychologists for deradicalisation programme remains stuck in a bureaucratic tangle.
1 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Back into darkness
Abdul Hoque was among the several hundred drug traders from Brahmanbaria who had surrendered to police during an anti-narcotics crackdown in 2017.
30 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Social media content: IGP wants a ‘community contract’
Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed has suggested forming of a “community contract” in Bangladesh to deal with inappropriate contents on social media, especially Facebook.
25 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Inmates run illegal arms trade from jail
His name is Ali Akbar Prokash. But he is known as “Akbar the Great” among his cohorts for his expertise and innovative techniques used in illegal arms trade.
24 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Bail of militant suspects remains a concern
Ariful Karim Chowdhury alias Adnan was arrested by police in 2015 over his involvement with banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (Huji). He was then a senior officer in a private bank.
22 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Jailed militants: Prisons not preventing their activities
Prison seems to have deterred militants little as they are continuing with their malicious activities with the help of a section of unscrupulous guards.
21 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Officials prepare list of demands ahead of Police Week
Like every year, police officials are likely to come up with a list of demands for the upcoming Police Week, scheduled to be held from January 23 to 27.
21 January 2022, 18:00 PM
3 days, 40 ATM cards, 84 withdrawal attempts
Cloning credit card of citizens of around 40 countries, a transnational syndicate has been withdrawing money from ATM booths of different countries.
19 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Promising jobs, fraud gang pockets crores
When people started losing jobs during the pandemic, a group of fraudsters exploited the opportunity and started swindling the dispirited people by promising them a better life.
17 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Scripted to a T
They first make some magnetic coins by melting copper wire.
15 January 2022, 18:00 PM
NEO-JMB: Financier now allowed to travel abroad
Despite restrictions after her arrest, Dhaka’s Anti-Terrorism Special Tribunal ordered the police to unblock the passport of Humaira Zakir Nabila, chief a “sister department” of Neo-JMB and it’s financier.
11 January 2022, 18:00 PM
The Forbidden Forest Life
“Bullets can’t hit me! I led hundreds of gunfights, but the bullets always just whizzed past me!” exclaimed a self-assured Jahangir Shikari, former robber of the Sundarbans.
7 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Too good to be true!
Watch 25 advertisements online and earn Tk 300, or 12 for Tk 140 daily.
2 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Dating apps new way to extort money
Using dating apps like Tinder, Tantan and Mamba, criminals are extorting money from people by ensnaring and abducting them.
1 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Ansar Al Islam: Lying low, continues recruitment
Militant outfit Ansar Al Islam has no plan to carry out any attacks right now but its recruitment and training activities are going on in secret.
23 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Avijit Murder Masterminds: Holed up somewhere inside Bangladesh
Police officers believe that the two fugitive leaders of Ansar al Islam, for whose information the US State department declared a $5 million reward, are hiding somewhere in Bangladesh.
21 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Return of the sea robbers
With their hands and legs tied, they were kept confined for three days straight. None of them got anything to eat, and when anyone would ask for water, only seawater was offered.
16 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Justice for Human Trafficking: A privilege now gets in the way
When migrant workers fell victim to labour trafficking and filed cases with the police, the law enforcers prosecuted or arrested the recruiting agents responsible for sending the workers abroad.
1 December 2021, 18:00 PM