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
19 ‘joined Neo JMB’ from one upazila
At least 19 youths have joined IS-inspired militant outfit “Neo JMB”, an offshoot of Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), from a single upazila of Narayanganj, believes counterterrorism unit.
3 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Drug Trade in Geneva Camp: Six gangs vying for control after Ishtiaq’s death
Ishtiaq Ahmed, the top drug lord of Mohammadpur Geneva Camp, who was hiding for a long period, died in a hospital in India after being infected from Covid-19.
3 August 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Neo-JMB highly active online’
Watching videos online, members of the “military wing” of the banned militant outfit “Neo JMB” learnt to prepare improvised explosive devices (IED).
2 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Traffickers abuse visit, on-arrival visas
Abusing visit visas and on-arrival visas, a transnational syndicate has been trafficking people from Bangladesh to different countries, including the Middle East and Europe.
13 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Neo-JMB wanted to make den in Bandarban
Kawsar Hossain, an explosive expert of the IS inspired militant outfit Neo-JMB, tried to build a militant den in the hilly area of Bandarban to establish links with militants in nearby Myanmar’s Arakan.
12 July 2021, 18:00 PM
A sly trick, indeed
A syndicate was found trafficking people to Europe in the name of sending them to watch football matches.
7 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Neo JMB forms new committee
With an aim to build a strong base in Bangladesh, IS-inspired militant outfit Neo JMB has recently formed a 20-member committee.
5 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Darkness Befalls: Road 79
With the evening sun going down and the sky turning a dusty pink, a quietness descended at the Holey Artisan Bakery on July 1, 2016, towards the end of Ramadan that year.
30 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Moghbazar Explosion: Gas line leak may have caused it
Accumulated gas was behind the massive explosion at the ground floor of a three-storey building in the capital’s Moghbazar on Sunday evening, said officials and experts.
28 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Cruelties rising in chaotic time
Incidents of brutalities have increased alarmingly in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country in recent months with killing, sexual abuse and torture becoming rampant.
26 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Online Gambling: Crores siphoned out of country
An international gambling racket has been siphoning off crores of taka every day from the country and investing in cryptocurrencies, according to law enforcers.
19 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Cybercrimes against women rampant
Taking advantage of the naivety of some young women and children, cybercriminals are using social media to exploit, expose, blackmail, bully, and even traffic them in astonishing numbers.
17 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Unholy nexus giving gas connections
Despite being not directly linked to Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited, they would go to households to assist linemen and supervisors of the national gas distributor.
16 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Bearing the unbearable
While he was still reeling with shock from the loss of his eight-year-old younger son, Mohidul Islam had to see his elder son taken away by police.
10 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Hefajat to get a committee today
Hefajat-e Islam will announce today its new committee comprising of what insiders said would be the leaders sympathetic to the ruling Awami League.
6 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Raped, assaulted, locked up in foreign land
Many cannot even imagine the brutalities an 18-year-old girl endured for more than two months.
6 June 2021, 18:00 PM
‘All about ensuring services to people’
With 13 districts, 42 circles and 96 police stations under its jurisdiction, Dhaka range is one of the most important institutions of police that not only ensures safety and security of people but also oversees and monitors services provided by law enforcers.
2 June 2021, 18:00 PM
LSD mailed to Bangladesh
The hallucinogenic drug called lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) was being smuggled into Bangladesh from the Netherlands using the postal service for the last four years.
29 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Narcos now out to create LSD market
Narcotics smugglers have long been trying to create a market for the hallucinogenic drug called LSD in Bangladesh, targeting college and university students as consumers.
27 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Cops took no steps despite two GDs
After being attacked three times in last six years, receiving numerous death threats, and even after filing general diaries in this regard, Shahinuddin, a trader, was attacked once again on May 16 and lost his life this time.
22 May 2021, 18:00 PM