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
The art of cargo theft
A syndicate has long been stealing imported goods after breaking the locks of containers at the Mongla Port and selling those in the local market, a DB investigation found.
23 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Govt changes, but his ‘magic’ goes on
The rise of Monir Hossain, also known as Golden Monir, over almost two decades was unaffected by regime change because he knew how to keep high-ups in the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha and the housing and public works ministry happy.
22 November 2020, 18:00 PM
34 robbers give up arms, surrender
At least 34 members of 11 robbery gangs yesterday surrendered their weapons to Rab-7 at Chattagram’s Banshkhali Adarsha High School.
12 November 2020, 18:00 PM
53 Uzi Pistols: Detectives looking for users’ info
Detectives are now gathering details of those who own Uzi pistols; military-grade semi-automatic weapons imported in the absence of monitoring by the authorities.
6 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Sleepwalking into crime
He was caught red-handed while trying to dismantle an ATM (Automatic Teller Machine) from a booth of a private bank, and handed to police.
4 November 2020, 18:00 PM
‘No one questioned a Nawab family heir’
The man who pretended to be the grandson of Nawab Salimullah Khan, joined Muslim League in 2018. As proof of identity, he submitted his passport and national identity (NID) card, in which his name was Nawab Khawaja Ali Hasan Askari.
3 November 2020, 18:00 PM
DNC proposes round-the-clock dog squad check at Dhaka airport
With an aim to stop narcotics smuggling, Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) wants to have round-the-clock presence of their dog squad at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
3 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Complaints stack up against fake Nawab
Investigators are yet to ascertain the real identity of the reported imposter who was scamming people by posing as the grandson of Nawab Salimullah Khan.
2 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Faking his way to nobility
His plan was to grab Nawab Estate’s property by falsely identifying himself as a descendant of Nawab Salimullah Khan’s family. To get it, he had already filed five cases with land offices of Dhaka and Narayanganj.
1 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Military-Grade Firearms: Shady import worries cops
In the absence of monitoring, a section of licensed arms dealers are importing military-grade semi-automatic weapons in the name of rifles.
28 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Erfan Salim: Building on father’s murky legacy
After Monday’s arrest of Erfan Salim, son of Awami League leader Haji Md Salim, law enforcers have unearthed tales of his lavish lifestyle, which included 12 bodyguards and 30 to 40 young men at his beck and call.
27 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Ensnaring children in the dark web
Girls as young as nine to 15 are first targeted on different social media, especially Instagram, and then they are provoked by different sexual content.
19 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Stopping Drug Abuse: Govt to set up independent institution
As a part of intensifying and strengthening narcotics control across the country, the government has taken steps to form an independent institution to carry out dope tests in a structural manner.
3 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Anti-Human Trafficking Law: Amend it to curb cops’ raid powers
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has lately witten to Law Minister Anisul Huq seeking amendment to the trafficking prevention law, to potentially leash the capacity of law enforcers in raiding recruitment agencies.
1 October 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Neo JMB’ rising again?
Militant outfit “Neo JMB” has declared its new chief and brought changes in the top leadership as the IS-inspired terror group is trying to get back on its feet by reorganising its structure.
28 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Yaba trade: Back to business
A dozen listed Teknaf narcos previously hiding are now being seen taking over yaba trade again.
20 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Smugglers using modified motorbikes to smuggle it
They called it “Phensedyl bike”.
19 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Neo-JMB leader confesses to killing missing man
A Neo-JMB leader has confessed to a court that a sleeper cell of the militant group killed a man whose photograph is uploaded on the website of SITE Intelligence Group.
16 September 2020, 18:00 PM
NID Card Forgery: EC officials compromising server security
Many field level polls officials share passwords of a software with data entry officers for corrections to national identity cards, which ultimately gives criminals the scope for forging the cards.
15 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Threats to Prisons: Caller might have used VoIP to mask identity
The anonymous caller, who had threatened jail authorities of “snatching away militant inmates from jails”, might have used a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) to make the call, police suspect.
15 September 2020, 18:00 PM