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
NID forgery: EC officials compromising server security
Sources say some data entry employees sell criminals passwords
15 September 2020, 17:02 PM
Threats send prisons on high alert nationwide
The prison authority has beefed up security across the country following a threats from some unidentified miscreants over phone and letters of “snatching away militant inmates” from jails.
14 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Sex traffickers active in myriad guises
Manager of a well-known film actress and at least couple of choreographers are allegedly involved in trafficking girls to Dubai.
12 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Unstoppable Yaba: New route, new colour
The constantly evolving narcotics rackets in Cox’s Bazar have been opening up new fronts to smuggle yaba pills into Bangladesh from Myanmar, largely avoiding Teknaf due to increased vigilance by law enforcers there.
12 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Fire lasted just seconds
Cooking gas trapped in the Narayanganj mosque was ignited by a spark at an overloaded circuit-breaker, and the inferno didn’t last more than a couple of seconds, explosives experts said yesterday.
7 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Gas leak behind mosque blast
Death toll from Friday’s explosion in the Narayanganj mosque reached 20 last night with fire officials suspecting that the incident took place due to leak in a gas pipeline that runs beneath the mosque.
5 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Trafficking to Kuwait: Investigators looking for MP Shahid’s brother
They used to contact people from across the country through brokers and charge each of them Tk 5 lakh to Tk 7 lakh for sending them to Kuwait.
28 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar: Rohingyas tangled up in crimes
Three years on, crimes like murder, abduction, extortion and narcotics smuggling continue to multiply at the world’s biggest refugee settlement in Cox’s Bazar.
26 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Chakaria ‘Shootout’: Was Jafar a drug dealer?
Md Jafar, who was killed in a police “shootout” along with two others in Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar on July 31, used to run a drug syndicate in Bandarban, Patiya and Chakaria, intelligence sources say.
18 August 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Tk 5 lakh for each murder’
He started as a “shooter”, when he was 18 years old.
14 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Looted from Dhaka, sold in Chattogram
Divided in multiple groups, they mostly targeted shopping malls in Dhaka -- each team assigned a specific task.
12 August 2020, 18:00 PM
5 ‘members of Neo-JMB cell’ arrested
They planned to draw the attention of the Islamic State by carrying out several explosive attacks ahead of the Eid-ul-Adha.
12 August 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Drama by cops’ gone wrong
Some policemen took the bomb inside Pallabi Police Station to stage a bomb-recovery and frame someone in a case.
10 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Covid-19 Pandemic: Cybercriminals on the prowl
With people mostly staying home and spending more time online due to the ongoing pandemic, a group of criminals are active and swindling crores of taka through duping them on social media.
9 August 2020, 18:00 PM
DMP to probe whether bomb was handled properly
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) yesterday formed a three-member committee to investigate the explosion incident inside the capital’s Pallabi Police Station on early Wednesday.
30 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Crime Rising Amid Pandemic: Cops blame joblessness, income drop
After a sharp fall in crime rate during the first few days of coronavirus pandemic, crimes like theft, robbery and mugging have recently taken an upward turn.
27 July 2020, 18:00 PM
He used power of media to build his empire
Regent Group Chairman Md Shahed alias Shahed Karim had used the “power of media” to be on good terms with politicians, bureaucrats and law enforcers to build his criminal network, detectives said.
26 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Intel on Possible ‘Militant Attack’: New security alert before Eid
The police have received intelligence that militant outfit “Neo JMB” could try to carry out attacks centring the Eid-ul-Azha.
26 July 2020, 18:00 PM
The allure of a million-dollar gift
Along with some Bangladeshis, a group of foreign nationals have formed organised rackets and swindling crores of taka from people through duping them on social media
25 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Taking ‘Advantage’ of Pandemic: Land grabbers feasting on unguarded plots
With people mostly staying home to avoid coronavirus infection, land grabbers are using this opportunity to take over unguarded and empty plots of land in the capital’s Khilgaon.
21 July 2020, 18:00 PM