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
She taught at three madrasas
Before marrying a Bangladeshi man last year, Indian national Ayesa Jannat Mohona had visited Bangladesh three times since 2016.
19 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Cobweb of deception
The meeting was arranged at a government rest house in Sunamganj in January. Three luxury cars were parked outside with a number of security guards on watch. The local upazila nirbahi officer was taking care of food and other amenities.
19 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Shahed’s gang delivered ‘accident’ victims
A middle-aged man from Sylhet’s Companiganj came to the capital’s Uttara at his relative’s house in May last year. He was waiting for a rickshaw in front of Regent Hospital when a car hit him from behind.
18 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Ministry high officials played it for JKG
Two additional secretaries of the health ministry and two directors of the health directorate allegedly helped JKG Healthcare CEO Ariful Chaudhury to get the contract for collecting Covid-19 test samples.
18 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Shahed faked his own Covid positive report
Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed admitted that he made a fake certificate to show him Covid-19 positive, investigators said yesterday.
17 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Regent's Shahed: A man with a murky past
For any business deal, Regent Group Chairman Md Shahed alias Shahed Karim used to issue bank cheques with encashment dates that could be two months later.
16 July 2020, 18:00 PM
DGHS aware of JKG Health Care scams
Surgeon Sabrina Arif Chaudhury told interrogators that she had warned the health directorate multiple times about corruptions in JKG as soon as she found out what was going on.
16 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Sex Trade Racket: CID looking for cohorts of Azam Khan
Alamin Hossain alias Diamond used to call himself a dance teacher and had been running a so-called dance academy in the capital’s Mirpur for the last eight years.
14 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Whole family of ‘casino brothers’ Enamul, Rupon involved in gambling
They owned 20 houses, 128 flats and 25 acres of land in Dhaka and nearby areas. Besides, they have 91 accounts in different banks where around Tk 2.8 crore were deposited so far and the current balance of these accounts is around Tk 19 crore.
14 July 2020, 14:57 PM
Forced Into Prostitution In Dubai: CID to seek Interpol help to nab traffickers
The syndicate that has been trafficking thousands of Bangladeshi girls for last eight years and forcing them into sex work is also involved in trafficking girls from India and Pakistan. It’s Indian and Pakistani members trafficked the girls to Dubai.
13 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Fake Notes Before Eid Syndicates active again
Once again, ahead of Eid-ul-Azha when huge sales of sacrificial animals take place across the country, counterfeit note forgery syndicates have targeted the cattle markets like they do every year.
11 July 2020, 18:00 PM
1,000 listed as human traffickers
Investigators are working to track down local human traffickers who along with different transnational syndicates send people abroad alluring them with promises of a better future.
11 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Police admin brings change to organogram after new SP-rank officials assigned posts
With the recent creation of 215 superintendents of police (SP) rank posts, different police units have reorganised their structure by brining a change to the organogram.
5 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Missing girl found after 7 years
She was around 11-year-old when she first came to Dhaka in 2012 to work as a domestic help from Dinajpur.
4 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Drug traders rear head as movement restrictions ease
The pandemic is leaving an adverse impact on almost every sector, but when it comes to drug smuggling, Covid-19 has just been a reason to come up with newer, more innovative ideas and techniques.
4 July 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Perfect cover’ for crime
With wearing masks in public becoming compulsory to prevent the spread of Covid-19, criminals are also utilising the situation making it difficult for the law enforcers to identify them through CCTV footage.
2 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Fire Service: Divers stretched to their limits
A diver has to take a break for about three hours after working under water for an hour.
1 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Armed police battalions take charge of Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar
Two special police battalions, formed to ensure security of Rohingyas, have finally taken over the responsibility to ensure law and order inside the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar.
1 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Launch capsize: Thousands throng Sadarghat amid fear of Covid-19 infection
Ignoring health directives to contain the spread of Covid-19, several thousands of people thronged the Sadarghat area today to witness the rescue operations of the launch capsize.
29 June 2020, 12:38 PM
Phone theft racket active in city: CID
They mostly worked in small groups -- around three to four persons in each one.
28 June 2020, 18:00 PM