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
MP Azim Murder: Police detain Jhenaidah AL general secy
Multiple leaders of Jhenaidah Awami League were aware of MP Anwarul Azim Anar’s murder before the government’s announcement.
11 June 2024, 18:00 PM
Submachine gun in the hands of an ‘unstable’ cop?
SMT-9 submachine gun -- a sophisticated weapon that can wreak havoc in the wrong hands.
10 June 2024, 18:00 PM
MP Azim murder: Another AL leader may be involved
At least one other top leader of Jhenaidah Awami League may have been involved in the murder of MP Anwarul Azim Anar’s at a New Town flat in Kolkata, investigators said.
10 June 2024, 18:00 PM
999 calls surge, reflect reliability
After realising her five-year-old child was raped by her neighbour in Bagerhat’s Brahmankathi area, a mother called the National Emergency Helpline-999 at March 3 noon.
9 June 2024, 18:00 PM
Cop kills cop: Detectives have no clue about motive
Close-circuit television camera footage revealed details of an on-duty police constable killing another cop near the Palestinian embassy in the capital’s Baridhara Saturday night.
9 June 2024, 18:00 PM
MP Azim Murder: AL leader Babu secretly met one of the killers
An Awami League leader of Jhenidah met one of the killers of lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar to learn about the details of the abduction and murder, police said.
9 June 2024, 18:00 PM
Now political rivalry adds to the murder mystery
Gold smuggling, honey trap and narcotics, lots of theories have been floating around since the last few weeks over the murder of Jhenaidah-4 MP Anwarul Azim Anar in a Kolkata flat.
8 June 2024, 18:00 PM
Ansar Al Islam raised Tk 18 lakh through crowdfunding
Ansar Al Islam, a militant group inspired by al-Qaeda, has raised Tk 18 lakh through crowdfunding within a few months.
5 June 2024, 18:00 PM
The murder plan was finalised at a Kolkata eatery
It was Tanvir Bhuiyan who lured the Jhenaidah-4 MP Anwarul Azim Anar to Kolkata as part of a mission to kill him.
4 June 2024, 18:00 PM
MP Azim Murder: Celesty posed as mastermind’s wife to rent flat
Celesty Rahman went to Kolkata and posed as the wife of Aktaruzzaman, alleged mastermind of MP Anwarul Azim Anar murder, to rent the flat where the lawmaker was killed.
3 June 2024, 21:30 PM
MP Azim Murder: Siam texted from MP’s phone after his killing
Siam Hossain, a suspect in the murder of Jhenaidah-4 MP Anwarul Azim Anar, went to India via Nepal and returned to the Himalayan country after killing the lawmaker at a Kolkata flat.
2 June 2024, 18:00 PM
MP Azim Murder: Azim ‘taxed’ every gold bar smuggled
Anwarul Azim Anar, the recently slain MP of Jhenaidah-4, was a powerful figure in the criminal underworld with his tight grip over a gold smuggling racket as well as the narcotics trafficking in the region, investigators say.
1 June 2024, 18:00 PM
MP Azim Murder: ‘Celesty was supposed to receive Azim at Kolkata flat’
Celesty Rahman, a friend of Aktaruzzaman, alleged mastermind of the murder of Jhenaidah-4 MP Anawarul Azim Anar, was responsible for receiving the lawmaker at a flat in Kolkata’s New Town on May 13.
1 June 2024, 18:00 PM
MP Azim Murder: His ‘friends’ played a role
Investigators are now analysing the roles of Jhenaidah-4 MP Anwarul Azim Anar’s relatives and friends to find further clues about his gruesome murder in Kolkata.
30 May 2024, 18:00 PM
MP Azim Murder: Mastermind, hired gun are relatives
Suspects Aktaruzzaman and Amanullah in the lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar murder case are relatives.
29 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Wealth, awards piled up as he grew in power
Former police chief Benazir Ahmed kept receiving prestigious police awards even as he and his family continued to accumulate huge wealth, buying acre upon acre of land and other properties in different parts of the country.
28 May 2024, 18:00 PM
MP Azim Murder: The kingpins may never be tracked down
Some members of a gold smuggling racket were likely behind the killing of Jhenaidah-4 MP Anwarul Azim Anar, but the assailants had contact with Aktaruzzaman only, said an officer of West Bengal CID.
28 May 2024, 18:00 PM
MP Azim murder: Body parts found in septic tank of Kolkata flat
Cops to conduct DNA test to confirm identity
28 May 2024, 13:58 PM
MP Azim Murder: DB recreates crime scene in Kolkata
Compares info from arrestees here with suspect held there
27 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Mp Azim’s Murder: Aktaruzzaman coordinated murder from Gulshan flat
While killing Jhenaidah-4 MP Anwarul Azim Anar at a Kolkata flat, the assailants were on the phone with mastermind Aktaruzzaman, known in his hometown Jhenaidah as Shaheen Mia, several investigators suspect.
26 May 2024, 18:00 PM