Warehouse owner still at large
Three days have passed, but law enforcers are yet to arrest the owner of Alam Traders, the chemical warehouse that burned down in Tuesday’s deadly fire, claiming 16 lives.
16 October 2025, 18:17 PM
No let-up in violent crimes
The only fault of Rabbi, a resident of the capital’s Jafrabad area, was that he questioned two unknown young men loitering near his home late at night on May 15.
22 August 2025, 18:43 PM
JULY UPRISING AFTERMATH / 1,300 firearms looted from police stations still missing
More than 1,300 firearms and over 2,50,000 rounds of ammunition looted from police stations during the July uprising remain missing
10 August 2025, 18:00 PM
As it happened / Air Force jet crashes into Milestone College
Toll may rise; around 170 injured, many critically; ISPR says ‘mechanical failure’ caused BAF training plane to plunge into Uttara school
21 July 2025, 21:42 PM
‘A loud bang and then screams’: witnesses recall horror as jet hits Uttara school
At least 19 people were killed and more than 100 injured after a Bangladesh Air Force F-7 aircraft crashed into the Milestone College campus in Uttara
21 July 2025, 09:53 AM
‘Tunda Babu’ behind bars, but fear still haunts
Gripped by fear, many residents of Haddipatti in Dhaka’s Darus Salam area have fled their homes, even after the arrest of a notorious gang leader, Babu Khan -- locally known as “Tunda Babu”.
13 July 2025, 18:00 PM
Police grapple with surge in crime
Data from the Police Headquarters presents a grim picture of violent crimes, including murder, mugging, robbery, extortion, and mob violence, in the first six months of 2025.
12 July 2025, 18:34 PM
89% drug cases filed in 5 years still pending
The Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) filed over 1.22 lakh drug-related cases in a little over five years, but only 11 percent of those have been disposed of.
26 June 2025, 19:18 PM
Extortion in disguise
The extortion is going on in the capital in the name of Eid tips.
24 June 2017, 18:00 PM
Con woman held with 2 cohorts
If your loved ones live abroad, beware.
18 June 2017, 18:00 PM
Controversy as JU staff protest 'vandalism'
A recent protest of Jahangirnagar University officers and workers against some "unruly students who vandalised" the vice chancellor's
8 June 2017, 18:00 PM
Nimtoli memories haunting still
Today is June 3.
It might be just another day for most of the people, but for the residents of Old Dhaka's Nimtoli, the day is a reminder of the horror of a devastating fire on this night in 2010 that claimed 124 lives, mostly women and children, and injured more than 200.
2 June 2017, 18:00 PM
JU Vandalism Case: 12 female students talk of 'ordeal' in custody
In eight hours since 12:30am on Sunday, male police members of Dhamrai Police Station "counted" at least 15 times to ensure whether
30 May 2017, 20:06 PM
A mother's cry for son
“If he did anything wrong, punish him. But please bring him back,” said Momtaz Begum who has been desperately knocking on the doors of law enforcement agencies for nearly a month in search of her only son.
23 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Korail fire leaves hundreds homeless
Holding their little babies, women huddled together in small groups for warmth, sitting under the bare sky.
17 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Reckless driving on, so is death
She came to Dhaka from Rajshahi with her mother early yesterday to sit for a test at her college. The would-be doctor was supposed to head back to Rajshahi right after that.
Sadia Hasan, 23, a fifth-year student of Dhaka National Medical College, was killed when a bus rammed the CNG-run auto-rickshaw her mother and she was in on North-South Road in Bangshal around 7:00am.
25 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Cops still clueless
It has been over six months, police are still clueless regarding the death of Dutch-Bangla Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DBCCI)
23 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Missed, deeply
“He was my best friend. I used to share all my problems and happiness with him. But since the last 11 months, I have no one to talk
23 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Sexually abused, trafficked female worker rescued in Malaysia
Dreaming of a better future, Bithi (not her real name) left for Malaysia 11 days ago to secure a well-paid job.
30 January 2017, 21:22 PM
5 Years Since Zubair Killing: Convicted killers 'free as bird'
“I am a free bird… Now I can fly…”
8 January 2017, 21:07 PM
I couldn't save anything but my life
The woman in her 60s was having lunch in the open, in front of the ruins of what used to be her home. It was her only shelter and only
12 December 2016, 18:00 PM