Once power brokers, now defendants
Smiles, whispers, and uneasy silence as 16 former ministers and high officials brought to ICT-1
15 October 2025, 10:09 AM
25 former, serving military officers charged at ICT
The prosecution yesterday formally charged 28 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 23 top and mid-ranking current and former army officers, at International Crimes Tribunal-1 in two cases of enforced disappearances, secret detention, and torture in the 15 years of her rule.
8 October 2025, 18:23 PM
ICT act amendment: Accused barred from election if formally charged
Those accused in cases filed with the International Crimes Tribunal will not be able to hold or run for public office once formal charges are pressed against them.
7 October 2025, 18:11 PM
Crimes against humanity: Four AL leaders likely to be charged soon
Four senior Awami League leaders, including former law minister Anisul Huq and deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s former adviser Salman F Rahman, may soon be formally charged with crimes against humanity in connection with the July uprising, according to the prosecution.
3 October 2025, 18:21 PM
Police adopt stringent criteria to select OCs
The move comes around five months before the country is expected to go to the national election in which OCs will play a key role in maintaining law and order.
14 September 2025, 19:31 PM
Abu Sayed Killing: ‘Forced to conceal pellet wounds in inquest report’
A police officer told the International Crimes Tribunal-2 yesterday that he was forced by a senior officer to conceal pellet injuries in the inquest report of Begum Rokeya University student Abu Sayed, who was killed in Rangpur at the beginning of the July uprising.
9 September 2025, 18:23 PM
Hasina, Kamal ordered shooting of July protesters
In a dramatic testimony before the International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday, former inspector general of police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun said the mass killings during last year’s July uprising were carried out on direct orders of then prime minister Sheikh Hasina and home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal.
2 September 2025, 18:00 PM
‘I want to see justice before my death’
The father of Abu Sayed, a student of Begum Rokeya University (BRU) in Rangpur who was killed in police firing on July 16 last year, yesterday appealed to the International Crimes Tribunal-2 to ensure justice for his son before his own death.
28 August 2025, 18:03 PM
Biman Hijack Bid: 'It was a toy gun'
It was a toy gun, not a real one, the suspect was carrying during a plane hijack bid on Sunday, and there were no explosives inside the flight either, a top government official involved in probing the incident told The Daily Star yesterday.
26 February 2019, 18:00 PM
No red flags raised
Polash Ahmed, who attempted to hijack a Biman flight to Dubai on Sunday, boarded the plane at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport without raising any flags at the security checkpoints.
25 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Silent extortion rife in hills
Several armed groups allegedly affiliated with regional political parties in the hill tracts are extorting money from businessmen and contractors, locals said.
19 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Crazy pills flying in
Yaba smugglers are now using air routes to carry the crazy pills to the capital from Teknaf, the gateway for the drugs to Bangladesh.
12 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Break the link
IGP Mohammad Javed Patwary yesterday ordered the police officials to re-intensify the countrywide anti-narcotics drive.
7 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Cops want land, a fleet of choppers
Police high-ups yesterday placed before the home minister a host of demands that include land allocation for the force and appointment of police officials to the key posts, including that of the director general, at the passport department.
5 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Cops place flurry of demands
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday gave her nod to all the demands placed before her on the opening day of the Police Week yesterday.
4 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Medal galore for police personnel
All 80 police officials holding commanding posts in divisions, districts and metropolitan areas, along with their 269 colleagues, are getting prestigious police medals this year.
29 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Police draw up long list of demands
Police officials are likely to come up with a list of demands in the upcoming Police Week to be held from February 4-8.
22 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Mass promotion for cops sought
Buoyed by the recent in-situ or supernumerary promotion in large numbers, the police sent the government another list of 280 officials, ranging from superintendent of police to additional inspector general, for promotion.
18 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Extortionists feast on Mirpur footpaths
An estimated Tk 50 to 60 lakh is extorted monthly from street vendors at Mirpur-10 roundabout and adjoining places, and the control over the easy money sometimes leads to clashes among the beneficiaries.
8 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Of arms, ammo, and abduction
Firearms, including sophisticated ones, in the hills are not only for the extremists' “ideals”, they are now a means for their financial solvency.
2 January 2019, 18:00 PM
City hotels feel the polls heat
Police have stepped up monitoring of city hotels and messes as they are strictly checking the identities of guests and boarders ahead of Sunday's national election.
26 December 2018, 18:00 PM
NARAIL: For the love of the captain
People from different districts are turning up in Narail to campaign for Bangladesh ODI captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza.
22 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Voters skeptic about EVM use
Confusion remains among many over casting votes using electronic voting machines in Satkhira-2 and Khulna-2 as they have no practical knowledge of the machines.
21 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Horror haunts Malopara still
Children in Jashore's Malopara village still have nightmares of people coming to attack them. And with the election on the horizon, panic has spread even among the adults.
20 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Fear of Jamaat violence rises
With the December 30 election approaching, people in Satkhira, known as a stronghold of the Jamaat-e-Islami, fear that the party may resort to violence again, the way it did in 2013 centring a verdict on Delawar Hossain Sayedee.
18 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Candidates of AL, BNP pledge big
Promises of further development work are Awami League contestants' election mantra in Khulna while the BNP candidates are pledging “restoration of democracy”.
17 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Oikyafront Campaign: Women the key force
The Jatiya Oikyafront candidates in the six constituencies of Khulna are heavily depending on female activists for their campaigns as most of the men are either on the run or under cover fearing police.
16 December 2018, 18:00 PM
AL runs on full throttle, BNP missing
With the election 14 days away, campaigning should be in full swing but the situation in Khulna is different.
15 December 2018, 18:00 PM