Evolution Of Cybercrime: Women, the worst sufferers as usual
From November 16, 2021, to April 30 this year, Police Cyber Support for Woman (PCSW) wing of Police Headquarters (PHQ) has received around 4,094 cybercrime complaints.
Tale of vile discoveries
Gone are the days when extortionists and blackmailers would take advantage of people’s religious beliefs and superstitions and extort money from them by pretending to be “Djinn er Badshah” -- the king of genies -- over the phones.
Patterns have evolved, so have criminals
They met on a social media site for something that soon turned out to be an intimate relationship of sorts.
Gates electronic, immigration process still manual
Although authorities have installed electronic immigration gates or e-gates at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA), the system still does not have all the planned functions.
‘Pay up, or you’ll end up like Tipu’
Just a week before Eid-ul-Fitr, a businessman, who has shops at the capital’s AGB colony kitchen market, received a call from an internet-generated number.
‘Raking in money by promising govt jobs’
Md Selim, owner of a community centre in Rajshahi, submitted a file at the education ministry last month, requesting for a promotion for his relative, who worked at a college.
To treat burn patients, time is of the essence
At least 100 people were burnt, and of them, 67 were being treated after the BM container depot fire in Chattogram. Due to the limited capacity in Chattogram, patients with serious injuries needed to be shifted to Dhaka through emergency helicopters.
Flour balls for medicines!
They target medicines that are widely sold in the market, like Naproxen-Plus, Pantonex, Seclo, Monas and Finix. And they make the fake versions using flour and semolina.
Invading homes in seconds
It only takes 15 to 20 seconds for them to cut through a window or balcony and enter a house.
‘It took them seconds to steal a phone’
Aziz Mohammad was in Saudi Arabia for 33 years. As a hafez, the 45-year-old used to work as an imam at different mosques, and also as a driver.