Narcotics dept can work at borders, carry arms
19 July 2026, 00:00 AM
The Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) can now conduct its own raids, searches, seizures, arrests and investigations along the country’s borders and at land ports, airports and seaports under the Narcotics Control (Amendment) Act, 2026.
19 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Cyber slavery: Bangladeshis forced into online scams in Cambodia
17 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Trafficking victim Tofail Ahmed said he was sold to a heavily guarded cyber scam facility in Cambodia.
17 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Sold into cyber slavery / How Bangladeshi jobseekers are trafficked into Cambodia's scam compounds
16 July 2026, 10:00 AM
Hundreds of Bangladeshis have been rescued from Cambodia's infamous scam centres in recent weeks.
16 July 2026, 10:00 AM
In search of work, caught in war
12 July 2026, 00:00 AM
30 Bangladeshis went to Russia on work visas; 4 dead, 2 missing after alleged war deployment
12 July 2026, 00:00 AM
‘If I’m alive, I’ll come back’
10 July 2026, 00:00 AM
In the remote Laur village, under Brahmanbaria’s Nabinagar upazila, Nazmin Akter has been waiting many months for a call from her husband, Kamrul Hasan, who left home for Russia in July last year in search of work but ended up in the Ukraine war.
10 July 2026, 00:00 AM
‘If I’m alive, I’ll return’: Wife waits for Bangladeshi held in Ukraine
9 July 2026, 19:33 PM
Kamrul Hasan’s family says he went to Russia for work, was drawn into the war, and has not been heard from for months
9 July 2026, 19:33 PM
Two Bangladeshis in Ukraine jail say broker tricked them into war
9 July 2026, 14:02 PM
They allege they paid for jobs in Italy but were taken to a Russian military camp after signing documents they could not read
9 July 2026, 14:02 PM
‘Yaba being used as narco-currency’
28 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Seizures of yaba and other amphetamine-type stimulant tablets rose by 90.58 percent in 2025 compared with the previous year.
28 June 2026, 00:00 AM
How do you make a bus disappear?
Not a motorbike, not even a car, their target is stealing an entire bus.
25 August 2022, 18:00 PM
New drugs, new challenges
Despite law enforcers’ tough vigilance, smugglers are trying to introduce new types of narcotics in the country and are doing business using social media.
23 August 2022, 18:00 PM
Illegal trafficking, legal means
They had valid visas, training and work permits.
17 August 2022, 18:20 PM
Many militants still at large
Sanwar Hossain joined Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in 2000, influenced by none other than the banned outfit’s then supremo Shaikh Abdur Rahman.
16 August 2022, 18:00 PM
Want to buy a car? It’s only Tk 5,000!
Seized vehicles that are used for different crimes or have no valid documents mostly end up in auctions as scrap.
13 August 2022, 18:00 PM
Lobbying on for top posts of police
Just over a week after a major reshuffle of the district superintendents of police, all eyes are on the police department in anticipation of possible changes in the top brass.
12 August 2022, 04:00 AM
Better call Galib!
Galib is a problem solver of sorts. He deals with police-related issues, like releasing someone from custody and ensuring that an accused is not beaten while in remand.
5 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Circular error in govt project: 492 officials not getting promised pay
Information service officers under a government project were supposed to draw a monthly salary of Tk 27,100, according to the job circular and their appointment letters.
5 July 2022, 02:30 AM
Fake visas, real miseries
Using fake visas, a transnational syndicate has reportedly been trafficking people to Italy and Canada. A section of airport officials allegedly supported the syndicate in exchange for Tk 4 to 5 lakh, by allowing fake-visa holders to go abroad.
4 July 2022, 18:00 PM
CTTC to start deradicalising militants in jail this month
The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit is going to start a long-overdue process of deradicalising militants inside prisons from this month.
30 June 2022, 18:00 PM
6 years of Holey Artisan café attack: Neo JMB on the wane, some groups active online
Militant group Neo-JMB, which carried out a deadly attack at a Gulshan restaurant in 2016, currently has no strength to carry out another attack, but officers and security analysts see several other groups as threats.
30 June 2022, 18:00 PM
So far so good
Around 11:00am yesterday, Sufia Begum, a resident of the capital’s Dhanmondi area, went to Dhaka airport to fly to Bangkok for tourism purposes.
30 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Substance abuse in children spiralling
Children’s substance abuse has increased exponentially in the ten years since 2012 -- an alarming development for the society.
27 June 2022, 02:00 AM
International Day Against Drug Abuse, Illicit Trafficking: Danger of drugs ever-present
Despite tough vigilance and special drives by law enforcers, narcotics, especially yaba, smuggling increased in 2021, when compared with the previous year.
26 June 2022, 02:00 AM
Tortured while on video call with family
Find your fellow Bangladeshis. Bond over the sweet homesick feelings. Be friends. Invite them over for a meal.
23 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Their tactic: inhumane torture
Twenty-seven-year-old Apel Ali went to Iraq on February 26, 2018, and started working at a hotel in Baghdad.
22 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Evolution of cybercrime: It’s in the many technicalities
Last Friday, police officials collected details of a SIM card number that was used for hacking a mobile financial service (MFS) account.
18 June 2022, 04:00 AM
Evolution of cybercrime (part 4): Faces behind the crimes
Twenty-two-year-old Ratul Sheikh is a farm labourer.
16 June 2022, 18:00 PM
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.
15 June 2022, 18:00 PM
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.
14 June 2022, 18:00 PM