Mohammad Jamil Khan

A week after the Brahmanbaria mayhem, Hefajat-e-Islam, the ruling Awami League and the BNP are trading blame for the widespread violence and damages in the town.

The National Emergency Service-999 has been providing service to around 23,000 to 25,000 emergency help seekers daily.

The music academy of legendary musician Ustad Alauddin Khan is situated just 150 metres off Brahmanbaria Sadar Model Police Station.

Expressing resentment over destruction carried out by Hefajat-e-Islam in various places including Brahmanbaria and Hathazari, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed asked, “Why are state establishments being attacked repeatedly? Are they against the state that is Bangladesh?”

Leaders and operatives of four local militant outfits are now operating an online business from behind bars to collect funds, say police investigators.

Amid the sale of legal and licensed firearms to underworld criminals by authorised arms dealers, the law enforcers have finally taken steps to make a digital database with all the bullets and arms available in the country.

With an aim to stop narcotics smuggling from Bangladesh to abroad through expatriates, the airlines have to ensure that their passengers packed their own luggage.

Every accused, convicted after trial and sent to jail, has to wear black/white striped shirt and pajamas as a uniform in prisons.

Investigators have found that banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (Huji) was giving training to children in the guise of running a madrasa.

The intensive care unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital has no “emergency evacuation system”.

The country starts its 10-day celebrations of Mujib Borsho and golden jubilee of independence today with colourful events and presence of global leaders.

The government has turned down the proposal of buying mobile trackers for the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC).

Despite repeated use of courier services by transnational syndicates to smuggle drugs through Bangladesh to a third country, the government has turned down a proposal to use the National Identity Card server to verify the identity of the product sender.

Ansar al Islam is far from over.

Targeting users in upscale neighbourhoods, organised syndicates have been smuggling in high-priced crystal meth over the last few years, much to the concern of law enforcers and narcotics control officials.

The Department of Prisons has finalised a plan to vaccinate for Covid-19 inmates in 68 jails in the country.

Around 7:00pm on February 14, a group of five or six young girls aged between 14 and 18 were seen roaming around in front of Tejgaon level crossing.

A human trafficking syndicate formed a nexus with immigration police personnel at Sylhet Osmani International Airport and got a woman trafficked to the United Kingdom with a fake passport, a CID probe has found.

Criminals from at least six countries, including Bangladesh, have been found involved in the $81-million heist from Bangladesh Bank reserves with the New York Fed five years ago.

A Bangladeshi recently deported from France for his involvement in militant activities had plans of going to Syria to join Islamic State.