The allure of a million-dollar gift
Along with some Bangladeshis, a group of foreign nationals have formed organised rackets and swindling crores of taka from people through duping them on social media
25 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Taking ‘Advantage’ of Pandemic: Land grabbers feasting on unguarded plots
With people mostly staying home to avoid coronavirus infection, land grabbers are using this opportunity to take over unguarded and empty plots of land in the capital’s Khilgaon.
21 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Cobweb of deception
The meeting was arranged at a government rest house in Sunamganj in January. Three luxury cars were parked outside with a number of security guards on watch. The local upazila nirbahi officer was taking care of food and other amenities.
19 July 2020, 18:00 PM
She taught at three madrasas
Before marrying a Bangladeshi man last year, Indian national Ayesa Jannat Mohona had visited Bangladesh three times since 2016.
19 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Shahed’s gang delivered ‘accident’ victims
A middle-aged man from Sylhet’s Companiganj came to the capital’s Uttara at his relative’s house in May last year. He was waiting for a rickshaw in front of Regent Hospital when a car hit him from behind.
18 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Ministry high officials played it for JKG
Two additional secretaries of the health ministry and two directors of the health directorate allegedly helped JKG Healthcare CEO Ariful Chaudhury to get the contract for collecting Covid-19 test samples.
18 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Shahed faked his own Covid positive report
Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed admitted that he made a fake certificate to show him Covid-19 positive, investigators said yesterday.
17 July 2020, 18:00 PM
DGHS aware of JKG Health Care scams
Surgeon Sabrina Arif Chaudhury told interrogators that she had warned the health directorate multiple times about corruptions in JKG as soon as she found out what was going on.
16 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Regent's Shahed: A man with a murky past
For any business deal, Regent Group Chairman Md Shahed alias Shahed Karim used to issue bank cheques with encashment dates that could be two months later.
16 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Sex Trade Racket: CID looking for cohorts of Azam Khan
Alamin Hossain alias Diamond used to call himself a dance teacher and had been running a so-called dance academy in the capital’s Mirpur for the last eight years.
14 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Whole family of ‘casino brothers’ Enamul, Rupon involved in gambling
They owned 20 houses, 128 flats and 25 acres of land in Dhaka and nearby areas. Besides, they have 91 accounts in different banks where around Tk 2.8 crore were deposited so far and the current balance of these accounts is around Tk 19 crore.
14 July 2020, 14:57 PM
Forced Into Prostitution In Dubai: CID to seek Interpol help to nab traffickers
The syndicate that has been trafficking thousands of Bangladeshi girls for last eight years and forcing them into sex work is also involved in trafficking girls from India and Pakistan. It’s Indian and Pakistani members trafficked the girls to Dubai.
13 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Fake Notes Before Eid Syndicates active again
Once again, ahead of Eid-ul-Azha when huge sales of sacrificial animals take place across the country, counterfeit note forgery syndicates have targeted the cattle markets like they do every year.
11 July 2020, 18:00 PM
1,000 listed as human traffickers
Investigators are working to track down local human traffickers who along with different transnational syndicates send people abroad alluring them with promises of a better future.
11 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Police admin brings change to organogram after new SP-rank officials assigned posts
With the recent creation of 215 superintendents of police (SP) rank posts, different police units have reorganised their structure by brining a change to the organogram.
5 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Missing girl found after 7 years
She was around 11-year-old when she first came to Dhaka in 2012 to work as a domestic help from Dinajpur.
4 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Drug traders rear head as movement restrictions ease
The pandemic is leaving an adverse impact on almost every sector, but when it comes to drug smuggling, Covid-19 has just been a reason to come up with newer, more innovative ideas and techniques.
4 July 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Perfect cover’ for crime
With wearing masks in public becoming compulsory to prevent the spread of Covid-19, criminals are also utilising the situation making it difficult for the law enforcers to identify them through CCTV footage.
2 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Armed police battalions take charge of Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar
Two special police battalions, formed to ensure security of Rohingyas, have finally taken over the responsibility to ensure law and order inside the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar.
1 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Fire Service: Divers stretched to their limits
A diver has to take a break for about three hours after working under water for an hour.
1 July 2020, 18:00 PM