The child brides of Rasulpur
As Meem tended to the child, a group of girls around her age strolled past the yard.
20h ago
Despite surplus, cattle smuggling on ahead of Eid
There’s hardly a month left to celebrate Eid-ul Azha.
1d ago
Harassment writ large
Mosharrof Hossain, 48, has been a reconditioned car seller for 30 years and has never been arrested or accused in any criminal case.
1d ago
Taking tk 9 lakh for police job: Suspended, 2 cops now blame each other
Ratan Das, 22, was an employee of a cosmetic shop in Madaripur.
6d ago
‘City tolls’ now an easy way of extortion
Having driven his truck all the way from Chattogram, Kashem Mia reached Swamibagh in the capital around 1:00am on March 27, when a group of young men appeared on the road and waved desperately.
1w ago
Fake job offer in Kyrgyzstan: 3 of a trafficking syndicate held
Sona Mia, 39, a rickshaw-puller in Rajbari, saw an advertisement on YouTube in December last year, that a company -- “Jannat Trade International” -- offers working visas for washing cars in Kyrgyzstan.
1w ago
How drugs find their way inside prisons
In a midnight raid on February 8, Jashore police arrested Ashraful Murad Rubel, a guard at the district’s central jail, for his involvement in drug trade.
2w ago
Teacher Recruitment Exam Question Leak: ‘Syndicate struck a deal with 200 candidates’
A syndicate made an arrangement with at least 200 candidates prior to the third phase written test for the recruitment of assistant teachers in government primary schools, offering to provide leaked question papers along with solutions.
3w ago
January 26, 2024
8.3kg cocaine seized at HSIA in biggest haul
Drug traffickers have been transporting cocaine through Bangladesh from certain East African countries to India for years, said officials at the Department of Narcotics Control.
January 24, 2024
When cops turn part-time robbers
On the night of January 23 last year, Abdullah Munshi landed at Dhaka airport from Dubai and took a CNG-run autorickshaw to go to his brother’s house in Khilgaon around 11:00.
January 23, 2024
Ansarullah Bangla Team chief out of prison
Mufti Jashimuddin Rahmani, chief of the Ansarullah Bangla Team, an Al-Qaeda-inspired militant outfit now known as Ansar al Islam, was released from the Kashimpur High Security Central Jail in Gazipur on Sunday.
January 14, 2024
‘I’m not leaving my son’
“Fire, fire”. Sharmin Akter, 22, woke up hearing these desperate cries which shattered the stillness of the night in Mollabari Slum in Tejgaon yesterday. Her immediate thought was to save her one-and-a-half-year-old son, Nafi Hossain.
January 9, 2024
Six out of 12 city corporations yet to take action
Despite the national election being over, thousands of posters and banners of candidates are still hanging across the country, causing potential hazards to the environment.
January 8, 2024
Mostly peaceful but not festive
Dhaka, usually a cacophony of honking horns, blaring rickshaw bells, and the incessant hum of human activity, wore an almost deserted look yesterday during the national polls.
January 7, 2024
‘Petrol, chemicals used’ to torch train
Masud Alam started his journey towards Dhaka from Bhanga Railway Station in carriage “Cha” of Benapole Express around 7:50pm on Friday.
January 6, 2024
10 inmates out of 47,000 voted thru postal ballots
With the country going to polls tomorrow, at least 86,000 inmates in 68 jails across the country also got a chance to exercise their franchise through postal ballots this time.
January 3, 2024
Special focus on final hours of voting
Law enforcers are now setting their focus completely on January 7, the election day. They are particularly preparing contingency plans for the final hours of voting, as violence often erupts between supporters of rival candidates during this time.
January 2, 2024
One in every four polling centres found risky
A quarter of all the polling centres are “risky”, according to police.
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