Muntakim Saad

Tk 400cr transacted through hundi in three months

A group of Dubai-based hundi traders created an app, bought 150 “agent SIM cards” of different mobile financial services in Bangladesh, and transacted around Tk 400 crore -- meant to be remitted by Bangladeshi expatriates -- in the last three months.

21h ago

Teen gang patrons still untouched

Seven years ago, the nation was shaken by the murder of an eighth grader named Adnan Kabir by a gang of boys about his age in the capital’s Uttara.

5d ago

No good news for consumers in Ramadan

With Ramadan just two days away, consumers will have to deal with the hiked prices of essential for the month of fasting this year.

2w ago

It was a bomb waiting to go off

The Green Cozy Cottage Shopping Mall on the capital’s Bailey Road had all the catalysts needed to set off a blaze.

3w ago

Rohingyas given NIDs, passports on forged docs

During the Rohingya influx in 2017, a girl along with her family moved to a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar from Maungdaw, a town in Rakhine state of Myanmar.

Fraudsters sneak into NID server again

Fraudsters have once again gained access to the smart national identity card information system, allowing them to exploit the system by acquiring sensitive personal information for unauthorised use in providing various government services through cloned websites.

Sagar Runi Murder: 12 years of frustration

Justice remains a far cry for the families of slain journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi 12 years on.

JU Dormitories: Illegal occupation to blame for seat crisis

Many Chhatra League leaders and activists of Jahangirnagar University and non-students have been staying in dormitories illegally, leading to an acute seat crisis.

January 6, 2024
January 6, 2024

‘We’re lucky to be alive’

Survivors of Benapole Express fire recount horror

December 31, 2023
December 31, 2023

A raid riddled with questions

A team of detectives on Wednesday night raided a printing press in the capital’s Katabon area and claimed to have recovered crude bombs, petrol, gunpowder and over 52,000 leaflets calling for boycott of the election.

December 26, 2023
December 26, 2023

Trader ‘tortured’ in DB custody

A trader in the capital’s Ashkona has alleged that he was tortured in custody of the Detective Branch of police in October and forced to write a cheque of Tk 3.60 crore.

November 13, 2023
November 13, 2023

Was shooting at them the only option?

Like every morning, Nargis Parvin made sure to tell her husband Jalal Uddin to stay safe when he would leave for work.

November 8, 2023
November 8, 2023

Oust-Govt Movement: Family members now face arrests

Soon after the BNP announced its October 28 rally, Salauddin Salo, member secretary of Jatiyatabadi Swechchhasebak Dal’s Narayanganj unit, left his home to avoid arrest.

October 25, 2023
October 25, 2023

Cricket fever sparks online betting frenzy

With the ICC Cricket World Cup currently underway, online betting is witnessing a surge in Bangladesh, resulting in crores of taka flowing out of the country every day.

October 22, 2023
October 22, 2023

Custodial torture or bike accident?

A jewellery-shop worker was allegedly picked up, beaten with cricket stumps and given electric shocks by errant cops on February 11, 2019.

October 12, 2023
October 12, 2023

Man robs brother with help of cops

A man on Sunday robbed Tk 54 lakh from his own brother with the help of police officers. This heist took place in Dhaka’s Dholaikhal area, and it came to the fore following the arrest of four people including two cops, on Monday.

September 16, 2023
September 16, 2023

Krishi market blaze: Victims seek immediate support from government

Traders and salesmen whose shops were gutted in the huge fire in the capital’s Mohammadpur Krishi Market are yet to receive any aid.

September 15, 2023
September 15, 2023

Fire rips through Krishi Market

A fire ripped through Mohammadpur Krishi Market early yesterday, burning down groceries and other goods worth several crore in over 200 shops.

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