Investigative Stories

Investigative Stories

Investigation / Licence to fly: Pilots faked flying records

CAAB inquiry finds, regulator yet to take action

3d ago

Investigation / Licence to fly: Regulator repeatedly ignored red flags

CAAB’s own inquiry finds irregularities by training academies, raising questions about aviation safety

4d ago

The disappeared of the July Uprising

The Daily Star found evidence of systematic government efforts to cover up medical records and bodies of the July uprising victims so they can never be found again.

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The disappeared of the July Uprising: Part 4 / Families want closure, however painful

When we first started visiting Dhaka Medical College Hospital in January for this story, there were seven protest-related unclaimed bodies freezing in its mortuaries.

2m ago

The disappeared of the July Uprising: Part 1 / Hastily buried in unmarked graves

The Daily Star investigates how July uprising protesters were disappeared in unmarked graves

2m ago

Parking wealth under the Dubai sun

The city’s booming real estate has also been used by Bangladeshis as an offshore haven to park wealth for a big reason

4m ago

How Hasina’s flight was kept off radar

When the air force transporter plane carrying Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka on August 5, it took off as a training flight and turned off its transponders to blur its flightpath and location..The transponders, which transmit location, heading

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The Daily Star Investigation / A councillor and his illicit tobacco trade

A significant share of Bangladesh’s illegal cigarette market is controlled by two companies where Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) Councillor Abdus Sabur Liton and his brother have the majority stakes, an investigation by The Daily Star has found.

11m ago

Over 1,000 Bangladeshis died in Qatar in 10 years

At least 1,018 Bangladeshi migrant workers have died in Qatar between 2010 and November 2020, reveals an investigative report of The Guardian yesterday.

4y ago

Violence in Noakhali: Probe takes back seat as cops busy ensuring calm

Four days have passed but police are yet to arrest anyone in connection with Noakhali’s Companiganj violence that killed a journalist and wounded around 19 others.

4y ago

Shafi Death: PBI looking for physical evidence

The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) is now on the search for physical evidence related to the death of former Hefazat chief Shah Ahmad Shafi.

4y ago

PBI Report on Militancy: Suspects slipped out

It was on July 29, 2011.

4y ago

Cops discover grisly murder by chance

Police teams tracking a woman in connection with a general diary unexpectedly ended up at the scene of a gruesome murder at an apartment near Sayedabad Bus Terminal in the capital yesterday.

4y ago

Sagar-Runi Killing: No headway in nine years

Another year of hopelessness passes for the families of journalist-couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi. Nine years on, justice still remains a far cry.

4y ago

Murder of House Help: Marine engr, wife tortured her to death, dumped body

A marine engineer confessed to torturing a 20-year-old house help to death and dumping her body in a suitcase under a bridge in Gouripur, Mymensingh.

4y ago

Ex-univ teacher held for militant link

Jobless since the start of the pandemic, private university teacher Minhaj Hossain started seeking a job online and was soon drawn by the lure of an international militant outfit.

4y ago

Tricked, sold to a pimp for Tk 20,000

After her father died, around two years ago, Rimu came to the capital from Jamalpur and started working at a readymade garment factory.

4y ago

Posing as gangsters, they extort

The Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested six persons for allegedly extorting money from people, posing as members of a top terror gang.

4y ago