Khilgaon Police Station

Body of missing boy recovered in Dhaka

The body of an eight-year-old boy has been recovered from an under-construction building in Dhaka’s Khilgaon area hours after he went missing, police say.

Missing NGO official’s body recovered in Dhaka

Law enforcers recover the body of a missing NGO official from Balu river in Dhaka’s Khilgaon area.

Failure to stop bloggers' killers frustrates people

With the fifth murder of a blogger spreading a wave of frustration among the general public, The Daily Star talked to people on the Dhaka University campus today to know what they were thinking about the situation.

Female cop ‘gang-raped’ in Dhaka

A policewoman is allegedly gang-raped by her former police husband and his cohorts in Khilgaon area of capital Dhaka.

Editorial / A forceful message

IT is indeed heartening to see justice finally meted out to Md Helal Uddin, who as the OC of Khilgaon Police station picked up Abdul Kadar, a meritorious Dhaka University student, tortured him in custody and later tried to arrest him on trumped-up charges.

Opinion: A day to salute our media

Time to stand proud of Bangladesh's media and the hard work, courage and doggedness the newsmen have shown in covering two important events – torture on DU student Abdul Kadar at Khilgaon police station and exposing the sex attackers of Pahela Baishakh.

Khilgaon OC jailed for torturing DU student

A Dhaka court sentences Helal Uddin, a former officer-in-charge of Khilgaon Police Station, to three years’ imprisonment for torturing Dhaka University student Abdul Kadar and implicating him in three false cases three years back.

June 16, 2018
June 16, 2018

Body of missing boy recovered in Dhaka

The body of an eight-year-old boy has been recovered from an under-construction building in Dhaka’s Khilgaon area hours after he went missing, police say.

May 14, 2018
May 14, 2018

Missing NGO official’s body recovered in Dhaka

Law enforcers recover the body of a missing NGO official from Balu river in Dhaka’s Khilgaon area.

August 8, 2015
August 8, 2015

Failure to stop bloggers' killers frustrates people

With the fifth murder of a blogger spreading a wave of frustration among the general public, The Daily Star talked to people on the Dhaka University campus today to know what they were thinking about the situation.

June 13, 2015
June 13, 2015

Female cop ‘gang-raped’ in Dhaka

A policewoman is allegedly gang-raped by her former police husband and his cohorts in Khilgaon area of capital Dhaka.

May 19, 2015
May 19, 2015

A forceful message

IT is indeed heartening to see justice finally meted out to Md Helal Uddin, who as the OC of Khilgaon Police station picked up Abdul Kadar, a meritorious Dhaka University student, tortured him in custody and later tried to arrest him on trumped-up charges.

May 18, 2015
May 18, 2015

Opinion: A day to salute our media

Time to stand proud of Bangladesh's media and the hard work, courage and doggedness the newsmen have shown in covering two important events – torture on DU student Abdul Kadar at Khilgaon police station and exposing the sex attackers of Pahela Baishakh.

May 17, 2015
May 17, 2015

Khilgaon OC jailed for torturing DU student

A Dhaka court sentences Helal Uddin, a former officer-in-charge of Khilgaon Police Station, to three years’ imprisonment for torturing Dhaka University student Abdul Kadar and implicating him in three false cases three years back.

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