DB raid nets 8kg heroin and one of its own
30 April 2026, 22:07 PM
Serving constable among two remanded as police investigate alleged drug network across Dhaka and outskirts
30 April 2026, 22:07 PM
Over 90% of July uprising cases still under probe
27 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Nearly 2 years on, victims’ families wait for closure, while those falsely implicated continue to suffer
27 April 2026, 00:00 AM
2013 Rana Plaza Tragedy / 13 years on, justice yet to be served
24 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Thirteen years after the collapse of Rana Plaza, justice remains elusive as trials in two cases continue to stall due to the prosecution’s failure to produce witnesses.
24 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Baby cries in courtroom as mother sent to jail; granted bail after several hours
21 April 2026, 20:37 PM
Shilpi Begum, still recovering from a C-section, broke down after her initial bail plea was rejected at Dhaka CMM Court
21 April 2026, 20:37 PM
No bail, no remand for Shirin Sharmin
8 April 2026, 00:24 AM
Former Jatiya Sangsad speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury had arrived at her cousin’s residence in Dhanmondi just hours before she was arrested early yesterday in an attempted murder case linked to the 2024 July uprising.
8 April 2026, 00:24 AM
An ex-speaker’s silence, faint smile and stumble at the court
7 April 2026, 21:17 PM
Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury said little at Dhaka’s CMM Court before being sent to jail amid chaotic scenes in and outside the courtroom
7 April 2026, 21:17 PM
A decade of stalled trials in 3 blogger murders
28 March 2026, 02:24 AM
A decade after the murders of bloggers Oyasiqur Rahman Babu, Nazimuddin Samad and Niladri Chattopadhyay Niloy, the trials remain stalled as prosecution witnesses continue to skip court hearings, preventing proceedings from moving forward.
28 March 2026, 02:24 AM
‘If I were guilty, I wouldn’t have returned from UK’
26 March 2026, 19:39 PM
Former DGFI chief Mamun Khaled tells court he had supported July Uprising
26 March 2026, 19:39 PM
Back to planning sabotage a day after release
Just a day after securing bail in five cases filed under the anti-terrorism act and coming out of jail, Mufti Jashimuddin Rahmani, chief of banned outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team, started planning for sabotage activities in full swing.
27 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Torture of 4 men in custody: Police probe finds addl SP, OC guilty
An investigation has found evidence that an additional superintendent of police and an inspector had physically tortured four men in custody at a police station in Shariatpur last year.
26 January 2024, 18:00 PM
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.
23 January 2024, 18:00 PM
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.
22 January 2024, 18:00 PM
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.
25 December 2023, 18:00 PM
Bail hard to come by for BNP ranks
Mehedi Hasan was in Kuwait when Jatrabari police filed a case on July 30 over political violence in the area the day before. Police named 99 people, mostly BNP leaders and activists, in the case, and Mehedi was not among them.
20 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Preventing snatching of militants: Measures not fully implemented yet
The Police Headquarters in August asked all its units to implement a set of measures by September 15 to prevent recurrence of militants or criminals getting snatched away.
11 November 2023, 18:00 PM
EC Recruitment Test Fraud: Over 2 months gone, no headway yet
Police are yet to arrest any of the 91 people involved in fraudulence -- proxy candidates and mediators -- in the recruitment test at the Election Commission Secretariat in the last two months.
8 November 2023, 18:00 PM
‘I just want my husband back’
Twenty-four-year-old Mousumy was seen roaming in front of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court in Dhaka for several hours to get news of her husband Sabuj Mia yesterday.
29 October 2023, 18:00 PM
‘That’s my father in the van’
Every time a van stopped in front of her, seven-year-old Jannat started clapping.
28 October 2023, 18:00 PM
‘Mother, I am here’
An elderly couple rushed towards a prison van after it stopped in front of the lockup of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court of Dhaka around 12:45pm yesterday.
27 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Relatives crowd Dhaka court to catch sight of loved ones in prison vans
An elderly couple rushed towards a prison van after it stopped in front of the lockup of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court of Dhaka around 12:45pm today
27 October 2023, 09:01 AM
Little Maysha's long wait in vain
A seven-year-old Maysha was waiting to see her 45-year-old uncle Rakibul Haque Sarker in front of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court in Dhaka
26 October 2023, 16:57 PM
‘He was right under their nose’
On November 20 last year, two death row convict militants, Abu Siddiq Sohel and Moinul Hasan Shamim, escaped from a Dhaka court in broad daylight with help from their associates.
23 October 2023, 18:00 PM
DNC official sued for framing university student with yaba
An official of the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) has been sued under the Narcotics Control Act, around one year and eight months after he framed a private university student with illegal narcotics
17 October 2023, 12:32 PM
When a cop robs at knifepoint
Assistant Sub-inspector Omar Faruk of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police stands accused of stealing an auto-rickshaw, after holding the owner at knifepoint in Gendaria area of Dhaka in February.
13 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Driving seized bus: Police clear ASI who ran over and killed 2 people
Police cleared ASI Emadul Haque, who ran over and killed two people while driving a seized bus in Gulistan in December 2021, of any wrongdoing saying he drove the vehicle in “good faith” to ensure smooth flow of traffic.
10 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Money launderers enemies of nation
Money launderers are enemies of the country and the nation as they illegally build mountains of wealth abroad, a Dhaka court observed yesterday after sentencing PK Halder to 22 years in jail for money laundering and possession of illegal wealth.
8 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Full-time cop or part-time narco-trader?
Four years ago, Bayezid Bostami, a resident of Noabadi village in Brahmanbaria’s Bijoynagar, joined the police force as a constable. However, rather than upholding the law, he used his position as a cover to sell narcotics.
3 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Charges pressed against BCL leader, 8 others
Police have finally charged nine persons in a case filed over the attack on former US ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat’s convoy.
1 October 2023, 18:00 PM