CMP chief orders heightened security for NCP, SAD leaders
Police issue precautionary alert, citing Dhaka attack and leaked audio suggesting possible political violence
15 December 2025, 06:10 AM
Port city traffic control yet to go digital
Even after 48 years of its establishment, Chattogram Metropolitan Police has yet to bring the entire city under a full-fledged digital signal-controlled traffic system.
17 November 2025, 18:00 PM
Openly sold in markets, folding knives now deadly weapon of choice in Ctg
The small, concealable weapons are particularly popular among teen gangs
16 November 2025, 13:36 PM
4 Sensational murders: Ctg police yet to make headway
A recent spate of shootings and murders has shaken the port city, yet there has been little visible action from the Chattogram Metropolitan Police
11 November 2025, 18:42 PM
Use SMG burst-fire to deal with armed criminals
After repeated shootings in the port city, Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) Commissioner Habib Aziz has directed police officers to keep SMGs in “burst-fire mode” and use them to neutralise any armed terrorists encountered.
11 November 2025, 18:00 PM
Keep SMGs in burst-fire mode when facing armed terrorists: CMP chief
Directive meant for gangs like Sazzad Bahini, Yasin Bahini and others, he says
11 November 2025, 13:59 PM
Raozan gripped by fear amid BNP factional feud
Since August 5 last year, residents of Chattogram’s Raozan have been gripped by a sense of constant insecurity, as rival politicians fight for dominance in the absence of effective police action, leaving behind a string of politically motivated killings.
1 November 2025, 18:17 PM
Businessman shot dead in Ctg: Gunmen still unidentified
Police probing sand trading disputes, political rivalry in Raozan
8 October 2025, 19:19 PM
Investigators clueless for eight months
Nine-year-old Nudrat Akter was playing in front of their house in the afternoon of February 3. When afternoon rolled into evening, she was still not home. After hours of searching, the family filed a general diary (GD) with police.
15 October 2018, 18:00 PM
2 killed in terror den
A faction of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh had plotted to carry out subversive activities at the court building of Chattogram, Rab claimed after busting a “militant den” in the district's Mirsarai yesterday.
5 October 2018, 18:00 PM
'Cops involved in yaba trade tarnish our image'
Despite warning and punitive actions, a section of unscrupulous police personnel have been involved in yaba peddling, raising concerns among the high-ups of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP).
15 September 2018, 18:00 PM
'Mother got me involved in yaba business'
A mother had allegedly turned her son into a yaba peddler so that he could join the “family trade” along with her and her sister.
29 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Virtual troublemakers under the scanner
Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) has formed a cyber crime monitoring cell with an aim to identify virtual troublemakers who spread rumours through instigative posts and videos on different social media platforms to create anarchy, and bring them to book.
27 August 2018, 18:00 PM
'Molom party' on the prowl ahead of Eid
As Eid-ul-Azha is knocking on the door, operatives of “molom party” (gang of muggers who put ointment or other substances on victims' eyes causing temporary loss of vision) are becoming active across Chittagong city and surrounding areas, according to police.
16 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Port city faces gas crunch
Since Friday, many port city residents have been suffering from an acute gas shortage as Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company Limited (KGDL) has started its pipeline maintenance work.
28 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Traffic cops withdrawn for assaulting bank official
A sergeant and a constable of Gazipur traffic police were withdrawn yesterday, after they beat up a bank official in Tongi upazila in the district.
22 July 2018, 18:00 PM
DNA test points to roommate
There was no witness to the grisly murder of Ateef Sheikh, an Indian medical student who was found murdered at his apartment on July 15 last year in Chittagong city's Akbar Shah area.
22 July 2018, 18:00 PM
'They asked me to run'
Samar Krishna Chowdhury, who has been implicated in two “false” cases, has said two sub-inspectors with consent from the OC of Boalkhali Police Station, tried to kill him in "shootout".
19 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Rashed 'admits' taking money from Rony
In a new twist in the “feud” between Chittagong-based coaching centre businessman Rashed Mia and former Chhatra League leader Nurul Azim Rony, Rashed has “admitted” that Rony was his business partner.
12 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Still a mystery
It has been more than 60 days since the body of ninth-grader Tasfia Amin was recovered from the concrete blocks on the bank of Karnaphuli River on May 2, but investigators are yet to make any breakthrough over the mysterious death.
4 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Charge sheet soon, but key suspect still 'on the run'
Two years after the murder of former SP Babul Akter's wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu, police are going to wrap up the investigation and file the charge sheet.
4 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Councillor Killing in Teknaf: Family demands judicial probe
The family members of Teknaf municipal Ward Councillor Akramul Haque, who was killed in a “gunfight” with RAB-7 on May 27 in the ongoing anti-narcotics drive, have demanded a judicial investigation into the killing.
29 May 2018, 18:00 PM
A case of mistaken identity
Family members of Habibur Rahman, who was killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-7) at Chittagong's Barisal Colony on May 17 amid the ongoing countrywide anti-narcotics drive, claimed that he was “innocent”.
25 May 2018, 18:00 PM
Narcotics Trade in Ctg: Over 100 dealers control 300 spots
In the port city, there are over 300 spots where peddlers have been selling drugs, including yaba, for years dodging the law enforcers, according to Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) officials.
25 May 2018, 18:00 PM
A classic tale of gang rivalry
According to sources, one Rafiq introduced the illicit business in the Barisal Colony area in 1990 and controlled the drug trade, in a syndicate with Monir, Faruk, Salamat, Yusuf, "Honda" Bahar and "CNG" Jasim.
24 May 2018, 18:00 PM
'Shootouts' can't deter Barisal Colony peddlers
Two alleged drug dealers were killed in a "shootout" with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-7) at Chittagong's Barisal Colony last Thursday (May 17), but business has not remained suspended even for a day.
23 May 2018, 18:00 PM
Family demands probe into third party involvement
Mohammed Amin -- father of Tasfia Amin, whose body was found on concrete blocks at embankment of the Karnaphuli in the city's Patenga Naval area on May 3 -- yesterday demanded investigation to determine if there was involvement of any third party in the incident.
21 May 2018, 18:00 PM
Engineer remains missing for 26 days
It has been 26 days since a mechanical engineer from Chittagong has remained missing.
18 May 2018, 18:00 PM