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From web to waterways, hunt widens

11 September 2026
The hunt for firearms looted during the July uprising is set to expand beyond raids and checkpoints, with law enforcers planning to search water bodies, monitor online arms trading and increase surveillance of people linked to arms cases.
11 September 2026
Bangladesh government firearms recovery operation

Govt steps up efforts to recover looted firearms

10 September 2026
With the country heading towards local government elections, the government has launched a special nationwide drive to recover looted and illegal firearms.
10 September 2026
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Advance screening of int’l travellers gets govt nod

10 September 2026
The government has approved in principle a plan to introduce advance screening of international travellers, allowing immigration authorities to identify potential security risks before passengers arrive in Bangladesh.
10 September 2026
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Silent struggle behind the badge

9 September 2026
PHQ data shows that 30 police personnel died by hanging, 13 by poisoning and 10 using their own firearms. Two died after jumping from heights and one cut his throat.
9 September 2026
Rohingya Refugee Camps Violence | Rohingya camps killings

Rohingya camps: Violence rears its head after a year of relative calm

7 September 2026
After a year of decline, violence between armed groups in the Rohingya camps has risen.
7 September 2026
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A grim trail of family murders

7 September 2026
A foul smell from a locked room in Ashulia led neighbours to a grim discovery early Saturday: the decomposed bodies of a couple and a foetus.
7 September 2026
Government Drug Rehabilitation Centres for Women, Adolescents

Govt rehabs not built for women, adolescents

26 August 2026
Bangladesh’s drug rehabilitation system is struggling to meet the needs of women and adolescents, with government centres offering limited capacity even as more women and children seek treatment.
26 August 2026
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‘We want to go home’

26 August 2026
“I want to be a doctor,” said 16-year-old Syed Kasim, a class six student living in the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar.
26 August 2026
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Govt assessing demands of protesting General Ansar members

Committee formed; Ansar members asked to join work
24 August 2024
government to cancel red passports

Govt revokes diplomatic passports of ex-PM, former MPs

The government has revoked the diplomatic (red) passports of the members of now defunct parliament, including the former prime minister, as well as her advisers and other officials who held such passports
22 August 2024
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Red passports of former PM, ministers, MPs to be scrapped

The government has decided to cancel all diplomatic (red) passports, including those allocated for the former ministers, members of parliament, and their family members.
21 August 2024
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Govt to cancel red passports

Directives already given to immigration and passports department
21 August 2024
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High-ranking cops concerned as ACC probe looms

The high-ranking police officials loyal to the previous Awami League regime, are now passing days amid fear of losing their jobs, lawsuits, arrests and public wrath.
20 August 2024
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Tables turn, but police stick to old tricks

That the former law minister Anisul Haque and Hasina’s private investment adviser Salman F Rahman had instigated armed goons to kill a 24-year-old stall employee in the New Market area, is ludicrous as it is laughable..While Salman is widely regarded as a mastermind for financial crimes, A
19 August 2024
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Law enforcers on alert for Aug 15

Law enforcers have increased countrywide surveillance ahead of August 15, as no anarchy or subversive activities will be tolerated in the name of holding programmes on that day, according to sources in the police.
13 August 2024
Chhatra League attacks on anti-quota protesters

AL, BCL men to take position at unit offices

Leaders and activists of the ruling Awami League and its associate bodies will take positions at their respective unit offices across the country from early morning today and remain vigilant against blocking of roads and highways.
16 July 2024
PSC question leaks

PSC question leaks: Names of some big fish come up in probe

The syndicate of PSC officials and employees that leaked the questions of cadre and non-cadre exams was involved in leaking questions of other  recruitment tests as well, investigators have found.
11 July 2024
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Question leak at PSC: The malady runs deeper than feared

Some more current and former officials of the Public Service Commission are involved in leaking questions for government recruitment tests, police and intelligence officials said.
10 July 2024
BCS question leak

Question racket runs deep

A look into how CID arrested 17 persons involved with question leak; many top PSC officials involved
9 July 2024
PSC

PSC question papers: At least 30 leaks in 12 years

A syndicate involving officials and employees of the Public Service Commission has leaked at least 30 question papers for government recruitment tests, including those for the Bangladesh Civil Service exams, over the last 12 years.
9 July 2024
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‘They mostly targeted madrasa teachers, students’

Ansar Al Islam, under scrutiny by law enforcers, tried to form a new platform, “As Shahadat,” led by an Indian national named Muhammed Habibullah, according to Rab.
6 July 2024
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In police, ‘benefits are for seniors’

Thirteen years ago, Md Halim (name changed) was promoted to police inspector.
5 July 2024
MP Azim murder

MP Azim murder: One murder, too many questions

The detectives have come up with multiple theories since Jhenaidah-4 MP Anwarul Azim Anar  was killed over a month ago.
4 July 2024
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One murder, too many questions

3 out of 6 retract confessions; family yet to get authorisaiton for DNA test; probe into gold smuggling link stalled
4 July 2024
Militants using prisons to run operations

Militants using prisons to run operations

Neo JMB, the IS-inspired militant group responsible for the 2016 Holey Artisan Café attack, has been using cell phones from prisons for communication and operations, as per a recent police intelligence report.
3 July 2024
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‘2 killers went to Kolkata on medical visa’

Foysal Ali Sahazi and Mostafizur Rahman Fakir travelled to Kolkata on a medical visa to murder Jhenaidah-4 MP Anwarul Azim Anar. 
2 July 2024
Holey Artisan

8yrs of Holey Artisan carnage: Militants turning to apps to draw new recruits

With the so-called Islamic State trying to regroup in Syria and beyond, Neo JMB, a Bangladeshi IS-inspired group, is becoming active again.
30 June 2024
MP Azim murder

2 of the killers faked identity, worked at a temple: DB

Foysal Ali Sahazi and Mostafizur Rahman Fakir, suspects in the Jhenaidah-4 MP Anwarul Azim Anar murder case, are truck drivers. But to dodge the eyes of law enforcers, they started working as cooks at a temple.
28 June 2024

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