Mohammad Jamil Khan

Ruling Awami League activists allegedly assaulted Islami Andolan Bangladesh mayor nominee Mufti Syed Faizul Karim and some of his supporters, and police BGB men used batons to disperse his followers during yesterday’s Barishal City Corporation election.

Election campaign in Barishal City Corporation ended yesterday with Awami League mayor nominee Abul Khair Abdullah promising to complete the unfinished development initiatives.

A major reshuffle in the administration and police at the field-level is on the cards in the coming weeks. Many consider it a significant move as the next general election will be held under the supervision of DCs and SPs.

Technology has advanced at a rapid pace, bringing many benefits to society, but it also has led to changes in crime patterns. Law enforcers’ race against crimes has become even more challenging faced with these technology-facilitated crimes. On many occasions, these techno criminals catch the police off guard.

Barishal is currently immersed in a state of tension and unease as the scheduled city corporation election, set to take place on June 12, draws near. The atmosphere in the city has become increasingly volatile, prompting concerns among both residents and authorities about safety and security.

With only two days until Barishal city goes to polls, the division in the ruling Awami League is still the talk of the town.

The police’s Detective Branch recently arrested three members of a gang involved in scams targeting hundreds of people. Led by one Mostafizur Rahman, they embezzled at least Tk 13 lakh from over 350 people in the last six months through a ploy of “staging fake accident dramas”.

Twelve women who went to Saudi Arabia to work as house helps about six months ago returned to Bangladesh penniless yesterday after “being subjected to torture”.  

It all happened quietly. There were hardly any polling agents for Zaida Khatun. Even her supporters could barely be seen in the largest city corporation of the country. Even during the campaign, her posters were rarely seen.

A syndicate has been smuggling people from Bangladesh to nations such as Italy, France, and America under the pretense that they are employees of a non-governmental organisation.

Md Mamun is a butcher by profession who runs a meat shop in the Kadamtali area of the capital.

Jama’atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya, a relatively new militant outfit, was planning to recruit the Neo JMB leaders and members, utilising their links with another militant outfit Ansar Al Islam.

Applying innovative techniques, narcotics dealers are smuggling crystal meth -- popularly known as ice -- into Bangladesh from Myanmar.

International smugglers are bringing gold bars into Bangladesh through legal means and then smuggling those to India.

With advertisements on social media, fake note forgery syndicates are selling fake currency, assuring their clients that the notes cannot be detected by a blank eye.

Picture this, it’s a sunny day on the river, and cattle traders are peacefully making their way home after a successful day at the market. Suddenly, a group of robbers emerges from the water, armed to the teeth and ready to strike. They loot their victims and disappear into the depths, leaving chaos in their wake.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police is working to bring the whole capital under the surveillance of Close Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras to tackle rising crimes like murders, burglary, theft, and robberies.

It was close to 10:00pm on April 11. As usual, people were busy buying daily commodities from shops at the capital’s Mohammadpur Geneva Camp.

An electric short circuit might have caused the fire at Dhaka New Super Market on Saturday, say investigators.

Record-setting temperatures are making everything dry and more flammable, and this has been making fire incidents more frequent and lethal, experts said.