Fake Indian rupees from Pakistan to India: Bangladesh a stopover
A transnational currency forgery syndicate has been smuggling fake Indian rupees into India from Pakistan for a couple of years using Sri Lanka and Bangladesh as transit.
27 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Meth trade controlled from Dubai: Law enforcers say after arresting 4
A transnational syndicate from Dubai is controlling the smuggling and supply of the synthetic drug crystal meth, known as “ice”, from Myanmar to Dhaka, according to law enforcers.
22 November 2021, 18:00 PM
They duped people with ‘cheap’ phones
A three-member gang from Muktagacha of Mymensingh that has been embezzling lakhs of taka by baiting people with fancy gadgets at low prices on bikroy.com has been nabbed by the police.
20 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Constables can’t seem to catch a break
Six months ago, 52-year-old constable Md Iqbal started working in the traffic department of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP).
20 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Luring with deals, discounts
Boran Uddin posed as a Bangladeshi expatriate living in Dubai or Qatar, working for an international travel agency.
18 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Firearms Smuggling: Syndicate eyeing polls, Rohingya camps
A transnational syndicate has been smuggling arms into Bangladesh from India and Myanmar for about four years. Its target group is criminals who would use arms in polls violence and Rohingya camps, say law enforcers.
16 November 2021, 18:00 PM
AI to assist police's Cyber Support for Women wing
With an aim to provide quick support to victims of cyber harassment, the police headquarters (PHQ) is going to introduce an artificial intelligence (AI) tool with all-women special wing called "Police Cyber Support for Women" (PCSW).
15 November 2021, 18:07 PM
Sundarbans fishers still tangled in web of oppression by local influentials
Reaching deep inside the Sundarbans, one will be taken aback to see mobile banking agents at such a remote place. But their set-ups inside the forest do a lot to help thousands of anglers, who build temporary houses there during fishing season.
15 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Out of robbers’ jaw, into loan sharks’
It seems the efforts to make the Sundarbans safe and secure for anglers is still far from fruition. Finally rid of robbers in 2018, they have now become “captive” to a high interest loan or “dadon” system, which they have to subscribe to even get access to the forest’s waters.
14 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Don’t leave your documents on the floor!
Mofizul Hoque Tutul (47) is a cleaner and gardener, employed on a temporary basis at the Agargaon passport office.
13 November 2021, 18:00 PM
‘New account fraud’
CTTC officials have discovered a transnational syndicate that embezzles hefty amounts of foreign currencies through an international brokerage house.
11 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Still bogged down by cases
They surrendered and handed over their arms in search of a regular life. But three years after the prime minister declared the Sundarbans “robber-free”, the robbers in question are yet to find a viable path in life, with no thanks to the endless web of proceedings of previously filed criminal cases.
1 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Life as a Constable: Under stress, in distress
When Jibon Sarker (not his real name) joined the police force as a constable about 10 years ago, he took it for a life-changing job. In many ways, it is; but not for the right reasons.
25 October 2021, 18:00 PM
No top posts for DIP officials at passport-visa wings in missions abroad
Around eight years ago, the government established passport and visa wings at different Bangladesh missions to provide better services to expatriates and visitors.
11 October 2021, 18:00 PM
UAE Visit Visas: Only ‘real’ tourists to fly
Twenty-year-old Md Bijoy has already paid Tk 2 lakh for taking a cleaner’s job in Dubai and has even got a visa to the Gulf emirate.
7 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Illegal arms trade in southwest: Barrelling on political clout
Some Awami League leaders and activists in Jashore have long been running an illegal arms business in the country’s south-western districts, exploiting their political links to make big money and to avoid arrest, police and local politicians said.
6 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Careful what you click
They have no degrees. Some of them have not even completed primary education. Yet, they learnt how to trick Facebook users into giving them their social media IDs and passwords.
2 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Crystal meth creeps up on city
There is a growing market for highly addictive drug crystal meth in the capital, operated mostly through encrypted messaging apps, officials have found out.
28 September 2021, 18:00 PM
A fraudster in many guises
Sometimes he introduced himself as an officer at the land office, sometimes as an officer in the deputy commissioner’s office and at other times as an influential person in a government office.
26 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Targets precise in weekend robberies
For almost six years, members of a gang from Barishal have been targeting money exchange agents in the capital and looting huge amounts of cash from them.
23 September 2021, 18:00 PM