Manifesto expectations: Political use of police must end
As major political parties prepare their election manifestos, law enforcement experts and rights activists urge them to make law and order a top priority, keep police free from political interference, and end the partisan use of the force.
22 January 2026, 04:37 AM
22 January 2026, 04:37 AM
8,780 polling centres ‘most vulnerable’
With the 13th national election and referendum approaching, the interim government has placed the most vulnerable polling centres under heightened security, tightened controls on firearms and ordered law enforcers to take swift legal action against anyone attempting to disrupt the vote.
20 January 2026, 05:35 AM
20 January 2026, 05:35 AM
‘Act before any incident happens’: DMP issues strict pre-election directives
Intelligence-led policing, body cameras and neutrality stressed
14 January 2026, 19:28 PM
14 January 2026, 19:28 PM
Political leaders start getting armed escorts
Law enforcers have started providing security to top political leaders and election officials ahead of the national election after assessing their security risks or threats.
14 January 2026, 00:00 AM
14 January 2026, 00:00 AM
8 political killings since polls schedule: ASK
With a little over a month left before the 13th general election, political leaders and activists are increasingly falling victim to targeted killings.
9 January 2026, 04:02 AM
9 January 2026, 04:02 AM
Law and order lapses stoke public fears
Despite the launch of Operation Devil Hunt, continued killings and law enforcement’s failure to arrest escaped criminals and recover looted weapons are raising serious concerns ahead of the national election.
9 January 2026, 03:50 AM
9 January 2026, 03:50 AM
Govt warns parties of sabotage ahead of elections
With the national elections approaching, the interim government has warned political parties about possible infiltration by agents of fascist forces and saboteurs posing as allies.
5 January 2026, 18:00 PM
5 January 2026, 18:00 PM
Beware of infiltrators, interim govt tells political parties
Draft ordinance discussed to ensure protection of July Uprising leaders
5 January 2026, 14:04 PM
5 January 2026, 14:04 PM
Police struggle to regain their ‘lost morale’
One year after the fall of the Awami League government, the police force is still reeling -- its morale shattered, its chain of command in tatters.
15 August 2025, 18:09 PM
Fighting across Myanmar border worries locals
A tense situation is prevailing along the Bangladesh-Myanmar frontier after an armed member of the Arakan Army (AA) entered Bangladesh on Monday, hours after prolonged bursts of gunfire from the Myanmar side in Bandarban’s Ghumdhum border.
12 August 2025, 18:28 PM
Human trafficking charges: CID clears ex-minister, secy after KL’s request
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has cleared the former expatriates’ welfare minister, its former secretary, several MPs and a syndicate of 101 recruiting agencies of charges of human trafficking and money laundering.
11 August 2025, 18:42 PM
1,300 firearms looted from police stations still missing
More than 1,300 firearms and over 2,50,000 rounds of ammunition looted from police stations during the July uprising remain missing
10 August 2025, 18:00 PM
A floating mosaic of guavas, baskets and people
During the monsoon, Jhalakathi transforms into a floating paradise. Bhimruli guava market comes alive with boats carrying farmers, buyers, and tourists.
1 August 2025, 19:47 PM
Education at Rohingya camps in disarray
The funding shortfall stems largely from a drastic reduction in humanitarian aid by the US
27 July 2025, 18:13 PM
Rohan’s run for survival
The image of him running across the Milestone School and College field, his body scorched, in a desperate attempt to survive, shook the nation when the video went viral on social media after the incident on Monday.
22 July 2025, 18:17 PM
Side by side in bandages, siblings fight to survive
Siblings Aryan Ashraf Nafi and Tania Ashraf Nazia lie side by side at the intensive care unit (ICU) of the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, their small bodies covered in bandages.
21 July 2025, 22:00 PM
How things unfolded inside Uttara Adhunik Hospital after the jet crash
Between 2:30pm and 4:30pm, a charred body of a child and more than 100 injured victims were rushed to Uttara Adhunik Hospital
21 July 2025, 12:34 PM
'All I could see was fire, then smoke engulfed everything’
Milestone teacher recalls crash horror
21 July 2025, 09:58 AM
'It felt like an abduction'
Says Assamese teacher pushed into Bangladesh by BSF; at least 120 Indians pushed in since May 7
15 July 2025, 21:19 PM
Cops gathering info on polls candidates
Based on the findings, law enforcers will assess security needs in each constituency and identify candidates who may pose risks.
12 July 2025, 19:05 PM
Push-ins by BSF: ‘Help find my missing mother’
An Indian man earlier this month appealed to authorities in Assam to help find his elderly mother, who has remained missing since she was allegedly pushed into Bangladesh by the Border Security Force (BSF).
10 July 2025, 18:35 PM
Migrants trapped in medical scam
Syndicate exploits Gulf-bound workers, issues fake fitness papers
10 July 2025, 18:00 PM
Over 1,900 forced into Bangladesh since May 7
Despite repeated concerns raised by human rights groups, Indian authorities have continued the practice of “push-ins” -- forcibly sending individuals across the border into Bangladesh -- with over 1,900 people pushed in since May 7.
9 July 2025, 19:54 PM
Bangladesh Police: Helicopter deal with Russia stalls for US sanctions
Five years ago, Bangladesh initiated a Tk 400-crore deal with a Russian company to procure two helicopters for its police force, but the delivery was recently suspended due to US sanctions.
9 July 2025, 19:20 PM
Tk 2 for a day’s work
Prisoners in Bangladesh legally earn only Tk 2 per day for their labour, a figure so low that it demoralises inmates and undermines their rehabilitation efforts through meaningful work.
7 July 2025, 14:19 PM
Police struggle as key top posts lie vacant
Police are grappling with operational challenges as more than 400 key posts have remained vacant over the past 10 months, impairing the force’s ability to combat crime.
30 June 2025, 18:05 PM
Fading away in silence
Around five kilometres away from Jhalakathi district town, past the buzzing Kirtipasha bazaar and post office to the outskirts where the urban cacophony begins to fade, a colossal relic of Bengal’s feudal history rises like a spectre through the foliage- the Kirtipasha Zamindar Palace.
27 June 2025, 18:45 PM
Waterlogging, potholes plague Ashkona road
With her seven-year-old daughter, Mariam Begum, 32, was heading to school on a rickshaw along the road adjacent to the water pump at Ashkona in the capital’s Uttara.
26 June 2025, 18:00 PM