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Mohammad Jamil Khan

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firearms

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
Metro rail service in Dhaka

Metro rail to get special police unit

The government is planning to form a separate police unit to ensure security at metro rail stations which are currently under construction.
4 March 2020

Stolen from Dhaka, recovered in Gaibandha

On February 28 around 7:50pm, Divisional Special Judge of Barishal of Mohsinul Haque hired a rickshaw from a programme at Kakrail to his residence on Dilu Road.
3 March 2020
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‘New Neo JMB cell behind remote bomb’

The Improvised Explosives Device that went off at a traffic police box in Chattogram’s Sholoshahar on Friday was detonated by remote control.
2 March 2020
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Mohammadpur Geneva camp: Exiled yaba lord reclaims throne

He is back. Ishtiaq Ahmed, known as the drug lord of Mohammadpur Geneva Camp, was forced to stay out of his empire after the anti-narcotics crackdown began in 2018.
1 March 2020

Eskaton Fire: Charred remains of a family’s hopes and dreams

Thirty-eight-year-old Jannatul Ferdous dreamed of becoming a successful entrepreneur.
1 March 2020
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Eskaton fire victims laid to rest

With one of his legs in a cast, Jahangir Alam was at the funeral of his beloved daughter in his ancestral home in Sherpur yesterday. With him was his wife, who was also injured in their attempt to get away from the fire in Eskaton early Thursday.
28 February 2020
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'I know my son is dead; bury him in Dhaka'

Just before being put on life support, Shahidul Kirmany Rony, who had sustained 43 percent inhalation burns, told his sister Nasrin Akter, “I know my son has died, bury him in Dhaka. Our condition is also not good; I don’t know what will happen. Tell father to decide [about us too].”
27 February 2020
Casino Brothers

‘Nothing less than a bank of their own’

Lane-1 of Wari’s Lalmohon Saha Street is just five feet wide.
25 February 2020

The enterprising daytime burglar!

In 2013, at the age of 18, Md Sumon had plans to start a small business. But fascination with Indian TV crime anthology series “Crime Patrol” took him down an entirely different path.
23 February 2020
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New armed police to start working in Cox’s Bazar

A new police battalion is going to start its operation in coastal district Cox’s Bazar from February 28.
22 February 2020

150 rape cases filed in capital last month

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has instructed its field level officials to identify rape-prone areas of the capital to initiate an awareness programme to stop the menace.
17 February 2020
Chapainawabganj Border

‘Commission business’ of another kind

To have firsthand knowledge about Phensedyl smuggling in the wake of an apparent rise in the flow of this contraband, our staff correspondent Mohammad Jamil Khan went to two villages in Chapainawabganj, a northwestern district bordering India.
8 February 2020
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Phensedyl Smuggling: Pouring in unchecked

The smuggling of Phensedyl through various border points appears to be rising with alleged relocation and reopening of some factories in India.
8 February 2020
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30 drug dealers to surrender today

At least 30 top drug dealers, who have been in police’s “safe house” for the last seven months, are set to surrender in Cox’s Bazar today.
2 February 2020

999 helpline promises 10-minute response time

Bangladesh Police is making its National Emergency Helpline (999) more robust, while strengthening its services to stand beside people in trouble, according to officials.
23 January 2020

Rohingyas Getting Passports: Top cops ask SB to stay alert

Top police officials have asked the Special Branch of police to remain alert so that Rohingyas do not get Bangladeshi passports in any way.
8 January 2020
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammad Javed Patwary

Disposal of 35 Lakh Pending Cases: Cops for joint meet with judges, PPs

Director General of Rab Benazir Ahmed yesterday suggested that a joint meeting be held with all judges of lower courts, all public prosecutors (PPs) and police to identify ways to dispose of around 35 lakh cases pending with lower courts for trial.
7 January 2020
Police Week

Police want postings on deputation

Police have demanded postings on deputation in the Anti-Corruption Commission, Department of Narcotics Control (DNC), BRTA, and BIWTA to look after the enforcement and investigation activities of those organisations.
6 January 2020
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Police Week 2020: Demands pile up, unimplemented

Yet again, the police are going to place at least a dozen demands during this year’s Police Week though more than two dozen demands raised in the last two years remain largely unimplemented, say insiders.
5 January 2020
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New ‘poison’ in old bottles

October 9, 2019. Anwarpur village, Akhaura. The two correspondents went to the house of Abu Rayhan, near Hirapur High School, posing as Phensedyl users.
4 January 2020

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