Mohammad Jamil Khan

After 230 years of using blankets as a substitute for pillows, inmates are going to get cotton-pillows to sleep on for the first time in the history of jails in Bangladesh.

At least eight authorised arms dealers in the country are involved in a syndicate that sells weapons to criminals, claimed law enforcers.

A revered flute player, Ustad AKM Sahabuddin Khan earned the title before his name as he teaches music at different institutions. He is also well-regarded as a gentle and distinguished personality in his home town Mymensingh.

Born and brought up in Chhoba Patti in Dhaka's Gendaria, Rahima used to sell small packets of ganja and heroin inside the squalid slum. Two decades down the line, she now owns at least 10 buildings, moves around in luxurious cars and has big, fat bank accounts.

As a police constable, Shahjahan Mia had committedly carried out his duties throughout his career, fighting the good fight against narcotics, and earned a reputation for his brave endeavours. Which is why it's doubly shocking that soon after his death in 2000, his family got involved in the drug trade.

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police has shortlisted top drug traders in the capital and their patrons including some linked to the ruling Awami League, and will launch a crackdown on them after further scrutiny.

It is a vote of the ruling Awami League in Khulna City Corporations today, exercising power play, as far as seen on the field throughout the city.

Ishtiaq Ahmed was a ragpicker 18 years back. But now, he is known as a big businessman among locals in Savar and Ashulia on the outskirts of the capital.

Investigators claim to have identified two persons who spread rumours in social media and incited violence during the recent Quota reform movement.

A syndicate is bringing yaba pills from Teknaf to Dhaka through a new route after the contraband tablets are smuggled from

To make money, some authorised arms dealers are allegedly selling legally imported and licensed guns to underworld criminals and their accomplices.

Foyzur Rahman, who attacked Prof Muhammed Zafar Iqbal on March 3, stepped into militancy listening to Jashimuddin Rahmani's sermons and reading contents of “Dawahilallah”, said investigators yesterday.

Investigators have claimed that a “sleeper cell” of a militant outfit was behind the knife attack on Prof Muhammed Zafar Iqbal.

Around 9:30pm last Saturday, a police team stopped a motorbike in the capital's Palashi Residential Area. Alleged yaba dealers they had arrested earlier told them that a bike, registered in Chittagong, would have yaba pills stashed inside.

The controversial sonic device procured recently by the police to disperse protesters has the potential to damage nerve system of ears for good, according to doctors and records.

Social media users may have to be more cautious about making “unlawful” public remarks and sharing contentious items as it would soon be only a matter of hours for police to trace their origins with the help of special software.

Taking lessons from the past, law enforcement agencies are redoing their strategies to keep law and order under control in this election year. As part of their plan, police and different intelligence agencies will prepare a fresh list of wanted criminals and probable political troublemakers ahead of the election and launch drives to arrest them. Special drives will also be made to recover illegal firearms, said a number of top police officials.

In the first nine months of this year, more than 60 percent of the accused got acquitted in drug-related cases, and narcotics control officials blame the poor conviction rate mainly on the faulty charge sheets and a lack of witnesses. The scenarios were almost similar in the previous two years.

Mohammad Alauddin, a manpower businessman, was waiting for a friend at a tea stall at Mollartek in Dakkhin Khan around 4:30pm on November 10.

At least five of the 13 convicts, who were awarded death sentence and life term in Biswajit Das murder case, are fugitives in police record for the last five years, although they are active in social media or are seen in some areas in the capital, sources said.