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Muntakim Saad

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100 days of BNP government / Few gains to show on law and order

4 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Before the February election, the BNP vowed to restore law and order and ensure public safety if voted to office.
4 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Brutal Killings in Bangladesh

Wave of grisly murders fuels safety fears

21 May 2026, 00:00 AM
1,142 murder cases filed in four months; large number of children among victims
21 May 2026, 00:00 AM
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213 assaults on law enforcers in four months

14 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Three Rab members in plainclothes went to Brahmanbaria’s Nabinagar on Monday to gather intelligence as part of their routine work, but they ended up being held hostage by a criminal gang.
14 May 2026, 00:00 AM
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Extortion and grabbing plague Kalyanpur slum

11 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Several groups, some claiming links to the ruling party, have allegedly been involved in grabbing shops and slum houses, as well as extortion and intimidation, in the Kalyanpur Porabosti slum area of Dhaka.
11 May 2026, 00:00 AM
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DB raid nets 8kg heroin and one of its own

30 April 2026, 22:07 PM
Serving constable among two remanded as police investigate alleged drug network across Dhaka and outskirts
30 April 2026, 22:07 PM
Geneva Camp in Mohammadpur

Geneva Camp: Drug trade thrives despite crackdowns

25 April 2026, 00:00 AM
A few yards away from the rear gate of Geneva Camp in Mohammadpur, several men were selling heroin, cannabis and yaba in broad daylight. Holding polybags full of narcotics, they called out to potential buyers as pedestrians walked past.
25 April 2026, 00:00 AM
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Footpaths reoccupied despite citywide DMP crackdown

18 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Just 10 days after a massive drive by Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) to reclaim encroached footpaths and roads, many areas across the capital have again been occupied by hawkers.
18 April 2026, 00:00 AM
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Aminul Murder: 14 years on, family waits for justice

5 April 2026, 03:46 AM
Fourteen years after the brutal killing of Aminul Islam, a labour leader from Ashulia, his family continues its quest for justice, calling for a full and impartial probe to bring all those responsible to book.
5 April 2026, 03:46 AM
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Cyberbullying now adds to her trauma

Shipra Debnath, a student of Stamford University and a crew member of slain Maj (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan, has fallen victim to cyberbullying, her family alleged.
15 August 2020, 18:00 PM
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Killing of ex-Army Major Sinha: Three youths caught up in accusations

Just before heading to Cox’s Bazar a month ago, Shipra Debnath, a student of Stamford University in Dhaka, told her brother Suvojit Debnath: “I will direct a documentary.”
5 August 2020, 18:00 PM
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‘Suspects’ held 2 days before blast

Contradicting the police account, family members of two of the suspects arrested in connection with the explosion at Pallabi Police Station said they were detained two days before the incident.
30 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Student protest for safe road demand

No end to their trauma in sight

Like any other teenage student, Tarek Aziz would attend classes or hang out with friends on the campus. He would also go to a movie or play cricket or football in his spare time.
28 July 2020, 18:00 PM
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Medical College Admission Test: Same gang, over and over again

Just three days before the medical college entrance test in 2015, Rab said it arrested the ringleader and three members of the gang that leaked the questions.
25 July 2020, 18:00 PM
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Shahed’s gang delivered ‘accident’ victims

A middle-aged man from Sylhet’s Companiganj came to the capital’s Uttara at his relative’s house in May last year. He was waiting for a rickshaw in front of Regent Hospital when a car hit him from behind.
18 July 2020, 18:00 PM
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Ministry high officials played it for JKG

Two additional secretaries of the health ministry and two directors of the health directorate allegedly helped JKG Healthcare CEO Ariful Chaudhury to get the contract for collecting Covid-19 test samples.
18 July 2020, 18:00 PM
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DGHS aware of JKG Health Care scams

Surgeon Sabrina Arif Chaudhury told interrogators that she had warned the health directorate multiple times about corruptions in JKG as soon as she found out what was going on.
16 July 2020, 18:00 PM
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JKG Licence: DGHS didn’t bother to check

When JKG Health Care got the job of collecting Covid-19 test samples from booths back in April, the Directorate General of Health Services didn’t even check its licence.
14 July 2020, 18:00 PM
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Sabrina washes her hands of JKG

Since JKG Health Care’s alleged involvement in the fake Covid-19 test report scam surfaced late last month, Dr Sabrina Arif Chaudhury has been claiming that she was never the organisation’s chairman.
13 July 2020, 18:00 PM
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The caravan of broken dreams

Amanullah Ershad used to make enough to keep his two sons in primary school and pay the rent for his small flat in the capital’s Banasree.
11 July 2020, 18:00 PM
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Oxygen for Breathing Difficulties: Patients handed ghostly bills

Jannatul Ferdous was admitted to Max Hospital in Chattogram with breathing problems early last month.
3 July 2020, 18:00 PM
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DMCH struggles to meet rising ICU demand

Dhaka Medical College Hospital is struggling with inadequate ICU facility as a large number of critical Covid-19 patients are thronging the country’s largest public hospital.
19 June 2020, 18:00 PM
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Crisis of Oxygen Cylinders: Demand sky high, prices too

Faruk Mia came to Dhaka on Saturday, all the way from Narsingdi, to buy an oxygen cylinder for his 65-year-old ailing father as it could not be managed in his district.
8 June 2020, 18:00 PM
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Poverty taking toll on slum children

With no work for two months now, domestic help Bibi Rupban has been struggling to feed her five children three meals a day. Her husband, a rickshaw-puller, can hardly scrounge up enough for the family to live on.
7 June 2020, 18:00 PM
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Stronger together

Sacked from their jobs or facing loss in their small businesses, the families now collect, cook, and share meals together.
6 June 2020, 18:00 PM
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Lax Surveillance Amid Covid-19 Crisis: Narcos active again

With law enforcement agencies now busy tackling the coronavirus situation, drug dealers have seemingly taken advantage of the consequent reduction in monitoring and become active again in different spots of the capital.
15 May 2020, 18:00 PM
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2,329 inmates to be released

The prisons authorities are releasing another 2,329 convicted prisoners from jails in third phase to ease the accommodation crisis and minimise the risk of novel coronavirus transmission in overcrowded prisons.
9 May 2020, 18:00 PM
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Case Against 11 Under dsa: Charges appear to be puzzling

The charges under Digital Security Act brought against 11 people, including two journalists, on May 6 are broadly described as “knowingly posting rumours against the Father of the Nation, the Liberation
8 May 2020, 18:00 PM
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Digital Security Act: 11 sued, two sent to jail

Eleven people, including a cartoonist, a journalist and a writer, were charged with “spreading rumours and carrying out anti-government activities” under the Digital Security Act yesterday.
6 May 2020, 18:00 PM

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