Eid journey smooth, fare hike sours joy
26 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Dhaka saw a comparatively smooth start to the Eid-ul-Azha homebound exodus yesterday, with hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers leaving the capital without major hardship or severe traffic congestion on the first day of the seven-day government holiday.
26 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Over 95% of apparel factories pay April salaries
26 May 2026, 00:00 AM
More than 95 percent of factories across garment and textile associations paid April salaries ahead of Eid-ul-Azha as of yesterday evening, according to Industrial Police (IP) data.
26 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Questions at the ICT: Bribery claim, Facebook post and a replaced CCTV drive
31 March 2026, 19:51 PM
A committee is examining misconduct allegations after a prosecutor claimed an accused’s wife entered a colleague’s chamber with a bag of money, but the relevant CCTV hard drive was replaced
31 March 2026, 19:51 PM
‘A big business for some people’: ICT chief prosecutor on July uprising cases
31 March 2026, 12:55 PM
Aminul Islam warns those filing false or motivated cases would face legal action
31 March 2026, 12:55 PM
‘Let my mother know I am here’
6 March 2026, 00:00 AM
A haunting message scrawled on the wall of a secret detention cell has revealed the grim reality of enforced disappearances, a survivor told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday.
6 March 2026, 00:00 AM
Bombs or gravel? Defence challenges ICT Chief Prosecutor Tajul’s earlier claim
14 December 2025, 15:37 PM
Dispute over alleged time bombs surfaces during charge hearing in enforced disappearance case
14 December 2025, 15:37 PM
‘Amar shonar Bangla’: Palak sings from prison van as cameras roll
8 December 2025, 14:44 PM
National anthem stunt at International Crimes Tribunal premises goes viral
8 December 2025, 14:44 PM
Hasina sentenced to death
17 November 2025, 18:14 PM
ICT also hands down capital punishment to ex-home boss Asaduzzaman; ex-IGP Mamun, who turned a state witness, given 5yrs
17 November 2025, 18:14 PM
Each division to get school-college for cops’ children
The police authorities are planning to establish eight high-quality schools and colleges with residential facilities in eight divisional headquarters to bring an end to officers’ intense attempt to stay in Dhaka on ground of their children’s education.
28 September 2020, 18:00 PM
A fairer ladder to climb up
From now on, Police Headquarters (PHQ) will hold centrally-supervised examinations for departmental promotion of lower-tier police officers, to bring an end to discrimination that many deserving candidates have allegedly long been facing.
26 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Neo-JMB leader confesses to killing missing man
A Neo-JMB leader has confessed to a court that a sleeper cell of the militant group killed a man whose photograph is uploaded on the website of SITE Intelligence Group.
16 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Zero Border Killings: Promise that keeps ringing hollow
For years, India has been promising to bring the killing of Bangladeshis along the Indo-Bangla border down to zero.
10 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Renu’s Death in Mob Beating: Police submit charge sheet against 15
The police probe has found involvement of 19 people in the killing of Taslima Begum Renu in the capital’s Badda last year.
10 September 2020, 18:00 PM
This will encourage people to file case
Eminent jurists and rights activists yesterday welcomed the first ever verdict in a case filed under the Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention) Act 2013 and said it will encourage people to come forward to file cases under this act.
9 September 2020, 18:00 PM
A brother’s quest for justice may end today
Today is likely to be the culmination of a long and strenuous battle for justice.
8 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Air Traffic Control: New radar to usher in a new era
The purchase deal of a state-of-the-art radar system, long overdue for safe aircraft navigation and control of air traffic through the country’s airspace, is expected to be finalised in a couple of months.
1 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Of uncertainty and struggle
Parvez Hossain gave Tk 500 to his wife Farzeena Akhter before leaving home seven years ago. That was all she was left with.
29 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Why did they need to make him disappear?
Every night Jahanara Khatun went to sleep in the hope that her husband would come home the next morning.
29 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Crime spikes in capital as normalcy returns post Covid-19 closure
The capital, that saw a sharp decline in crime incidents during two-month lockdown has once again started to see a spike in crimes.
18 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Aug 17 Series Bomb Blasts: JMB weak but still a threat
Militant outfit JMB that struck terror across the country in 2005 has almost no strength to carry out any organised attack, but it is still a threat, counterterrorism officials believe.
16 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Police move to centralise their drug purchase
Medicine procurement for police personnel and their family members under different units outside Dhaka is being centralised to stop irregularities in the process.
13 August 2020, 18:00 PM
One year of Taslima’s murder: Probe drags on despite footage of crime
A year has gone by but little Tasmin Mahira Tuba’s search for her mother is still far from over.
19 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Of an alley, 33 flats, 2 brothers
In the densely populated Old Dhaka, Lane-1 of Lalmohon Saha Street has recently earned its own reputation, as the arrested “casino brothers” Enamul Haque Enu and Rupon Bhuiyan have 33 flats in that otherwise inconspicuous alley.
25 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Rape incidents rose by 19pc last year
On an average, 17 women and children were allegedly raped each day last year, shows data based on cases filed with police stations across the country.
18 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Woman killed in mob beating: no answers for little Tuba
Little Tasmin Mahira Tuba often wakes up in her sleep in the middle of the night and frantically starts looking for her mother, Taslima Begum Renu, who was beaten to death by a mob in July last year.
28 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Police in New Role: 67 inspectors to serve in BGB
Police officials, from now on, will also be posted at the Border Guard Bangladesh, mainly with the responsibility to make flawless seizure lists and prepare cases.
15 January 2020, 18:00 PM
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, 18:00 PM
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, 18:00 PM