Blogger Rajib killing case sent to speedy trial tribunal

A speedy trial tribunal will now try blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider murder case which was pending with a Dhaka court.
11 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Girl strangled in capital

A girl died when a piece of cloth she was playing with got entangled around her neck, strangling her in the capital's Korail slum
9 May 2015, 20:26 PM

Body found on rail tracks in Jessore

Railway police recovered the body of a youth from the rail tracks near Shingia Railway Station under Kotwali thana in Jessore early
8 May 2015, 18:00 PM

As legally restricted, desperate jobseekers take dangerous sea route to Malaysia from Bangladesh

As legal channels for labour migration from Bangladesh have shrunk due to malpractices in the arrangements by both private agencies and the government, desperate jobseekers take dangerous sea route to Malaysia.
8 May 2015, 18:00 PM

None arrested as cops still clueless

Police are yet to make any significant headway in the investigation into the murders of a woman and her daughter in Chittagong city on Thursday.
8 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Trafficking ring flees abandoning office

As soon as the 26 fortune seekers returned to the country from confinement in Nepal in March, the transnational human trafficking ring, which had swindled them with
7 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Lured by a trafficker, 16 job-seeking youths from a Bangladesh upazila take up risky sea voyage

Sona Mia has no more tears left to shed. He is now afraid of something ominous coming his son's way.
6 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Desperate Bangladeshi fortune-seekers embark on dangerous sea voyage to Malaysia

The voyage that Jewel Barua had made to Thailand on a cargo vessel crammed with several hundred deceived jobseekers tells of a harrowing journey redolent of a time when slave trade was a profitable business across continents.
6 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Responsibility claiming video is from AQIS

A police detective yesterday said the video posted on jihadist forums on Saturday claiming responsibility for the murder of writer-blogger Avijit Roy was of al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS).
6 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Boy found dead in Ctg

An unidentified boy was found dead in Chittagong city’s Chawkbazaar yesterday.
6 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Traffickers call departure points in Teknaf of Bangladesh ‘Malaysia airports’

Teknaf upazila is the south-eastern tip of Bangladesh, a perfect place for boats to set sail in secrecy.
5 May 2015, 18:00 PM

3rd defence witness testifies for Forkan

Testifying on the charge of forced conversion of three Hindu brothers during the Liberation War, the third defence witness for Forkan
5 May 2015, 18:00 PM

SC allows prosecution of 4 doctors for false autopsy report of rape victim

The Supreme Court upheld a High Court order that directs the government to prosecute four doctors, including the then district civil
5 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Traffickers kidnap Bangladeshis and send to Malaysia as slave labour

Emran Hossain and Mohammad Ali Zinnat did an extensive investigation into human trafficking from Bangladesh to Malaysia. For over three months, they carried out a thorough research, interviewed trafficking victims, brokers and rights groups, and travelled to the southeastern coastal areas before reporting on the clandestine crime that brings to mind the horror of slave trade of the past.
4 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Two years on, cops still investigating

In the last two years, police could not complete investigation of any of the 42 cases over Hefajat-e-Islam's May 5 violence in the
4 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Slain Avijit's father doubts AQIS video

Prof Ajoy Roy yesterday expressed doubts over a video that depicts the Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) claiming
4 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Woman's body found in Gazipur

Police recovered the body of an unidentified woman, aged around 32, from the forest garden in Kholapara area of Gazipur city yesterday.
4 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Slave Trade Booms In Dark Triangle

Promising jobs in Malaysia, transnational human traffickers held about 2.5 lakh Bangladeshis captive in Thailand...
3 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Al-Qaeda branch claims responsibility for murder of writer-blogger Avijit Roy

Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) has claimed responsibility for the murder of writer-blogger Avijit Roy, AFP reported citing
3 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Youth's body found in roadside ditch of Dhamrai

Police recovered the body of an unidentified youth, aged around 30, from Jadobpur area of Dhamrai, outside the capital, yesterday.
3 May 2015, 18:00 PM