Detective Branch
Prime suspect among five held over Pallabi shooting
Police say Alamgir Hossain was targeted over a Tk 15 lakh drug-related debt
11 August 2026
Actor Marzuk Russell reports fake Facebook page to police
Popular lyricist, actor and poet Marzuk Russell has recently filed a complaint to the Detective Branch (DB) of Police to report against a fake Facebook page that runs by his name.
29 July 2024
7 held over question paper leak
The Detective Branch of police has claimed to have arrested seven persons for leaking question papers of recruitment tests through devices.
1 December 2019
Subarnachar Rape: Charge sheet submitted against 16
The Detective Branch (DB) of police yesterday submitted a charge sheet before a Noakhali court naming 16 people as accused in a case filed over the gang rape of a housewife in Subarnachar upazila.
27 March 2019
Huji now raising funds through robbery: DB
Banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad Bangladesh (Huji) had been engaged in fund collection through robbery to reorganise itself and free a death row inmate either by ambushing a prison van or attacking a jail, police said.
4 March 2019
DB men involved in kidnapping
If abuse of power is the worst of all forms of corruption, as some say, a section of our security forces is definitely making the most of it.
26 October 2017
1750 yaba tablets seized
Detective Branch (DB) of Police in separate drives arrested two drug peddlers with illegal drugs and arms in Dewanganj and Islampur upazilas of the district on Monday night.
25 July 2017
5 fake detectives held in Dhaka
Law enforcers claims to have arrested five fake members of Detective Branch of police along with a pistol and a revolver from Dhaka.
19 June 2016
IO of SP’s wife killing case changed
The investigation officer (IO) of police official’s wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu murder case has been changed. Kamruzzaman, an assistant commissioner of Detective Branch (DB), has been given charge of the case in place of DB Inspector Rakibuddin.
12 June 2016
5 held over textile mill official killing
Detectives detain five persons in Khilgaon of Dhaka for their alleged involvement with the killing of a textile mill official last week.
24 May 2016
DB moves to file sedition case against BNP's Aslam
Detective Branch (DB) of police will submit an application today to the home ministry seeking its permission to file a sedition
18 May 2016
'Murder attempt' on Joy: Shafik Rehman on 5-day remand
Seven hours into his arrest, Shafik Rehman, a pro-BNP intellectual, is placed on a five-day remand in a case filed for alleged attempts to abduct and murder Sajeeb Wazed Joy.
16 April 2016
Banasree 2-kid murder probe handed to DB
Detectives have been tasked with the probe into the death of two children - 14-year-old Nusrat Aman Aroni and her six-year-old brother Alvi Aman - in Dhaka’s Banasree area. According to law enforcers, they were killed by their mother Mahfuza Malek Jasmine.
7 March 2016
4 'robbers' hurt in 'gunfight' with cops
Four suspected robbers were hit by bullets during a “gunfight” with a team of Detective Branch of police in Gazipur city's Kodda
26 February 2016
Detective hurt in Badda attack
A member of detective branch (DB) of police is injured as alleged miscreants attacked a team of DB in North Badda of Dhaka.
19 February 2016
Pakistan high commission staff held, freed later
Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka yesterday alleged a team of the Detective Branch of police threatened to kill one of its employees if he failed to provide them with a huge amount of money.
1 February 2016
5 ‘int’l human organ traffickers’ placed on 3-day remand
A Dhaka court grants three-day remand against each of the five people held in connection with a case filed against them for their alleged involvement with international human organ trafficking syndicate.
29 August 2015
12 ‘doping gang members’ held in Dhaka
Detectives claim detention of 12 members of doping gangs including two ringleaders of such rackets from Dhaka.
20 August 2015
DB takes over Niloy murder probe
DB takes over charge of blogger Niladri Chattopadhyay Niloy’s murder probe from police, three days after the killing.
10 August 2015
20 members of 'dope gang' held in Dhaka
Detectives arrest 20 members of an agyan (dope) party from different parts in Dhaka.
18 June 2015