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Mohammad Jamil Khan

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17 senior cops may be sent into forced retirement

11 hour(s) ago
Seventeen senior police officials are likely to be sent into forced retirement over alleged allegiance to the Awami League, family ties to the party, roles in manipulating the 2014 and 2018 elections, repression of the opposition, and corruption.
11 hour(s) ago
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Milestone tragedy: Probe blames human error, unsafe building

21 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Human error arising from inadequate training and supervision was the principal cause of the Milestone school plane crash, while an unsafe school building and failures in planning and emergency response worsened the consequences.
21 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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‘We have become living corpses’

21 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Almost every afternoon, Reshma Karim keeps a plateful of food on the table for her 14-year-old son, as she waits for him to return from school.
21 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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Narcotics dept can work at borders, carry arms

19 July 2026, 00:00 AM
The Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) can now conduct its own raids, searches, seizures, arrests and investigations along the country’s borders and at land ports, airports and seaports under the Narcotics Control (Amendment) Act, 2026.
19 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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Cyber slavery: Bangladeshis forced into online scams in Cambodia

17 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Trafficking victim Tofail Ahmed said he was sold to a heavily guarded cyber scam facility in Cambodia.
17 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Bangladesh Cambodia Job Scam

Sold into cyber slavery / How Bangladeshi jobseekers are trafficked into Cambodia's scam compounds

16 July 2026, 10:00 AM
Hundreds of Bangladeshis have been rescued from Cambodia's infamous scam centres in recent weeks.
16 July 2026, 10:00 AM
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In search of work, caught in war

12 July 2026, 00:00 AM
30 Bangladeshis went to Russia on work visas; 4 dead, 2 missing after alleged war deployment
12 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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‘If I’m alive, I’ll come back’

10 July 2026, 00:00 AM
In the remote Laur village, under Brahmanbaria’s Nabinagar upazila, Nazmin Akter has been waiting many months for a call from her husband, Kamrul Hasan, who left home for Russia in July last year in search of work but ended up in the Ukraine war.
10 July 2026, 00:00 AM
PSC question leaks

PSC question leaks: Names of some big fish come up in probe

The syndicate of PSC officials and employees that leaked the questions of cadre and non-cadre exams was involved in leaking questions of other  recruitment tests as well, investigators have found.
11 July 2024, 18:00 PM
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Question leak at PSC: The malady runs deeper than feared

Some more current and former officials of the Public Service Commission are involved in leaking questions for government recruitment tests, police and intelligence officials said.
10 July 2024, 18:00 PM
BCS question leak

Question racket runs deep

A look into how CID arrested 17 persons involved with question leak; many top PSC officials involved
9 July 2024, 20:04 PM
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PSC question papers: At least 30 leaks in 12 years

A syndicate involving officials and employees of the Public Service Commission has leaked at least 30 question papers for government recruitment tests, including those for the Bangladesh Civil Service exams, over the last 12 years.
9 July 2024, 18:00 PM
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‘They mostly targeted madrasa teachers, students’

Ansar Al Islam, under scrutiny by law enforcers, tried to form a new platform, “As Shahadat,” led by an Indian national named Muhammed Habibullah, according to Rab.
6 July 2024, 18:00 PM
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In police, ‘benefits are for seniors’

Thirteen years ago, Md Halim (name changed) was promoted to police inspector.
5 July 2024, 18:00 PM
MP Azim murder

MP Azim murder: One murder, too many questions

The detectives have come up with multiple theories since Jhenaidah-4 MP Anwarul Azim Anar  was killed over a month ago.
4 July 2024, 18:00 PM
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One murder, too many questions

3 out of 6 retract confessions; family yet to get authorisaiton for DNA test; probe into gold smuggling link stalled
4 July 2024, 15:35 PM
Militants using prisons to run operations

Militants using prisons to run operations

Neo JMB, the IS-inspired militant group responsible for the 2016 Holey Artisan Café attack, has been using cell phones from prisons for communication and operations, as per a recent police intelligence report.
3 July 2024, 18:00 PM
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‘2 killers went to Kolkata on medical visa’

Foysal Ali Sahazi and Mostafizur Rahman Fakir travelled to Kolkata on a medical visa to murder Jhenaidah-4 MP Anwarul Azim Anar. 
2 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Holey Artisan

8yrs of Holey Artisan carnage: Militants turning to apps to draw new recruits

With the so-called Islamic State trying to regroup in Syria and beyond, Neo JMB, a Bangladeshi IS-inspired group, is becoming active again.
30 June 2024, 18:00 PM
MP Azim murder

2 of the killers faked identity, worked at a temple: DB

Foysal Ali Sahazi and Mostafizur Rahman Fakir, suspects in the Jhenaidah-4 MP Anwarul Azim Anar murder case, are truck drivers. But to dodge the eyes of law enforcers, they started working as cooks at a temple.
28 June 2024, 18:00 PM
MP Azim murder

MP Azim murder: Azim sensed danger, tried to leave flat

As soon as Jhenaidah-4 MP Anwarul Azim Anar entered the Sanjeeva Gardens flat in Kolkata’s New Town on May 13, he realised that the accused had planned to murder him.
27 June 2024, 18:00 PM
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‘Drive on to recover Babu’s three mobile phones for evidence’

Kazi Kamal Ahmed Babu, the relief and social welfare affairs secretary of the Jhenaidah Awami League, has allegedly used his cell phone to communicate and exchange photos with the suspected killer of lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar.
24 June 2024, 18:00 PM
MP Azim's daughter files abduction case

MP Azim Murder: Yet another investigator transferred

Two officers supervising the ongoing investigation into the murder of lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar have been transferred.
23 June 2024, 18:00 PM
MP Anwarul Azim Anar's murder plot

MP Azim Murder: Political feud now comes into focus

Not only gold smuggling, political rivalry may have also been a key reason behind the murder of Jhenaidah-4 lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar, investigators have said.
15 June 2024, 18:00 PM
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Azim Murder: Babu confesses meeting hitman over blood money

Accused Kazi Kamal Ahmed Babu admitted to court that he was involved in the murder of Jhenaidah-4 MP Anwarul Azim Anar.
14 June 2024, 18:00 PM
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Free rein for gold smugglers in Jhenaidah

Since he was recruited as a carrier about six months ago, Sohel (real name withheld) transported smuggled golds on his motorbike from Jashore to Jhenaidah’s Maheshpur border at least 27 times.
13 June 2024, 18:00 PM
AL leader mintu assures killers payment for mp anar murder

AL leader Mintu assured killers of payment

Saidul Karim Mintu, general secretary of Jhenaidah Awami League, assured one of the masterminds of MP Anwarul Azim Anar murder that he would pay after the job was done.
13 June 2024, 18:00 PM
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Negligence of ACs, OCs behind theft during holidays

Incidents of theft typically increase during the holidays as many residents leave the capital for their hometowns.
13 June 2024, 18:00 PM

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