Govt rehabs not built for women, adolescents
26 August 2026
Bangladesh’s drug rehabilitation system is struggling to meet the needs of women and adolescents, with government centres offering limited capacity even as more women and children seek treatment.
26 August 2026
‘We want to go home’
26 August 2026
“I want to be a doctor,” said 16-year-old Syed Kasim, a class six student living in the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar.
26 August 2026
‘Must not be a forgotten issue’
25 August 2026
Conditions for Rohingya repatriation remain absent as the crisis enters its 10th year, while shrinking aid, insecurity and prolonged displacement deepen uncertainty for refugees and host communities.
25 August 2026
Inside a Bangladeshi woman's ordeal in China
23 August 2026
A blow-by-blow account of a 19-year-old’s alleged journey from domestic work to drug dependency, forced marriage and trafficking to China
23 August 2026
Will seniors protect us?
23 August 2026
On February 7, 2025, a group of men allegedly took over Md Shamim’s rickshaw garage in Kallyanpur, forcing out all 16 rickshaws kept there.
23 August 2026
Women going to China on family visas soaring
23 August 2026
At least 4,226 Bangladeshi women travelled to China on family visas between 2020 and 2025.
23 August 2026
Police adrift amid reshuffle, retirement
23 August 2026
Fear of forced retirement, punishment over past deeds, and uncertainty surrounding transfers and promotions are weighing heavily on police officials. Many of them say they are now hesitant before making decisions that could later become politically controversial.
23 August 2026
Chinese family visas for Bangladeshi women surge nearly 50‑fold in 3 years
22 August 2026
From just 35 in 2022 to 1,721 in 2025
22 August 2026
Police want 550 SP posts before polls
The Police Headquarters is planning to propose promotion of 550 police officials to superintendents of police keeping them in the offices they are serving now.
3 March 2023
Conning people inside the secretariat
As per the plan, the gang first arranged for entrance passes to get into the secretariat.
21 February 2023
In Dhaka, footpaths not for pedestrians only
It’s a 10-minute walk from Farmgate’s Ananda Cinema Hall to the Panthapath intersection through Green Road. However, it takes 20 minutes to cross this 700-metre road, thanks to illegal occupants of the footpath
17 February 2023
Dhaka-Chattogram Highway finally coming under watch
1,427 CCTV cameras to be set up by June to check theft of RMG shipments, robbery
17 February 2023
Dream of better life ends in nightmare
Without any licence to run a recruiting agency, they used to send people abroad.
14 February 2023
A grand ploy to get visas
The gang first communicates with businesses in the US, Czech Republic, Italy, and Poland, introducing themselves as suppliers of Bangladesh’s security forces.
9 February 2023
9.4m displaced in seven years
At least 1,053 people were killed and 9.4 million more displaced internally in different climate-related disasters in 58 districts in seven years from 2014, says a recent study.
9 February 2023
Leaders at home, robbers on highways
Locally, they were known as politicians or social workers. They even held social programmes spending a considerable sum of money.
3 February 2023
Graft is his middle name
Internal GCC enquiry upon directive of LGRD ministry exposes countless misdeeds of suspended mayor Zahangir Alam
3 February 2023
Tk 2.60cr into thin air
A bank account was opened in the name of ex-mayor Zahangir Alam, and was later used for the transaction of Gazipur City Corporation’s money.
2 February 2023
Don’t eat food from strangers
They sell Ayurvedic medicines on buses and trains. Some members of the gang travel on specific vehicles in the guise of passengers. In the middle of the journey, the other members get on board and pitch benefits of the medication. To make the pitch
1 February 2023
US, EU passport, visa for Tk 3 lakh!
On July 2 last year, Mohammad Asif went to Dhaka airport to go to Nepal. He was carrying two passports, one Bangladeshi and one American.
29 January 2023
The Iranian nightmare
Trafficking syndicate, with help of 2 Dhaka airport staffers, confine, torture Bangladeshi migrants, reveals CID
26 January 2023
Swallowing yaba for a living
It takes around 4 hours to swallow 54 small packets of yaba for 41-year-old Josna Khatun. Each packet contains 50 pills.
24 January 2023
Their goal: build an arsenal for militants
Counterterrorism officials have claimed that the newly-formed militant outfit “Jamatul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya” were planning to create an arsenal in the remote hilly areas.
11 January 2023
Narco Trade, Drug Abuse:: Police high-ups irked over some cops’ involvement
Top police officials have expressed resentment over field-level officials abusing drugs and being involved in the narcotics trade, and warned of stern action against them.
9 January 2023
Police Week-2023: Give DB, CTTC authority to probe money laundering
Police high-ups yesterday placed a host of demands, including the authority for the DB and counter-terror unit of the DMP to investigate money laundering cases and the appointment of lawyers in the force to deal with such cases.
8 January 2023
Authorise the PHQ to punish, promote SPs
Police officials yesterday demanded that the government authorise the Police Headquarters to investigate the SP-level officers and determine their transfers and promotions instead of the home ministry.
7 January 2023
‘Border bars’ for Bangladeshis
It was a cloudy afternoon on October 2 at Shahpur border in Cumilla.
27 December 2022
Dhaka Metro Rail: DMP to ensure security until dedicated force formed
Dhaka Metropolitan Police will ensure security at the country’s first metro rail, set to be inaugurated on Wednesday, until a dedicated force is available.
25 December 2022