PM, not the president, to pick IGP
The revised draft of the Police Commission Ordinance 2025 has dropped the clause that allowed the commission to recommend a three-member panel for the appointment of the inspector general of police (IGP).
1 December 2025, 18:11 PM
Human trafficking: New law drafted as 95% of cases end in acquittal
The new ordinance updates the legal framework to meet international standards, particularly the UN protocol on migrant smuggling.
29 November 2025, 18:00 PM
Korail slum: 4th fire in 2yrs exposes deadly structural flaws
The slum, one of the largest in the city and home to nearly 1.5 lakh people, is connected to the main road by a narrow approach that remains clogged most of the time by long lines of stalled rickshaws.
26 November 2025, 18:17 PM
Govt reshuffles SPs in all districts ahead of polls
The government yesterday appointed or transferred superintendents of police to all 64 districts through a manual lottery, a first in the force’s history, in a major reshuffle aimed at ensuring stability during the upcoming national election.
26 November 2025, 18:09 PM
Underworld back in play, raising alarm
15 November 2025, 18:07 PM
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Surveillance at entries to Dhaka ramped up
No gatherings or demonstrations will be allowed at the city's entrances tomorrow.
11 November 2025, 18:10 PM
Govt finalises draft for forming police commission
The government has finalised a draft ordinance for forming an independent police commission, aiming to ensure accountability within the force and make policing fair, transparent, and free from undue influence.
4 November 2025, 18:19 PM
Bangladeshis getting tricked into Russia’s war
A growing number of Bangladeshis are being tricked into travelling to Russia under the guise of legal migration
3 November 2025, 18:15 PM
Submachine gun in the hands of an ‘unstable’ cop?
SMT-9 submachine gun -- a sophisticated weapon that can wreak havoc in the wrong hands.
10 June 2024, 18:00 PM
MP Azim murder: Another AL leader may be involved
At least one other top leader of Jhenaidah Awami League may have been involved in the murder of MP Anwarul Azim Anar’s at a New Town flat in Kolkata, investigators said.
10 June 2024, 18:00 PM
999 calls surge, reflect reliability
After realising her five-year-old child was raped by her neighbour in Bagerhat’s Brahmankathi area, a mother called the National Emergency Helpline-999 at March 3 noon.
9 June 2024, 18:00 PM
Cop kills cop: Detectives have no clue about motive
Close-circuit television camera footage revealed details of an on-duty police constable killing another cop near the Palestinian embassy in the capital’s Baridhara Saturday night.
9 June 2024, 18:00 PM
MP Azim Murder: AL leader Babu secretly met one of the killers
An Awami League leader of Jhenidah met one of the killers of lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar to learn about the details of the abduction and murder, police said.
9 June 2024, 18:00 PM
Now political rivalry adds to the murder mystery
Gold smuggling, honey trap and narcotics, lots of theories have been floating around since the last few weeks over the murder of Jhenaidah-4 MP Anwarul Azim Anar in a Kolkata flat.
8 June 2024, 18:00 PM
Ansar Al Islam raised Tk 18 lakh through crowdfunding
Ansar Al Islam, a militant group inspired by al-Qaeda, has raised Tk 18 lakh through crowdfunding within a few months.
5 June 2024, 18:00 PM
The murder plan was finalised at a Kolkata eatery
It was Tanvir Bhuiyan who lured the Jhenaidah-4 MP Anwarul Azim Anar to Kolkata as part of a mission to kill him.
4 June 2024, 18:00 PM
MP Azim Murder: Celesty posed as mastermind’s wife to rent flat
Celesty Rahman went to Kolkata and posed as the wife of Aktaruzzaman, alleged mastermind of MP Anwarul Azim Anar murder, to rent the flat where the lawmaker was killed.
3 June 2024, 21:30 PM
MP Azim Murder: Siam texted from MP’s phone after his killing
Siam Hossain, a suspect in the murder of Jhenaidah-4 MP Anwarul Azim Anar, went to India via Nepal and returned to the Himalayan country after killing the lawmaker at a Kolkata flat.
2 June 2024, 18:00 PM
MP Azim Murder: Azim ‘taxed’ every gold bar smuggled
Anwarul Azim Anar, the recently slain MP of Jhenaidah-4, was a powerful figure in the criminal underworld with his tight grip over a gold smuggling racket as well as the narcotics trafficking in the region, investigators say.
1 June 2024, 18:00 PM
MP Azim Murder: ‘Celesty was supposed to receive Azim at Kolkata flat’
Celesty Rahman, a friend of Aktaruzzaman, alleged mastermind of the murder of Jhenaidah-4 MP Anawarul Azim Anar, was responsible for receiving the lawmaker at a flat in Kolkata’s New Town on May 13.
1 June 2024, 18:00 PM
MP Azim Murder: His ‘friends’ played a role
Investigators are now analysing the roles of Jhenaidah-4 MP Anwarul Azim Anar’s relatives and friends to find further clues about his gruesome murder in Kolkata.
30 May 2024, 18:00 PM
MP Azim Murder: Mastermind, hired gun are relatives
Suspects Aktaruzzaman and Amanullah in the lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar murder case are relatives.
29 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Wealth, awards piled up as he grew in power
Former police chief Benazir Ahmed kept receiving prestigious police awards even as he and his family continued to accumulate huge wealth, buying acre upon acre of land and other properties in different parts of the country.
28 May 2024, 18:00 PM
MP Azim Murder: The kingpins may never be tracked down
Some members of a gold smuggling racket were likely behind the killing of Jhenaidah-4 MP Anwarul Azim Anar, but the assailants had contact with Aktaruzzaman only, said an officer of West Bengal CID.
28 May 2024, 18:00 PM
MP Azim murder: Body parts found in septic tank of Kolkata flat
Cops to conduct DNA test to confirm identity
28 May 2024, 13:58 PM
MP Azim Murder: DB recreates crime scene in Kolkata
Compares info from arrestees here with suspect held there
27 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Mp Azim’s Murder: Aktaruzzaman coordinated murder from Gulshan flat
While killing Jhenaidah-4 MP Anwarul Azim Anar at a Kolkata flat, the assailants were on the phone with mastermind Aktaruzzaman, known in his hometown Jhenaidah as Shaheen Mia, several investigators suspect.
26 May 2024, 18:00 PM
MP Azim Murder: Hitmen were never paid
The assailants who killed Jhenaidah-4 MP Anwarul Azim Anar were not paid the hefty sum they were promised by Aktaruzzaman, who hired them, investigators say.
25 May 2024, 18:00 PM