Prices of Ramadan essentials jump on first day
20 February 2026, 02:49 AM
The prices of key Ramadan items edged up yesterday, the first day of the fasting month, with those of lemon and cucumber spiralling to a level that many consumers termed irrational.
20 February 2026, 02:49 AM
Security measures ‘unprecedented’
12 February 2026, 03:23 AM
Law enforcement agencies have put in place a tight security arrangement across the country for the national election and referendum today, deploying nearly 10 lakh personnel to ensure a free, fair, and uninterrupted vote.
12 February 2026, 03:23 AM
Manifesto expectations: Political use of police must end
22 January 2026, 04:37 AM
As major political parties prepare their election manifestos, law enforcement experts and rights activists urge them to make law and order a top priority, keep police free from political interference, and end the partisan use of the force.
22 January 2026, 04:37 AM
8,780 polling centres ‘most vulnerable’
20 January 2026, 05:35 AM
With the 13th national election and referendum approaching, the interim government has placed the most vulnerable polling centres under heightened security, tightened controls on firearms and ordered law enforcers to take swift legal action against anyone attempting to disrupt the vote.
20 January 2026, 05:35 AM
8 political killings since polls schedule: ASK
9 January 2026, 04:02 AM
With a little over a month left before the 13th general election, political leaders and activists are increasingly falling victim to targeted killings.
9 January 2026, 04:02 AM
Hadi’s condition critical, police identify suspect
13 December 2025, 18:01 PM
Police have identified a suspect in the shooting of Sharif Osman Hadi, an independent MP aspirant for Dhaka-8 and spokesperson for Inqilab Moncho, who is currently fighting for his life at Evercare Hospital.
13 December 2025, 18:01 PM
Police commission okayed, but minus independence
4 December 2025, 22:32 PM
The government yesterday approved the Police Commission Ordinance 2025, but the commission will not have the authority to recommend the recruitment, promotion, or posting of officers, including the inspector general.
4 December 2025, 22:32 PM
Brazen killings stoke fear ahead of polls
3 December 2025, 18:18 PM
"Illegal firearms, weak policing, and reactivation of top criminals released after last year's political changeover are mainly driving the killings"
3 December 2025, 18:18 PM
Taqi Murder Charge Sheet: Years of wait for ‘any day’
Within a year of the murder of Narayanganj schoolboy Taqi, Rapid Action Battalion claimed it cracked the case, finding involvement of ex-Jatiya Party MP’s son Ajmeri Osman and his 10 associates.
5 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Mohammadpur Geneva camp: Exiled yaba lord reclaims throne
He is back.
Ishtiaq Ahmed, known as the drug lord of Mohammadpur Geneva Camp, was forced to stay out of his empire after the anti-narcotics crackdown began in 2018.
1 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Muggers lurk on city streets
Wearing decent clothes and looking like a gentleman, one of them would greet you on the street or at a terminal.
29 February 2020, 18:00 PM
8yrs into Sagar-Runi Murder: Investigation lingers on
Every time the court fixes a date for the investigation officer to submit the probe report in journalist couple Sagar-Runi murder case, the officer fails to do so. The court then sets another date for the report submission.
10 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Record number of fires last year: 24,074 incidents, Tk 330cr loss
Fire incidents across the country rose by 22.5 percent to 24,074 last year, compared to 19,642 in 2018, causing a loss of Tk 330.41 crore, says a government report.
9 February 2020, 18:00 PM
That ‘48 hours’ never ended
48 hours. This was exactly the timeframe the then home minister Sahara Khatun had announced to catch the killers of journalist couple, Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi, hours after the gruesome murder in 2012.
14 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Border Killings by BSF: 43 Bangladeshis killed this year
There has been a sharp rise in border killings as 43 Bangladeshis were either shot dead or tortured to death this year by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF), according to Ain o Salish Kendra data.
30 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Luxury at the expense of students’ cause
The Jahangirnagar University authorities have spent more than Tk 84 lakh to decorate the new luxurious office of Vice Chancellor Prof Farzana Islam, taking the money from funds meant for student welfare, research and development of the departments.
14 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Requiem for dreams
With burns all over his body, 20-year-old Mehedi Hasan kept asking his sister whether he would be able to attend yesterday’s college entrance exams.
12 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Rumpa’s Death: Cops work on clues to solve mystery
Footprints on the edge of a building’s roof and a pair of sandals found near the body.
6 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Cheating in recruitment tests with spy gadgets
With a tiny wireless earphone inserted in his ear and an electronic transmitter attached to his arm with an elastic band, Rasel Ali sat for a recruitment test of a state-owned bank at Adarsha High School in Mirpur on Friday, when the detective branch (DB) of police detained him.
1 December 2019, 18:00 PM
The forgotten ones
Sitting at her home in Narayanganj’s Siddhirganj, a feeble-looking Maksuda Begum stares vacantly into the distance. She mumbles most of the time making her words difficult to catch.
27 November 2019, 18:00 PM
Where did the IS cap come from?
How did one of the most talked about terrorists carry a cap emblazoned with the IS logo to a Dhaka courtroom in and then proceed it put it on for all to see?
27 November 2019, 18:00 PM
Picking up the pieces after July 1, 2016
It used to draw Dhaka’s hip crowd and the expat community alike.
25 November 2019, 18:00 PM
96 ‘robbers, arms dealers’ surrender
With one police jeep in front and another behind, three buses carried 96 arms makers and dealers along with robbers to Kalarmarchhara Union Parishad ground in Maheshkhali so that they surrender before Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan.
23 November 2019, 18:00 PM
Stage set for surrender of 150 criminals
Three microbuses with tinted windows and no number plates entered the Cox’s Bazar Police Lines, escorted by four police vans on November 8.
21 November 2019, 18:00 PM
Fire at New Rajdhahi Supermarket: Traders see bleak days ahead
Traders at New Rajdhahi Supermarket in the capital’s Tikatuli area, whose shops were gutted in Wednesday’s fire, are facing tough times as they will not be able to resume business anytime soon.
21 November 2019, 18:00 PM
Protesters are to blame
The embattled vice chancellor of Jahangirnagar University yesterday held the agitating students and teachers responsible for the current crisis at the university.
6 November 2019, 18:00 PM
Rupnagar Cylinder Blast: Grief, despair rack families
Rupnagar cylinder blast has changed the lives of Bishwajit Chandra Das, 13, and Sadikur, 6, forever.
31 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Killing of 2 Mohammadpur Teens: Families denied justice
The families of two teenagers killed in Mohammadpur during a clash of Awami League factions ahead of the general election have been robbed of justice.
22 October 2019, 18:00 PM