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Muntakim Saad

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Family Card brings hope to families in slums

10 hour(s) ago
Hasen Banu is over 80. In the Korail slum, where her three sons and a daughter also live, she now spends a month at each child’s home.
10 hour(s) ago
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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
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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
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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
Bangladesh elections monitoring by foreign countries

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
political killings in Bangladesh before election

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
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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
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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
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Muskan hopes for cure

Sitting on a tiny bed on the sixth-floor of the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), tiny Muskan hopes of one thing only -- to go
5 October 2017, 18:00 PM

Enslaved in the Kingdom

Bangladeshi female workers continue to come home from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with harrowing tales of modern slavery.
7 September 2017, 18:00 PM
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His Eid is different now

He always returned to his hometown during Eid holidays with new clothes for the children of his family.
31 August 2017, 18:00 PM
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Teen gangs violent again

Remember schoolboy Adnan Kabir?
27 August 2017, 18:00 PM

Abused, she returns home

In June this year, she boarded a plane all the way to Saudi Arabia with a dream -- a dream to bring solvency to her family back home.
21 August 2017, 18:00 PM
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Cops smell sabotage

A video clip shows that Siddiqur Rahman collapsed to the ground when a policeman shot a teargas canister directly at the agitating college students at Shahbagh on Thursday.
24 July 2017, 18:00 PM
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Unclaimed bodies rotting at DMC

Thirty-three unclaimed bodies have been decomposing at Dhaka Medical College mortuary, releasing an unbearable stench as the only graveyard in Jurain designated for burying such bodies is inundated with rain water.
3 July 2017, 18:00 PM
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Living in the memories of loved ones

Sami lost his father a year ago, but he still lives in his memory.
30 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Extortion in disguise

The extortion is going on in the capital in the name of Eid tips.
24 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Con woman held with 2 cohorts

If your loved ones live abroad, beware.
18 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Controversy as JU staff protest 'vandalism'

A recent protest of Jahangirnagar University officers and workers against some "unruly students who vandalised" the vice chancellor's
8 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Nimtoli memories haunting still

Today is June 3. It might be just another day for most of the people, but for the residents of Old Dhaka's Nimtoli, the day is a reminder of the horror of a devastating fire on this night in 2010 that claimed 124 lives, mostly women and children, and injured more than 200.
2 June 2017, 18:00 PM

JU Vandalism Case: 12 female students talk of 'ordeal' in custody

In eight hours since 12:30am on Sunday, male police members of Dhamrai Police Station "counted" at least 15 times to ensure whether
30 May 2017, 20:06 PM
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A mother's cry for son

“If he did anything wrong, punish him. But please bring him back,” said Momtaz Begum who has been desperately knocking on the doors of law enforcement agencies for nearly a month in search of her only son.
23 March 2017, 18:00 PM
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Korail fire leaves hundreds homeless

Holding their little babies, women huddled together in small groups for warmth, sitting under the bare sky.
17 March 2017, 18:00 PM
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Reckless driving on, so is death

She came to Dhaka from Rajshahi with her mother early yesterday to sit for a test at her college. The would-be doctor was supposed to head back to Rajshahi right after that. Sadia Hasan, 23, a fifth-year student of Dhaka National Medical College, was killed when a bus rammed the CNG-run auto-rickshaw her mother and she was in on North-South Road in Bangshal around 7:00am.
25 February 2017, 18:00 PM
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Cops still clueless

It has been over six months, police are still clueless regarding the death of Dutch-Bangla Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DBCCI)
23 February 2017, 18:00 PM
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Missed, deeply

“He was my best friend. I used to share all my problems and happiness with him. But since the last 11 months, I have no one to talk
23 February 2017, 18:00 PM

Sexually abused, trafficked female worker rescued in Malaysia

Dreaming of a better future, Bithi (not her real name) left for Malaysia 11 days ago to secure a well-paid job.
30 January 2017, 21:22 PM
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5 Years Since Zubair Killing: Convicted killers 'free as bird'

“I am a free bird… Now I can fly…”
8 January 2017, 21:07 PM

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