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Rafiul Islam

Mohammadpur double murder investigation

The knife she brought and the murders that followed

Suspect Ayesha told the family she had neither a phone nor an NID
10 December 2025, 14:21 PM
10 December 2025, 14:21 PM
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‘We teach, but we can’t feed our children’

Mohammad Ishak, who has been teaching at a madrasa in Sylhet for over 34 years, draws a monthly salary of only Tk 26,980 -- hardly enough to support his family and cover the educational expenses of his three children.
19 October 2025, 18:09 PM
19 October 2025, 18:09 PM
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Recovery of Looted Firearms: Announcing rewards brings no fruition

Despite the home ministry’s announcement of significant rewards 10 days ago, no actionable information has been provided to the police regarding the firearms looted during last year’s July uprising.
4 September 2025, 21:07 PM
4 September 2025, 21:07 PM
bodies recovered from rivers in Bangladesh

43 bodies a month recovered from rivers this year

Bodies of a woman and a child were recovered from the Buriganga River on August 23. Autopsies initially found that they had been strangled before their bodies were dumped. A murder case was filed with Sadarghat River Police Station in this regard.
29 August 2025, 18:30 PM
29 August 2025, 18:30 PM
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Cocaine haul raises transit route concerns

A Guyanese national was arrested with around 8.6kg of cocaine at Dhaka airport yesterday, and officials said the drug was not meant for local use.
26 August 2025, 18:05 PM
26 August 2025, 18:05 PM
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‘We will sleep in the car’

Two men found dead inside a car parked in the basement of a private hospital in Dhaka on Monday had earlier told the car owner that they would sleep in the vehicle.
12 August 2025, 21:59 PM
12 August 2025, 21:59 PM
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Riyad-led group targeted another former AL MP

The group led by former Students Against Discrimination leader Abdur  Razzak Riyad, arrested for allegedly extorting a former Awami League  lawmaker’s family in Gulshan, had targeted another ex-AL MP, Abdul Kalam  Azad, a month earlier, said police.
30 July 2025, 20:00 PM
30 July 2025, 20:00 PM
government action against rising crime

Govt launches combing operation

The government has launched a combing operation “to root out crime and restore public order” amid a spate of criminal activities across the country.
13 July 2025, 19:08 PM
13 July 2025, 19:08 PM
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Weight chart for prison staffers

Launched for the first time, the initiative aims to foster a more disciplined, smart, and health-conscious prison force through exercise and dietary regulation, prisons officials said.
5 July 2025, 22:04 PM
three found dead in Dhaka hotel room

Police suspect foul play, await autopsy results

Police suspect foul play in the deaths of a couple and their son, whose bodies were found at a hotel in Dhaka's Moghbazar on Sunday.
30 June 2025, 22:02 PM
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City chokes as protests wreak havoc

Ninety-six-year-old Nurjahan Begum left her home in Old Dhaka’s Mogholtuli for her daughter’s house in Banasree around 2:00pm yesterday.
22 May 2025, 18:09 PM
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From ‘TikTokers’ to murderers

What began as a seemingly harmless obsession with TikTok turned into a chilling tale of murder in Dhaka's Hazaribagh, where a photographer was killed on May 16.
21 May 2025, 18:08 PM
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Five-year-old girl strangled to death in city

On Monday afternoon, five-year-old Roza Moni got hungry while playing in front of her house in Tejgaon’s Tejkunipara. She went to her mother and asked for lunch, but the meal was not ready yet.
13 May 2025, 18:04 PM
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Anti-rape protest: 12 sued for attacking cops

Two of the accused in a case over attacking police during anti-rape protests in Dhaka on Tuesday have said they were not present at the scene during the clash.
12 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Dhaka clash accused claims to be in Dinajpur

On tour in Dinajpur, accused over clash in Dhaka

Two Chhatra Federation leaders accused over anti-rape protest clash claim they were not even present there
12 March 2025, 14:00 PM
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Livelihoods, dreams reduced to ashes

Fire guts 35 shanties in Dhaka’s Bhasantek slum
6 March 2025, 18:00 PM
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Attack on adivasis: Most attackers at large despite video proof

Despite clear footage from last week showing a large group of people hitting indigenous students with cricket stumps, inflicting serious injuries, law enforcers have so far arrested only two men.
21 January 2025, 19:26 PM
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City dwellers on edge as mugging runs rampant

A young man slips between vehicles stuck in traffic at night and snatches a phone through an open car window with astonishing swiftness at the capital’s Asad Gate.
21 December 2024, 18:33 PM
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A dream trip ends in tragedy

Kamrul Hasan, 23, stepped off a bus on the Mayor Hanif Flyover on Wednesday night, eager for a long-awaited trip to Cox’s Bazar with friends.
19 December 2024, 18:00 PM
DMP commissioner Sazzat Ali

DMP chief vows action against extortion using cases

A section of complainants in cases filed after the August 5 political changeover are now extorting money from some of the accused, DMP Commissioner SM Sazzat Ali said yesterday.
8 December 2024, 18:20 PM
challenges for police to regain public trust

Neutral, corruption-free police force

People want a law-abiding, neutral, and corruption-free police force that will operate without any political influence, as per an online survey conducted by police reform commission.
4 December 2024, 00:37 AM
police to stop using lethal weapons

Crowd control: Police seek to stop use of lethal weapon

The police may stop using lethal weapons and lead pellets for crowd control as their widespread use during the July mass uprising led to massive casualties and global criticism.
23 November 2024, 18:00 PM
wall collapse kills young son in Rampura

A joyous stroll with mother turns tragic

5-year-old dies as wall collapses on him in Rampura
14 November 2024, 18:00 PM
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Lawyers worried over attacks on court premises

Lawyer Morshed Hossain Shahin was speaking to reporters outside the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court in Dhaka after defending former independent lawmaker Syed Sayedul Haque Sumon on October 22. Suddenly, a pro-BNP lawyer approached and hit Morshed on the head.
1 November 2024, 18:09 PM
Dhaka university

Politics at DU: Old guard to give way to young blood

The rules of Dhaka University stipulate that a student remains a regular one for eight years -- six years for graduation and two for post-graduation degrees.
26 October 2024, 18:00 PM
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Attempted murder case: Complainant doesn't know ZI Khan Panna

Eminent lawyer ZI Khan Panna, who backed the student protesters during the mass uprising, has been made an accused in a case over the attempted murder of a demonstrator in the capital.
20 October 2024, 18:00 PM
human rights groups criticize case against ZI Khan Panna

Was with the student movement till the end: ZI Khan Panna

Noted SC lawyer was recently sued in case filed over shooting youth during the movement
20 October 2024, 11:21 AM
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Racing buses end the tale of two sisters

Like any other day, Tasnim Jahan Irene and her sister Nusrat Jahan Zerin were heading to their office – Next Venture – in the capital’s Uttar Badda in an auto-rickshaw from Mirpur.
9 October 2024, 18:00 PM

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