‘Let my mother know I am here’
6 March 2026, 00:00 AM
A haunting message scrawled on the wall of a secret detention cell has revealed the grim reality of enforced disappearances, a survivor told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday.
6 March 2026, 00:00 AM
Bombs or gravel? Defence challenges ICT Chief Prosecutor Tajul’s earlier claim
14 December 2025, 15:37 PM
Dispute over alleged time bombs surfaces during charge hearing in enforced disappearance case
14 December 2025, 15:37 PM
‘Amar shonar Bangla’: Palak sings from prison van as cameras roll
8 December 2025, 14:44 PM
National anthem stunt at International Crimes Tribunal premises goes viral
8 December 2025, 14:44 PM
Hasina sentenced to death
17 November 2025, 18:14 PM
ICT also hands down capital punishment to ex-home boss Asaduzzaman; ex-IGP Mamun, who turned a state witness, given 5yrs
17 November 2025, 18:14 PM
Crimes against humanity: Trial proceedings of four cases likely to be wrapped up in Dec
15 November 2025, 18:10 PM
Trial proceedings in four crimes against humanity cases, excluding the one against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her two aides which is set for verdict on November 17, are expected to be completed by December.
15 November 2025, 18:10 PM
Bullet took his voice, future
27 October 2025, 18:46 PM
Once a cheerful boy, whose father dreamed he would become a pilot one day, Basit Khan Musa now sits silent in a wheelchair, a feeding tube in his nose and paralysis gripping the right side of his body.
27 October 2025, 18:46 PM
Once power brokers, now defendants
15 October 2025, 10:09 AM
Smiles, whispers, and uneasy silence as 16 former ministers and high officials brought to ICT-1
15 October 2025, 10:09 AM
25 former, serving military officers charged at ICT
8 October 2025, 18:23 PM
The prosecution yesterday formally charged 28 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 23 top and mid-ranking current and former army officers, at International Crimes Tribunal-1 in two cases of enforced disappearances, secret detention, and torture in the 15 years of her rule.
8 October 2025, 18:23 PM
Police reform: Freedom from political control is the goal
The setting up of a commission for police reforms is not the first such move in Bangladesh.
3 October 2024, 18:44 PM
‘Never knew I own shares in bus company’
Nur Alam Milon, now in his late 50s, says he has never been to Sreepur of Gazipur. The man from Kamargram village in Faridpur’s Alphadanga upazila has also never heard of Moumita Paribahan Limited, a Dhaka-based transport company.
15 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Mia, wife concealed assets in tax returns
When Asaduzzaman Mia retired as the longest-serving Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner in 2019, by his own admission, he went home with about Tk 1.75 crore in service benefits. But that does not give a true picture of his wealth accumulation. Fact is, the career cop and his family became muc
15 September 2024, 01:00 AM
Taqi Murder: Hasina’s fall brings new hope for justice
Tanwir Muhammad Taqi, a bright youngster and son of cultural activist Rafiur Rabbi, went missing on March 6, 2013.
13 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Aug 21 grenade attack: 20yrs on, justice not served yet
Uncertainty looms over quick delivery of a High Court judgement in the August 21, 2004, grenade attack cases as the hearing on appeals and death references has recently been halted.
20 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Insecurity grips city as many police stations deserted
With many police stations unmanned and arms and ammunition looted, there is a sense of serious insecurity among people in the capital and elsewhere in the country.
6 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Abu Sayed’s death in police firing: Cops’ FIR runs counter to known facts
Video footage shows police shooting at Begum Rokeya University student Abu Sayed, who posed no physical threat to the law enforcers, during the quota reform protest near the campus on July 16. He died soon afterwards.
26 July 2024, 18:00 PM
A dream shot down by pellets
Asif Hasan dreamed of completing his studies and becoming a government administration cadre officer.
19 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Bangladeshi women being sold in China
Fooled by a gang, a widow in Chuadanga got her daughter married to a Chinese national named Cui Po Wei on July 1 last year, hoping that she would rise out of poverty.
26 June 2024, 18:00 PM
Fear forced Hindus to sell their land to ex-IGP Benazir
A cluster of shanty-like homes belonging to Hindus are accessible only by a makeshift bamboo bridge over a roadside canal at Patikelbari village of Gopalganj Sadar upazila. The rickety structures declare the financial constraint of the 100 or so Maitra family.
11 June 2024, 18:00 PM
‘The executer of the plot’
Amanullah is not the real name of an alleged killer of Jhenaidah-4 lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar. His is actually Fazl Ahmed Bhuiyan alias Shimul Bhuiyan of Khulna.
23 May 2024, 18:00 PM
‘Narrow escape from crossfire’
With his hands tied, trader Abdul Basit was forced to get off a police van at Rarai village in Sylhet’s Zakiganj upazila in the dead of night on September 13, 2019.
22 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Personal data up for sale online!
Some government employees are selling citizens’ NID card and phone call details through hundreds of Facebook, Telegram, and WhatsApp groups, the National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre has found.
20 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Buses run wild as cops ‘look away’
Stuck at the Mirpur-10 intersection, commuters may wonder why authorities cannot solve the nagging tailback problem despite knowing the solutions.
20 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Mirpur-10 intersection: Who will control unruly bus drivers?
A visit there is enough to know why people suffer daily from the gridlock: a mindless completion of busses to get more passengers
20 May 2024, 13:30 PM
5yrs after HC order: Govt yet to drop the word ‘Kumari’ from Kabin Nama
The High Court in a 2019 judgement directed the government to drop the word “kumari”, or virgin, from the marriage registration form, terming it defamatory and discriminatory against women.
13 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Cybergangs now selling ‘genuine’ NIDs
Imagine someone ordering and taking delivery of your personal data -- national identity card information, phone call records, and statements from your mobile financial accounts – as conveniently as ordering food online.
9 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Extortionists on the prowl in Badda
A young man wearing a mask and helmet makes a short visit to a local internet service provider’s office in the capital’s Badda Gudaraghat, and on his way out, he pulls a gun out of his pocket and shoots in the general direction of an employee of the establishment without hitting him.
28 April 2024, 18:00 PM
Tortured in Libya: Dreams for a better future now a nightmare
A good job with a handsome salary in Libya -- this is what was promised to Md Romel Mia around two months ago by a migrant trafficking gang.
8 April 2024, 18:00 PM
KNF gets arms, support from other side of border
The strong influence of armed group Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) in Chin and Rakhine states of Myanmar and Mizoram and Manipur states of India has led to its creation in Bangladesh, said security analyst Brig Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain.
6 April 2024, 18:00 PM