Tousif Kaium

For more than two decades, 51-year-old Sazzad Mia has run a 120-square-foot scrap metal shop in the bustling heart of Karwan Bazar.

Around 5:00pm on June 20, Istiak Ahmed Pranto stepped out of his house in Faridpur’s Madhukhali. Moments later, a team from the Detective Branch (DB) of police detained the Faridpur Law College student. By the next morning, he was dead.

Amid growing public concern over a persistent rise in violent crime, police have moved to strengthen their organisational capacity and internal coordination to improve law enforcement nationwide.

Six months after the arson attacks on the country’s two leading dailies -- The Daily Star and Prothom Alo -- the investigation remains stalled despite a direct ministerial directive for its swift completion.

Missing phone and limited information about the slain “top criminal’s” contacts have stalled the investigation

The government has initiated legal, diplomatic and administrative measures to bring back former Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed, who was arrested in Dubai on Friday.

Former inspector general of police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed, once among the most powerful law enforcement figures under the ousted Awami League government, has been arrested in Dubai following an Interpol Red Notice sought by Bangladesh.

The arrest was made with assistance from Interpol in corruption case, says home minister

The government has proposed an allocation of around Tk 31,099 crore for the home ministry in the 2026-27 fiscal year, highlighting its ongoing commitment to public security, modernising law enforcement, and developing infrastructure.

Former Swechchhasebak Dal leader Billal Talukdar was killed over the collection of waste and electricity bills from shops adjacent to Anarkali Market in Dhaka’s Mouchak, police and party insiders confirmed.

The dispute centred on control over collections from shops around Anarkali Market in Dhaka’s Mouchak area

A woman's journey to Saudi Arabia, arranged through a broker, spiralled into alleged trafficking, forced labour, sexual exploitation and imprisonment

Before the February election, the BNP vowed to restore law and order and ensure public safety if voted to office.

What began as a mother’s demand for justice -- claiming her son was shot during the July uprising -- was in fact a scripted plot driven by vendetta.

Police officials last night placed a series of demands before Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed, including increasing the number of emergency hotline 999 call-takers, modernising forensic laboratories, and procuring new vehicles for the force.

Bangladesh Police are set to place a series of reform and capacity-building proposals before the prime minister during Police Week 2026, including the appointment of police liaison officers at Bangladesh missions abroad and the establishment of specialised police facilities in Jangal Salimpur, a crime-prone area near Chattogram city.

Police in Cox’s Bazar have arrested a Rohingya youth for alleged links with Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a Pakistan-based militant group.

After filing a case in 2020 accusing 14 people of trafficking his son to Libya and extorting money through torture, Mannan Munshi saw it move to trial and pass through years of hearings -- only to collapse before charges were framed.

For more than a year, Shakil Ahmed from Sunamganj Sadar survived in Libya on a single meal a day -- a piece of hard, stale bread; some vegetables; and half a litre of water.

Former Jatiya Sangsad speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury had arrived at her cousin’s residence in Dhanmondi just hours before she was arrested early yesterday in an attempted murder case linked to the 2024 July uprising.