The child brides of Rasulpur
As Meem tended to the child, a group of girls around her age strolled past the yard.
19h ago
Despite surplus, cattle smuggling on ahead of Eid
There’s hardly a month left to celebrate Eid-ul Azha.
1d ago
Harassment writ large
Mosharrof Hossain, 48, has been a reconditioned car seller for 30 years and has never been arrested or accused in any criminal case.
1d ago
Taking tk 9 lakh for police job: Suspended, 2 cops now blame each other
Ratan Das, 22, was an employee of a cosmetic shop in Madaripur.
6d ago
‘City tolls’ now an easy way of extortion
Having driven his truck all the way from Chattogram, Kashem Mia reached Swamibagh in the capital around 1:00am on March 27, when a group of young men appeared on the road and waved desperately.
1w ago
Fake job offer in Kyrgyzstan: 3 of a trafficking syndicate held
Sona Mia, 39, a rickshaw-puller in Rajbari, saw an advertisement on YouTube in December last year, that a company -- “Jannat Trade International” -- offers working visas for washing cars in Kyrgyzstan.
1w ago
How drugs find their way inside prisons
In a midnight raid on February 8, Jashore police arrested Ashraful Murad Rubel, a guard at the district’s central jail, for his involvement in drug trade.
2w ago
Teacher Recruitment Exam Question Leak: ‘Syndicate struck a deal with 200 candidates’
A syndicate made an arrangement with at least 200 candidates prior to the third phase written test for the recruitment of assistant teachers in government primary schools, offering to provide leaked question papers along with solutions.
3w ago
February 24, 2024
To be able to dream again
At first glance it looks like a happy gathering of women and girls spanning ages from 15 to 50 years. We are greeted by this group of 30 and they welcome us with a song and dance routine.
February 23, 2024
To Europe via Libya: A voyage fraught with peril
An undocumented Bangladeshi migrant worker choosing to enter Europe from Libya, will almost certainly be held captive by armed militias, tortured, and their families extorted for lakhs of taka.
February 21, 2024
Election brings ‘rewards’ for cops
It seems like the election years bring “blessings” for the police force, since, if not anything else, the number of Police Awards recipients increases manifold right after the national polls.
February 16, 2024
Why should we suffer for political vengeance?
Around 40 days after the arson attack on Benapole Express on January 5, police handed over bodies of four victims to their relatives from Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue yesterday.
February 16, 2024
‘Alor Iskul’ brings light to their lives
A year ago, attending school was a distant dream for 10-year-old Alamin Islam.
February 13, 2024
Trapped through TikTok
“We are in danger. Please save us!”
February 10, 2024
Building an empire on smuggled gold
Land sprawling across acres, mansions fit for royalty, and a fleet of gleaming cars -- the “brothers in crime” of the “Bhai-Bhai” syndicate have built an empire by smuggling gold through the Benapole border.
February 9, 2024
They trafficked people for organs
Police have arrested a member of a transnational syndicate that is trafficking women from Bangladesh to India and the Middle East.
January 28, 2024
Back to planning sabotage a day after release
Just a day after securing bail in five cases filed under the anti-terrorism act and coming out of jail, Mufti Jashimuddin Rahmani, chief of banned outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team, started planning for sabotage activities in full swing.
January 27, 2024
Torture of 4 men in custody: Police probe finds addl SP, OC guilty
An investigation has found evidence that an additional superintendent of police and an inspector had physically tortured four men in custody at a police station in Shariatpur last year.
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