Gripped by fear, many residents of Haddipatti in Dhaka’s Darus Salam area have fled their homes, even after the arrest of a notorious gang leader, Babu Khan -- locally known as “Tunda Babu”.
Data from the Police Headquarters presents a grim picture of violent crimes, including murder, mugging, robbery, extortion, and mob violence, in the first six months of 2025.
The Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) filed over 1.22 lakh drug-related cases in a little over five years, but only 11 percent of those have been disposed of.
Md Selim, a grocer from Beltoli Bazar in Mymensingh’s Phulbaria, has been listed as dead in a murder case filed over last year’s July uprising.
Several recent mugging incidents, some taking place in broad daylight, have also rattled residents
Police have arrested over 48,400 people across the country over the last one month, according to data from the Police Headquarters.
Three individuals named as witnesses in the case filed over the killing of Mahfuz Alam Shraban during last year’s mass uprising said they were unaware of being listed as witnesses.
Police have arrested more than 12,700 people across the country over the past eight days.
Kohinur Begum (57) came to the capital 25 years ago with her husband, who was a rickshaw puller, and four sons from Bhola, as their house was destroyed by the nearby river.
The incident of Erfan Salim and his men assaulting a navy officer in Dhanmondi on Sunday was not recorded by any CCTV cameras in the vicinity, but the police have amateur videos of the incident.
With suspended ward councillor Erfan Salim behind bars, locals in Debidas Ghat Lane of the capital’s Chawkbazar are still afraid to talk out about his illegal activities.
The CCTV camera of Hotel Bondhu captured it all.
More than a dozen complaints of assault, blackmail and extortion, and verbal abuse of female visitors have been submitted to Jahangirnagar University authorities against its chief security officer Sudipta Shaheen in the four years since he took office.
The books he used to read, the prizes he won, and the clothes he wore -- all are now stowed gracefully in a showcase, just the way Abrar Fahad used to keep them in his dormitory in Buet.
She is a woman of myriad disguises.
Stamford University student Shipra Debnath, also a crew member of slain Maj (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan, has promised to file cases under the Digital Security Act against police officials and others who made her life miserable by circulating her private photos on social media.
Shipra Debnath, a student of Stamford University and a crew member of slain Maj (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan, has fallen victim to cyberbullying, her family alleged.
Just before heading to Cox’s Bazar a month ago, Shipra Debnath, a student of Stamford University in Dhaka, told her brother Suvojit Debnath: “I will direct a documentary.”
