Toll may rise; around 170 injured, many critically; ISPR says ‘mechanical failure’ caused BAF training plane to plunge into Uttara school
At least 19 people were killed and more than 100 injured after a Bangladesh Air Force F-7 aircraft crashed into the Milestone College campus in Uttara
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.
Hridoy Matobbar, 22, an employee at a computer shop in the capital’s Shaympur, learned counterfeiting from YouTube and mastered his computer skills to produce fake money at home. He formed a network and started selling counterfeit currency on social media.
Imagine walking down a quiet street, minding your own business, when a stranger approaches. They offer you a seemingly harmless business card, and you take it without thinking twice. Little did you know that the card was soaked in a drug, which would be absorbed by your skin within minutes.
Former IGP Benazir Ahmed and his family members acquired almost all their land during his tenure as the chief of the police and Rab, according to property records listed by the Anti-Corruption Commission.
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.
For the first time, Bangladesh introduced an online cattle identification and registration system, providing customers with access to comprehensive information about the registered cattle through barcode scanning.
50,000 animals to come under online registration system
A kidney-trafficking syndicate used to target underprivileged people and take them to India with fake job offers. Upon arriving in Delhi, the gang took these victims hostage and forcibly removed their kidneys.
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.
Joynal Abedin alias Idrish, a former salesman of a jewelry shop in Dhaka’s Mirpur, managed to have six NID cards bearing his name with the help of an outsourced employee at the Election Commission’s NID wing.
The Criminal Investigation Department discovered assets worth Tk 178.44 crore belonging to twelve “drug kingpins,” including two brothers of a former Awami League lawmaker Abdur Rahman Bodi.
