Investigative Stories
How Hasina’s flight was kept off radar
When the air force transporter plane carrying Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka on August 5, it took off as a training flight and turned off its transponders to blur its flightpath and location..The transponders, which transmit location, heading
The Daily Star Investigation / A councillor and his illicit tobacco trade
A significant share of Bangladesh’s illegal cigarette market is controlled by two companies where Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) Councillor Abdus Sabur Liton and his brother have the majority stakes, an investigation by The Daily Star has found.
20 plates of rice, 118 plates of curries for a lunch of 4!
NRBC Bank’s top managers have great appetites.
The Daily Star Investigation / Dubious reward for a select few
Only a select 27 employees of NRBC Bank were given salary hikes, and that too astonishingly, in 2022 in violation of banking rules as well as NRBC’s own human resources policy
The Daily Star Investigation / NRBC branch covered up capital flight
Export proceeds worth at least $3.45 million (Tk 34.41 crore) were not repatriated by six customers of NRB Commercial Bank’s Uttara branch, and the bank concealed the trail of the capital flight, according to the bank’s internal audit and case documents.
The Daily Star Investigation / Gun in NRBC Bank boardroom
During the 40th board meeting of NRBC Bank on February 7, 2016, current Chairman Tamal Parvez and Director Adnan Imam entered the boardroom accompanied by a man carrying a large gun. Both Tamal and Adnan were board directors back then.
Star investigation / Sex trafficking: The untold exploitations of Bangladeshi women in India
Many Bangladeshi sex workers, once victims themselves, now serve as brothel managers, perpetuating the vicious cycle. They employ fellow countrywomen, who later become traffickers responsible for bringing new girls from Bangladesh into the clutches of these brothels.
Part-4 / No coming home
After rescuing trafficking victims, the Indian police do not take them to shelter centre; they file cases under criminal laws.
Most wanted criminal Mollah Masud held in West Bengal
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police in West Bengal has arrested Molla Masud, a most wanted criminal in Bangladesh
CID gets 2 more months for Manzoor murder investigation
A Dhaka court gives Criminal Investigation Department two more months to complete further investigation in General Manzoor murder case
Detectives raid Farabi’s Sylhet house
DB conducts a drive in the Sylhet residence of Shafiur Rahman Farabi, prime suspect in the blogger-writer Avijit Roy killing.
Missing MH370 plane 'will be found'
Malaysia's transport minister says he is confident the missing MH370 aircraft will be found in the Indian Ocean.
3 found dead in Sylhet
Three people, including a teenage girl, have been found dead in different parts of Sylhet district
Farabi admits of threats to kill Avijit: Rab
Farabi Shafiur Rahman, the prime suspect in the sensational murder case of writer-blogger Avijit Roy, has admitted making online postings threatening to kill Avijit, according to Rab
Avijit’s body handed over to DMC for research
Body of slain writer and blogger Avijit Roy has been handed over to Dhaka Medical College for medical research after people pay last tributes to him at Dhaka University
US ready to assist Avijit’s killing probe
The United States is ready to assist in investigation into brutal killing of Bangladesh-born US citizen Avijit Roy, if sought, US Department of State Spokesperson Jen Psaki says
2 Bangla speaking girls among 3 teens ‘on way to join IS'
Fears are growing for the safety of three east London schoolgirls who police believes are trying to cross the Turkish-Syrian border to join Islamic State (IS).
Green initiative left in the lurch
More than two decades on, the government has been able to take the programme to the doorstep of some 20 percent farmers