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6 months of interim govt: Citizens still in fear for safety

Many citizens feel unprotected and vulnerable since law enforcement agencies have not been able to regain control

Opinion / Govt's decision to release top criminals proving costly

Despite assurances from police of a zero-tolerance policy, citizens have seen a surge in crime

Two security personnel stabbed dead at S Alam Coal Power Plant

The deceased were identified as Sarwar Alam and Rashed Jawardar.

Opinion / Tackling the bad apples of police

The onus of ensuring malpractice-free management of the police force squarely rests with the police hierarchy.

When exporters launder crores

In what seems like a story straight out of a Netflix crime drama, a whopping Tk 821 crore has been laundered out of Bangladesh

Man dies after being stabbed in Dhaka’s Panthapath

The deceased was identified as Md Faruk, 26, a resident of Karwan Bazar area

‘I am innocent, why is my bail being delayed?’

She was arrested by Rampura police on November 10 in a case filed over the death of Buet student Fardin Noor Parash. On Wednesday, DB said they found that Bushra was not involved in his death.

The unfortunate apathy of bystanders

Most bystanders do nothing to help.

Cause of infant’s death: Bullet or some other object

Officials yesterday said either a bullet or a different object hit the head of the infant who got killed amid Wednesday’s polls-time violence in Thakurgaon.

March 12, 2015
March 12, 2015

SC extends stay on Minar bail till April 1

The Supreme Court extended a stay on High Court bail order to Mahtab Uddin Chowdhury Minar, the prime accused in Fulgazi upazila chairman Ekramul Haque murder case, till April 1.

March 11, 2015
March 11, 2015

Nemtsov murder: Zaur Dadayev confession 'forced'

Zaur Dadayev, one of two suspects charged with the murder of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, confessed under duress, says a member of Russia's Human Rights Council

March 11, 2015
March 11, 2015

Suriname leader’s son gets 16yrs of US prison

The son of Suriname's president is sentenced on Tuesday to 16-1/4 years in prison, after pleading guilty last August to US charges that he tried to offer a home base to the Lebanese paramilitary group Hezbollah

March 11, 2015
March 11, 2015

Bullet-hit body recovered in Rajshahi, police say

Police say they have recovered bullet-hit body of a youth and also rescued two people with bullet wounds in Rajshahi city this morning

March 10, 2015
March 10, 2015

Get DNA test done by FBI, court tells Avijit murder investigators

A Dhaka court today ordered the Detective Branch (DB) of police to get a DNA test of the Avijit Roy murder evidence done by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

March 7, 2015
March 7, 2015

Feni ‘Jubo League leader’ guns down female witness

A local Jubo League leader allegedly guns down a female witness of a case filed against him in Sonagazi upazila of Feni

March 6, 2015
March 6, 2015

3 found dead in Sylhet

Three people, including a teenage girl, have been found dead in different parts of Sylhet district

March 6, 2015
March 6, 2015

27kg gold seized from NKorea diplomat at Shahjalal

Customs authority seized 170 gold bars weighing 27 kilogrammes from a North Korean diplomat at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

March 6, 2015
March 6, 2015

12 BNP, Jamaat men held in Dhaka

Police detain at least 12 activists of BNP and its key ally Jamaat-e-Islami in 24-hour raids through Dhaka

March 1, 2015
March 1, 2015

Dhaka to engage FBI in Avijit murder probe

Dhaka has decided to take the help of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to investigate the murder of blogger Avijit Roy.