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.

Cyberbullying: A punishable crime

With the advent of technology and the proliferation of social media, tentacles of the menace became limitless. With the advantage of anonymity made possible by the Internet, the cyberbullies became terrifying, often far worse than the ‘bullying’ that once had a face.

Charity swindlers caught

Sacked customs official Helaluddin used to identify himself as a social worker.

August 8, 2015
August 8, 2015

Opinion: Niloy murder shows the hole again

The government’s image as a secular, progressive and anti-militant political force has been greatly damaged by such killings and the government should look at itself in the mirror to see if this is the image it is happy with.

July 31, 2015
July 31, 2015

The vicious circle of crime and punishment

Crime likens to math in the sense that some problems take longer time to solve, while many also remain hopelessly unresolved.

July 21, 2015
July 21, 2015

Rony charged with murder of 2 in Dhaka

Police file charges only against ruling party lawmaker’s son Bakhtiar Alam Rony over gunning down two people in New Eskaton of Dhaka.

July 20, 2015
July 20, 2015

Cases filed over Ctg landslide, wall collapse

Police file case and arrest two people in connection to the landslide that killed three children in Chittagong city.

July 16, 2015
July 16, 2015

‘Mastermind’, 5 others held over HSC question leak

Detectives claim detention of a mastermind and five others over HSC question leak, answer paper tempering and online cheating.

July 12, 2015
July 12, 2015

Brutal!

A thirteen-year-old boy is beaten to death for his alleged involvement in theft in Sylhet's Kumargaon.

July 10, 2015
July 10, 2015

2 held with Tk 25 lakh fake notes in Dhaka

In continuation of the fake money haul in Dhaka ahead of Eid, Rab seizes Tk 25 lakh in fake notes and claimed arrest of a syndicate ringleader.

July 1, 2015
July 1, 2015

6 held over killing, snatching in Dhaka

Detectives have arrested six persons allegedly involved in separate incidents of killing and snatching in Dhaka.

June 30, 2015
June 30, 2015

3 held in Dhaka over cocaine haul

Customs Intelligence arrest three people in Dhaka for their alleged link with the cocaine consignment seized at Chittagong port.

June 29, 2015
June 29, 2015

3 ‘Hizb-ut Tahrir militants’ held in Ctg

Three alleged militants of the banned outfit Hizb-ut Tahrir arrested from Chittagong city's Muradpur. An English medium school teacher and a lawyer are among them.