Detective Branch

Actor Marzuk Russell reports fake Facebook page to police

Popular lyricist, actor and poet Marzuk Russell has recently filed a complaint to the Detective Branch (DB) of Police to report against a fake Facebook page that runs by his name.

7 held over question paper leak

The Detective Branch of police has claimed to have arrested seven persons for leaking question papers of recruitment tests through devices.

Subarnachar Rape: Charge sheet submitted against 16

The Detective Branch (DB) of police yesterday submitted a charge sheet before a Noakhali court naming 16 people as accused in a case filed over the gang rape of a housewife in Subarnachar upazila.

Huji now raising funds through robbery: DB

Banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad Bangladesh (Huji) had been engaged in fund collection through robbery to reorganise itself and free a death row inmate either by ambushing a prison van or attacking a jail, police said.

Editorial / DB men involved in kidnapping

If abuse of power is the worst of all forms of corruption, as some say, a section of our security forces is definitely making the most of it.

1750 yaba tablets seized

Detective Branch (DB) of Police in separate drives arrested two drug peddlers with illegal drugs and arms in Dewanganj and Islampur upazilas of the district on Monday night.

5 fake detectives held in Dhaka

Law enforcers claims to have arrested five fake members of Detective Branch of police along with a pistol and a revolver from Dhaka.

IO of SP’s wife killing case changed

The investigation officer (IO) of police official’s wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu murder case has been changed. Kamruzzaman, an assistant commissioner of Detective Branch (DB), has been given charge of the case in place of DB Inspector Rakibuddin.

5 held over textile mill official killing

Detectives detain five persons in Khilgaon of Dhaka for their alleged involvement with the killing of a textile mill official last week.

April 16, 2016
April 16, 2016

'Murder attempt' on Joy: Shafik Rehman on 5-day remand

Seven hours into his arrest, Shafik Rehman, a pro-BNP intellectual, is placed on a five-day remand in a case filed for alleged attempts to abduct and murder Sajeeb Wazed Joy.

March 7, 2016
March 7, 2016

Banasree 2-kid murder probe handed to DB

Detectives have been tasked with the probe into the death of two children - 14-year-old Nusrat Aman Aroni and her six-year-old brother Alvi Aman - in Dhaka’s Banasree area. According to law enforcers, they were killed by their mother Mahfuza Malek Jasmine.

February 27, 2016
February 27, 2016

4 'robbers' hurt in 'gunfight' with cops

Four suspected robbers were hit by bullets during a “gunfight” with a team of Detective Branch of police in Gazipur city's Kodda

February 19, 2016
February 19, 2016

Detective hurt in Badda attack

A member of detective branch (DB) of police is injured as alleged miscreants attacked a team of DB in North Badda of Dhaka.

February 2, 2016
February 2, 2016

Pakistan high commission staff held, freed later

Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka yesterday alleged a team of the Detective Branch of police threatened to kill one of its employees if he failed to provide them with a huge amount of money.

August 29, 2015
August 29, 2015

5 ‘int’l human organ traffickers’ placed on 3-day remand

A Dhaka court grants three-day remand against each of the five people held in connection with a case filed against them for their alleged involvement with international human organ trafficking syndicate.

August 20, 2015
August 20, 2015

12 ‘doping gang members’ held in Dhaka

Detectives claim detention of 12 members of doping gangs including two ringleaders of such rackets from Dhaka.

August 10, 2015
August 10, 2015

DB takes over Niloy murder probe

DB takes over charge of blogger Niladri Chattopadhyay Niloy’s murder probe from police, three days after the killing.

June 18, 2015
June 18, 2015

20 members of 'dope gang' held in Dhaka

Detectives arrest 20 members of an agyan (dope) party from different parts in Dhaka.

June 14, 2015
June 14, 2015

‘War criminal’ held in Shariatpur

Shariatpur police arrested a war crimes suspect, hours after a war crimes tribunal issued arrest warrant against him for his alleged involvement in war-times crimes committed during the Liberation War in 1971.