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 20, 2015
April 20, 2015

7-8 involved in Oyasiqur killing, suspect tells magistrate

A suspect today told a metropolitan magistrate in Dhaka that seven to eight including Zikurullah and Ariful Islam were involved in the killing of blogger Oyasiqur Rahman Babu.

March 26, 2015
March 26, 2015

Secure bail before running for city polls: DB

Legal action will be taken against accused in criminal cases if they run for Dhaka city polls without securing bail, DB official says

March 26, 2015
March 26, 2015

‘BSF’ picks up 4 Bangladesh detectives

Members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) allegedly pick up four members of the Detective Branch (DB) of police at Comilla frontier after they entered into the no-man's land to arrest a Bangladeshi man

March 22, 2015
March 22, 2015

‘Hijacked car’ driver found dead from Turag

The body a chauffeur who went missing after the hijacking of a private car from Mirpur area in Dhaka was recovered today from the Turag River in Tongi

March 21, 2015
March 21, 2015

5 held for 'manufacturing fake currency'

Detectives detain five alleged fake currency manufacturers along with counterfeit notes worth Tk 35 lakh in Ramna area of Dhaka

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 8, 2015
March 8, 2015

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.

March 8, 2015
March 8, 2015

Ctg city Jamaat chief held

Detectives detain Ahsan Ullah Chowdhury, acting chief of Jamaat-e-Islami, from the Chittagong city unit in Halishahar area on charge of planning sabotage during the ongoing blockade and hartal enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance.

March 6, 2015
March 6, 2015

13 Shibir men held in Rajshahi

Detectives have arrested 13 activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir in Rajshahi city in an arson case

March 5, 2015
March 5, 2015

5 JCD men held at DU

Five activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal are held on Dhaka University campus this morning for their alleged attempt to bring out a procession in support of the ongoing hartal.