Insecurity grips city as many police stations deserted
With many police stations unmanned and arms and ammunition looted, there is a sense of serious insecurity among people in the capital and elsewhere in the country.
1w ago
Abu Sayed’s death in police firing: Cops’ FIR runs counter to known facts
Video footage shows police shooting at Begum Rokeya University student Abu Sayed, who posed no physical threat to the law enforcers, during the quota reform protest near the campus on July 16. He died soon afterwards.
3w ago
A dream shot down by pellets
Asif Hasan dreamed of completing his studies and becoming a government administration cadre officer.
4w ago
Bangladeshi women being sold in China
Fooled by a gang, a widow in Chuadanga got her daughter married to a Chinese national named Cui Po Wei on July 1 last year, hoping that she would rise out of poverty.
1m ago
Fear forced Hindus to sell their land to ex-IGP Benazir
A cluster of shanty-like homes belonging to Hindus are accessible only by a makeshift bamboo bridge over a roadside canal at Patikelbari village of Gopalganj Sadar upazila. The rickety structures declare the financial constraint of the 100 or so Maitra family.
2m ago
‘The executer of the plot’
Amanullah is not the real name of an alleged killer of Jhenaidah-4 lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar. His is actually Fazl Ahmed Bhuiyan alias Shimul Bhuiyan of Khulna.
2m ago
‘Narrow escape from crossfire’
With his hands tied, trader Abdul Basit was forced to get off a police van at Rarai village in Sylhet’s Zakiganj upazila in the dead of night on September 13, 2019.
2m ago
Buses run wild as cops ‘look away’
Stuck at the Mirpur-10 intersection, commuters may wonder why authorities cannot solve the nagging tailback problem despite knowing the solutions.
2m ago
August 7, 2024
Insecurity grips city as many police stations deserted
With many police stations unmanned and arms and ammunition looted, there is a sense of serious insecurity among people in the capital and elsewhere in the country.
July 27, 2024
Abu Sayed’s death in police firing: Cops’ FIR runs counter to known facts
Video footage shows police shooting at Begum Rokeya University student Abu Sayed, who posed no physical threat to the law enforcers, during the quota reform protest near the campus on July 16. He died soon afterwards.
July 20, 2024
A dream shot down by pellets
Asif Hasan dreamed of completing his studies and becoming a government administration cadre officer.
June 27, 2024
Bangladeshi women being sold in China
Fooled by a gang, a widow in Chuadanga got her daughter married to a Chinese national named Cui Po Wei on July 1 last year, hoping that she would rise out of poverty.
June 12, 2024
Fear forced Hindus to sell their land to ex-IGP Benazir
A cluster of shanty-like homes belonging to Hindus are accessible only by a makeshift bamboo bridge over a roadside canal at Patikelbari village of Gopalganj Sadar upazila. The rickety structures declare the financial constraint of the 100 or so Maitra family.
May 24, 2024
‘The executer of the plot’
Amanullah is not the real name of an alleged killer of Jhenaidah-4 lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar. His is actually Fazl Ahmed Bhuiyan alias Shimul Bhuiyan of Khulna.
May 23, 2024
‘Narrow escape from crossfire’
With his hands tied, trader Abdul Basit was forced to get off a police van at Rarai village in Sylhet’s Zakiganj upazila in the dead of night on September 13, 2019.
May 21, 2024
Personal data up for sale online!
Some government employees are selling citizens’ NID card and phone call details through hundreds of Facebook, Telegram, and WhatsApp groups, the National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre has found.
May 21, 2024
Buses run wild as cops ‘look away’
Stuck at the Mirpur-10 intersection, commuters may wonder why authorities cannot solve the nagging tailback problem despite knowing the solutions.
May 20, 2024
Mirpur-10 intersection: Who will control unruly bus drivers?
A visit there is enough to know why people suffer daily from the gridlock: a mindless completion of busses to get more passengers
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