Three individuals named as witnesses in the case filed over the killing of Mahfuz Alam Shraban during last year’s mass uprising said they were unaware of being listed as witnesses.
Police have arrested more than 12,700 people across the country over the past eight days.
Over the years, the authorities spent over Tk 119 crore on modernising the equipment, but Dhaka traffic is mostly managed manually.
Highway Police officials cited insufficient manpower, inadequate logistics support, and the absence of a modern, technology-driven policing system as key factors behind the unit's struggles.
At least 5,632 reports of rape of girls aged below 18 were made across the country in the last 10 years, according to Ain o Salish Kendra data.
Monim Jamaddar’s phone rang amidst the chaos in front of the hotel in flames. His father Miron’s panicked voice on the other end said, “I’m trapped inside. Smoke is everywhere. I can’t find a way out.”
The data come in a stark contrast with home adviser's depiction of the country's law and order situation as "satisfactory".
When images of Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus inspecting three secret detention centres emerged in the media yesterday, it did not take long for survivors to recognise the places where they had been held captive.
After years of denial by the authorities, chilling details about secret prisons are now emerging as victims of enforced disappearances begin to speak out after their release following the dramatic fall of Sheikh Hasina’s 16-year regime.
After years-long legal battles, all 110 cases against Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus and his organisation Grameen Telecom over alleged labour law violations were dropped by union workers and employees on May 23, 2022, following a settlement regarding payment claims.
With a shift in political landscape, new groups are vying for control at some slums and footpaths in Dhaka.
The dramatic rise of Nahid Islam and Asif Mahmud
History was made yesterday when two university students in their mid-20s were sworn in as the youngest ever advisers to an interim government.
Patients and attendants of Dhaka Medical College Hospital were gripped by fear as alleged Chhatra League activists launched two consecutive attacks on the student protesters there last evening.
Nearly four months back, an Indian medical student, Shaheen Rawshan, lost his iPhone 15 Pro Max in Kerala. After about three months, he tracked its location to the East Rasulpur area of Kamrangirchar in Bangladesh.
Some more current and former officials of the Public Service Commission are involved in leaking questions for government recruitment tests, police and intelligence officials said.
If you lose an iPhone in Bangladesh, chances are it has already been sold at an unbelievably cheaper price in one of the many states of India.
Prices of almost all varieties of rice have gone up in the capital’s kitchen markets over the last one week.
