Crime & Corruption

Online gambling rackets thrive in plain sight

Online Desk: In all this time, the 29-year-old businessman has never seen anyone profit in the long run. On the contrary, he has seen many, including himself, lose their life

Motijheel ‘top criminal and shooter’ Bappi held

Staff Reporter: Police have arrested Tanim Reza Bappi, describing him as a “top criminal” in Dhaka’s Motijheel, over a shooting at a businessman’s office in Kamalapur. Bappi and three associates

Ziaur Rahman assassination convict Mozzafar arrested after 45yrs

Staff Reporter: Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Detective Branch (DB) has arrested Major (retd) Md Mozzafar Hossain, a convicted assassin of former President Ziaur Rahman, after he remained a fugitive for more

BNP leader killed in Noakhali over ‘protesting drug use’

Noakhali Correspondent: A BNP leader has been stabbed to death in Noakhali’s Kabirhat Upazila after he protested against drug use, according to police and his family. Kabirhat Police Station chief

383 journos faced harassment, attacks in six months: HRSS

TDS Desk: A total of 383 journalists were subjected to harassment, attacks and intimidation across Bangladesh during the first six months of 2026, according to a new report by the

July Uprising murder probes expose fake plaintiffs, ‘dead’ man alive in Saudi Arabia

Investigators have also found cases naming people as suspects despite evidence they were nowhere near the crime scenes Online Desk: Police investigations into several murder and attempted murder cases filed