Teen Gang Culture: Too dangerous to be ignored
From petty crimes to murder, stalking to rape, mugging to drug abuse -- teen gangs have been making headlines again for the last few months.
14 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Mohammadpur Geneva Camp: Notorious narcos back in business
Police checkposts stand just before the entrance of Mohammadpur Geneva Camp. A few steps into the camp, it’s the same old sight that used to be seen at the notorious drug den of the capital before the 2018 anti-narcotics crackdown.
14 November 2020, 18:00 PM
ASP Anisul’s Death: Director of Mind Hospital arrested, 4 others on run
Three days into the death of senior ASP Anisul Karim allegedly due to beating by staffers of Mind Aid Psychiatry and De-Addiction Hospital in the capital’s Adabor, four of its shareholders are still on the run.
11 November 2020, 18:00 PM
It was a murder
A day after Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police Anisul Karim was allegedly assaulted to death by its staff, the Mind Aid Psychiatry and De-Addiction Hospital in the capital’s Adabor was all but deserted yesterday.
10 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Dreams of a family, burnt down to ashes
Kohinur Begum (57) came to the capital 25 years ago with her husband, who was a rickshaw puller, and four sons from Bhola, as their house was destroyed by the nearby river.
31 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Incident not covered by any CCTV cameras
The incident of Erfan Salim and his men assaulting a navy officer in Dhanmondi on Sunday was not recorded by any CCTV cameras in the vicinity, but the police have amateur videos of the incident.
29 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Locals still afraid to talk about Erfan
With suspended ward councillor Erfan Salim behind bars, locals in Debidas Ghat Lane of the capital’s Chawkbazar are still afraid to talk out about his illegal activities.
28 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Clear, yet not seen
The CCTV camera of Hotel Bondhu captured it all.
27 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Security officer gone rogue
More than a dozen complaints of assault, blackmail and extortion, and verbal abuse of female visitors have been submitted to Jahangirnagar University authorities against its chief security officer Sudipta Shaheen in the four years since he took office.
25 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Keepsakes are all she has
The books he used to read, the prizes he won, and the clothes he wore -- all are now stowed gracefully in a showcase, just the way Abrar Fahad used to keep them in his dormitory in Buet.
6 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Zinia Abduction from DU: Lupa, a woman of many avatars
She is a woman of myriad disguises.
9 September 2020, 18:00 PM
I will sue everyone, I swear
Stamford University student Shipra Debnath, also a crew member of slain Maj (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan, has promised to file cases under the Digital Security Act against police officials and others who made her life miserable by circulating her private photos on social media.
17 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Cyberbullying now adds to her trauma
Shipra Debnath, a student of Stamford University and a crew member of slain Maj (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan, has fallen victim to cyberbullying, her family alleged.
15 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Killing of ex-Army Major Sinha: Three youths caught up in accusations
Just before heading to Cox’s Bazar a month ago, Shipra Debnath, a student of Stamford University in Dhaka, told her brother Suvojit Debnath: “I will direct a documentary.”
5 August 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Suspects’ held 2 days before blast
Contradicting the police account, family members of two of the suspects arrested in connection with the explosion at Pallabi Police Station said they were detained two days before the incident.
30 July 2020, 18:00 PM
No end to their trauma in sight
Like any other teenage student, Tarek Aziz would attend classes or hang out with friends on the campus. He would also go to a movie or play cricket or football in his spare time.
28 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Medical College Admission Test: Same gang, over and over again
Just three days before the medical college entrance test in 2015, Rab said it arrested the ringleader and three members of the gang that leaked the questions.
25 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Shahed’s gang delivered ‘accident’ victims
A middle-aged man from Sylhet’s Companiganj came to the capital’s Uttara at his relative’s house in May last year. He was waiting for a rickshaw in front of Regent Hospital when a car hit him from behind.
18 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Ministry high officials played it for JKG
Two additional secretaries of the health ministry and two directors of the health directorate allegedly helped JKG Healthcare CEO Ariful Chaudhury to get the contract for collecting Covid-19 test samples.
18 July 2020, 18:00 PM
DGHS aware of JKG Health Care scams
Surgeon Sabrina Arif Chaudhury told interrogators that she had warned the health directorate multiple times about corruptions in JKG as soon as she found out what was going on.
16 July 2020, 18:00 PM