DHAKA — Detectives from the South Division of the Dhaka District Detective Branch (DB) have arrested two suspected narcotics traders during coordinated operations in Keraniganj, seizing 72 Yaba tablets in the process. The successful drives were detailed in an official press release issued on Sunday, 9 August, by Md Rezaul Karim, Officer-in-Charge of the Dhaka […]

NATORE — Unidentified miscreants riding dozens of motorcycles launched a targeted attack on the vacant residence of the late Awami League state minister, Abdul Kuddus, in Gurudaspur, Natore, inflicting notable structural damage on the property. The violent encounter occurred at approximately 2:00 pm on Sunday, 9 August, in the Kacharipara neighbourhood under Gurudaspur municipality. Security […]

DHAKA — Mizanur Rahman, a well-known street food vendor who rose to social media fame as ‘Viral Mizan’ for selling beef and rice meals for just 100 Taka, has been arrested by Kafrul Police Station officers in the Agargaon area of the capital. The arrest followed a violent altercation in which he allegedly assaulted municipal […]

DHAKA — Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) officers have arrested a key suspect involved in a sophisticated transnational human trafficking syndicate operating out of Dhaka’s Keraniganj area. The suspect allegedly swindled a jobseeker out of 1.2 million Bangladeshi Taka under the fraudulent promise of securing an Australian work permit visa, before selling him to an overseas […]