In a significant blow to the capital’s criminal underworld, a specialised unit of the joint forces, led by the Bangladesh Army, has apprehended Mehedi Hasan, alias Deepu. The high-stakes operation targeted a residence in the Bepari Para area of Middle Badda, uncovering a sophisticated cache of illegal weaponry. Deepu is identified as a primary lieutenant […]

In a significant blow to clandestine extremist networks, the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police has arrested a high-ranking member of the banned militant outfit, Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB). The suspect, identified as 50-year-old Ahsan Zahir Khan, was apprehended during a targeted operation in the capital’s Shere-e-Bangla Nagar area. […]

In a development that has sent shockwaves through the upper echelons of the civil aviation sector, a Dhaka court has ordered the imprisonment of Dr Safiqur Rahman, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, on charges of child domestic worker abuse. The ruling, delivered on Monday, 2 February, also saw his […]