At least 1.2 million Rohingyas are now in Bangladesh since they began fleeing Rakhine State in the face of persecution that started in 1942 against the Muslim minority, locals said.With the latest exodus to escape the fresh wave of shooting
Bangladesh has decided to create a database of Rohingyas by collecting biometric details from the hundreds of thousands arriving through various points of its southeast border.Khaled Mahmud, Additional District Magistrate of Cox's Bazaar, said the biometric database is part
The dream of hundreds of pilgrims to perform Hajj may remain unfulfilled this year for alleged corruption and irregularities by some Hajj agencies.Although the agencies were fined and punished for the same offence in the previous years, they in association
Police headquarters have confirmed the whereabouts of Ataul Islam Sabuj believed to be financing terror plots in the country. An Islamic State operative, Sabuj is living in Spain and sent Tk 38 lakh 86 thousand in 2015 by using a
As many as 102 cases out of 161 in connection with countrywide series bomb blasts on August 17 in 2005 have so far been disposed of. At least 59 cases are still under prosecution. In the cases, different courts sentenced
Police have begun a hunt for the patrons of arms dealers in the city after a botched illegal firearms recovery raid left a police officer, a university student and a police driver injured with gunshot wounds at Jurain on Saturday
Is the commercial hub Narayanganj a safe haven for militants? The militant activities are continuing in the guise of different professions. Sometimes they are masqueraded as computer instructors, at times as the imam of various mosques and even as vegetable
How many masterminds were behind the attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery in the posh Gulshan area of Dhaka is not yet known. Police named Nurul Islam Marzan, who was killed in a police raid in the capital's Rayer Bazar
Law enforces are yet to locate Syed Mohammad Ziaul Haque, a suspended major. Haque is also believed to be the leader of the local militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT). He has also been suspected to be the mastermind behind
Indian National Investi-gation Agency (NIA) and Kolkata police special task force (STF) jointly interrogated Sohel Mahfuz on Tuesday for their involvement in Burdwan blast at Police headquarters in Dhaka. The NIA and SFT teams also met Counter Terrorism and Transnational