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Mamunur Rashid

Senior Staff Reporter

Mamun is the Senior Staff Reporter focused on crime issues at the Daily Observer since March ’2014. Previously, he served as Staff Reporter of the New Nation and bangla Daily Ajkar Kajoj.
Mamun can be reached at [email protected]

Criminals freed on bail begin same activities ad infinitum

Mamunur Rashid

For some of notorious criminals in the country, arrest and imprisonment have failed to bring an end to their alleged criminal activities. Instead, a recurring cycle has emerged: arrest, detention, release on bail and, in some cases, a return to

Mob killings expose law and order crisis

Mamunur Rashid

At 4am on Tuesday, 32-year-old pickup driver Jony received a phone call from a friend asking him to meet in Kajla, in Dhaka’s Jatrabari area. The meeting ended in a beating that left him dead.Two hours later, another pickup driver,

Highway robbery rising rapidly

Mamunur Rashid

Roads and highways across the country including Dhaka city are emerging as major crime hotspots, with police data showing that more than 85 per cent of robbery cases recorded in August occurred on the roads, exposing travellers to heightened security

Questions over 85 sentenced without drug tests

Mamunur Rashid

The sentencing of 85 people detained during a police raid at a rented residence belonging to Additional Deputy Inspector General Abdullah Al Zahir in Dhaka has raised questions over the evidence used to convict them, allegations of coercion and the

CHT peace elusive despite thousands of sacrifices

Mamunur Rashid

Peace still remains elusive despite the loss of lives of thousands of Bengali residents and around 400 members of law enforcement agencies, including army personnel in the Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT) since 1980.The protracted conflict has also displaced communities and

Nearly 4,000 abducted in 6yrs, mainly for ransom

Mamunur Rashid

Bangladesh recorded 3,912 kidnapping incidents over the past six years, with cases surging to a six-year high in 2025, when 1,102 people were reported kidnapped, according to police statistics. The figure was about 71.65 per cent higher than the 642

Tk 555cr dues from Banglalink remain unresolved

Mamunur Rashid

The government is seeking to recover Tk 555 crore in outstanding dues from Banglalink Digital Communications, while a separate Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) case over an alleged interest waiver has brought the telecom operator's tax liabilities and the protection of public

AI surveillance planned to block yaba smuggling routes

Mamunur Rashid

Despite massive seizures of yaba along Bangladesh’s border with Myanmar, the drug continues to reach Cox’s Bazar and other parts of the country through hill tracks, old roads and alternative routes.To plug these gaps, Chattogram Range Police have proposed 11

Drugs become currency in cross-border smuggling

Mamunur Rashid

The smuggling economy along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border is becoming increasingly lucrative as narcotics are allegedly being used to settle the value of goods transported from Bangladesh to conflict-hit Rakhine, according to law enforcement officials and people familiar with the trade.The

Rakhine war reshapes cross-border smuggling

Mamunur Rashid

The conflict in Myanmar’s Rakhine State is reshaping the long-running Bangladesh-Myanmar smuggling trade, with criminal networks increasingly sending essential goods into Rakhine and bringing yaba, crystal methamphetamine commonly known as ice, and other narcotics back into Bangladesh.The illicit trade, once