Subrata Chanda

Border Guard Bangladesh members seize yaba tablets during an anti-smuggling operation in Cox’s Bazar. Photo: Collected
Law & order

Narcotics control dept plans digital forensic lab to strengthen drug investigations

Members of Detective Branch (DB) of Police rescued one of the stolen lemurs from Dhaka's Shyambazar area on 18 April following the information of the arrestee. File Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

2 lemurs stolen from safari park trafficked to India, CID unable to trace location

Representational image
Crime

Theft, robbery fall, but killings, violence against women, children rise

Chatradal activists take position on the road near Science Lab on 4 August 2026. Photo: Mahadi Hasan/ TBS
Bangladesh

Campus violence exposes gaps in police action beyond immediate clash control

Illustration: TBS
Law & order

Attacks on law enforcers continue, but the pattern has changed

Bomb-like object found under Motijheel metro station today (24 July). Photo: Collected
Crime

Umbrella bomb planted during Rath Jatra would have exploded if opened: DMP sources

Illustration: Ashrafun Naher Ananna/TBS Creative
Crime

Mugging fears grow in Dhaka as fatalities, violent incidents rise

An unmarked speed breaker on a Hatirjheel road. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Hatirjheel roads turn hazardous due to unmarked speed breakers

Collage: TBS
Transport

Scammers exploit AI traffic rollout to fleece motorists

Representational image. File Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin/TBS
Crime

Fears of fake notes, doping gangs grip cattle traders

Infographics: TBS
Migration

Cambodia trafficking: False job promises luring Bangladeshis into scam centres

AI-powered surveillance cameras have been installed at the Bijoy Sarani intersection in Dhaka. The camaras will monitor traffic violations under a new e-prosecution system, detect offences including signal violations, wrong-way driving, riding without helmets and mobile phone use while driving. The photo was taken on 7 May 2026. FILE PHOTO: SYED ZAKIR HOSSAIN/TBS
Bangladesh

Jumped red light? No helmet? Dhaka's AI-run cameras are watching you

Vendors reoccupy the footpath in front of Priyangon Shopping Centre on 22 April 2026, leaving pedestrians with almost no space to walk. Despite recent coordinated eviction drives across eight DMP divisions, many return out of economic necessity. Photo: Subrata Chanda/TBS
Law & order

Why do footpaths remain occupied despite repeated evictions?