Subrata Chanda

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. 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?

Officers of the Fire Service and Civil Defence bring out a dead body from the rubble of the gas lighter manufacturing factory in the Kadamtali Gol Chattar area, Keraniganj on 4 April 2026. Photo: FSCD
Bangladesh

'Guard charged with a stick as we tried to leave': Child worker escapes Keraniganj factory fire, grandmother missing

Relatives show Shahinur Akter's photo on a mobile phone. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

She returned to work after a year – now Shahinur is missing in Keraniganj fire

Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS
Bangladesh

46 dead in Green Cozy Cottage fire: 'Kacchi Bhai' accused of locking gate to prevent unpaid bills

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Bangladesh Election 2026

Security concerns rise as Police HQ records 411 violent incidents since election schedule declared

The violence occurred on 23 Jan in the Chargayghar area of Shariatpur Sadar upazila, under Shulpara union/Collected
Bangladesh Election 2026

Violence during campaign threatens election-day security as police keep high-risk centres under watch

Illustration: TBS
Bangladesh

Police fear extremist attacks on candidates’ electioneering