Subrata Chanda

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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

Representational Image. Photo: TBS
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

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Bangladesh

Police fear extremist attacks on candidates’ electioneering

Representational Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

1,362 looted weapons remain missing nationwide amid election security concerns

Former general secretary of Dhaka north unit of the BNP’s Swechchhasebak Dal wing Azizur Rahman Musabbir. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Shot twice: Swechchhasebak Dal issues 24-hour ultimatum over Musabbir killing

Prime suspects in Hadi shooting, Faisal Karim Masud and Md Alamgir Sheikh, reportedly fled to Meghalaya, India, via a remote border route in Haluaghat, Mymensingh. Faisal Karim reportedly shared this selfie with several contacts on the night of 13 December. Photo: Taken from journalist Zulkarnain Saer’s Facebook post
Crime

How Hadi's shooters slipped past security forces

Photo: Collected
Crime

Mohammadpur double murder: Suspect still at large, had prior theft record