Asian crime networks running multi-billion-dollar cyber scam centres are expanding their operations across the world as they seek new victims and new ways to launder money, the UN said on Monday...
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser鈥檚 high representative Khalilur Rahman sought optimum cooperation from India on Tuesday in renewing the Ganges Water Sharing Treaty as it will expire in 2026.
A GRADUAL decline in the water level of the River Padma, the eastern and main stream of the Ganges that flows southwest for 365 kilometres to its confluence with the River Meghna near the Bay of Bengal, in Bangladesh鈥檚 northwest is worrying. Researchers believe that the situation has resulted from intensified groundwater depletion in the High Barind Tract, which is known...
Bangladesh has expressed concern over low water flow in the trans-boundary river Ganges...
Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the gang-rape of two women including an Israeli tourist and the death of a man near a UNESCO World Heritage site in India, police said Sunday.
The Rapid Action Battalion on Tuesday said that it had arrested Md Anwar who is accused of running drug trades, mugging and extortion for a long time, sometimes involving murders, in the capital鈥檚 Mohammadpur and its surrounding areas...
A 20-year-old man鈥檚 body has been recovered from the River Buriganga after being missing for four days...
Dhaka on Sunday raised the renewal of the 30-year Ganges water sharing treaty with New Delhi as Bangladesh foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain and Indian external affairs minister S Jaishankar held a meeting on the sidelines of a conference in Muscat in Oman.
UK immigration enforcement teams made over 600 arrests in January, a 73 per cent increase on the same period a year ago, as part of the new Labour government鈥檚 plan to tackle undocumented migration and people smuggling gangs, officials said on Monday...
Members of the criminal investigation department of police have arrested a member of a human trafficking gang at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka...
THE River Buriganga is faced with a slow death. Various public agencies responsible for containing river pollution have not only failed to perform their duties but also contributed to the problem. The dying condition of the river is concerning given that the environment, forest and climate change adviser has repeatedly announced their commitment to protecting...
The police recovered the body of a young woman from the River Buriganga in the Borishur area of Keraniganj, Dhaka on Wednesday afternoon.
Police has arrested seven members of a juvenile gang in connection with a case filed on charges of kidnapping and extortion in Dhaka鈥檚 Uttara area.
A three-day art exhibition titled Gangaburi concluded in Dhaka on Sunday, showcasing site-specific artworks at various locations alongside the Buriganga, including Showari Ghat, Zinzira Ferry Ghat, Kholamora Boat Terminal, Thota Ghat and Madbor Bazar Ghat...
THE relocation of tanneries from Hazaribagh to Dhaka鈥檚 outskirts of Savar had been in discussions until the relocation was somewhat complete a few years ago, with some prickly issues such as pollution still rearing the head. The relocation project began in 2003 on a High Court order of 2001 to save the moribund River Buriganga. The tannery units...
THE River Buriganga, the ecological lifeline of Dhaka, faces a slow death. The photograph that 抖阴精品 published on October 30 shows unabated encroachment on the river land and the unchecked dumping of polythene bags and rubbish in the river at Islambagh in Dhaka. Untreated liquid industrial effluents discharged into the river indiscriminately has left...
Syeda Rizwana Hasan, adviser for environment, forest, and climate change, on Monday said that Bangladesh wanted US assistance in cleaning the Buriganga River and mapping its major polluting sources...
Denmark said Friday it was beefing up its border controls with Sweden following a resurgence of Swedish gang violence that has spilled over into Denmark in recent weeks...
The United Arab Emirates has ordered more than 100 alleged members of a criminal gang to stand trial, state media said Friday, following an increase in mass convictions in the Gulf state...
Detective Branch of the Barishal Metropolitan Police on Thursday arrested two members of a fake currency gang along with fake foreign currency and motorcycle at a residential hotel in the city...
The National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads and Railways on Sunday demanded immediate removal of all structures, including dockyards, built on the banks of River Buriganga...
One person was burnt to death and another went missing after a goods-carrying trawler caught fire in the Buriganga River in Narayanganj鈥檚 Fatullah area on Wednesday afternoon...
A baby and a toddler were among six members of the same family murdered in a central Mexican state plagued by gang-related violence, a local official said on Monday....
A US couple were among three missionaries shot to death by a gang outside a church in the Haitian capital, which has endured months of extreme violence with deadly assaults on hospitals, prisons and government buildings.....
An 18-year-old boy was stabbed to death and another injured in an attack allegedly by a teen gang in Akmal Ali Pocket Gate area under Patenga police station in Chattogram Thursday night....
The Bangladesh Mahila Parishad on Wednesday expressed concerns over as incidents of violence against girls and women were rising in the streets, indoors and outdoors by the youth gang members and relatives as well...
A leader of a teenage gang was killed in an attack allegedly by rival gang members in Patiya upazila of Chattogram Friday afternoon, according to police reports.....
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday directed to deal the juvenile lawbreakers from different perspectives instead of traditional way of combating criminals and prevent crimes of teenage gangs...