Police returns 251 missing mobile phones to legal owners
Tejgaon Division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police recovered 251 mobile phones of different brands which were lost, stolen and robbed at different times and returned those to their legal owners.
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Two killed in mob beating in city
Two people were killed in a mob beating in the Sylheti Bazar area of Kamrangirchar in the capital Dhaka on Wednesday.
Teenage girl found dead in Sylhet
A teenage girl allegedly committed suicide after being resisted from using mobile phone by her mother in Sylhet on Sunday...
BB raises transaction limits for MFS users
The Bangladesh Bank on Thursday raised transaction limits for mobile financial services such as bKash, Rocket and Nagad, allowing customers to conduct larger transactions and maintain higher account balances...
One dies as mob beats 3 suspected muggers
At least one man was killed and two others were seriously injured after a mob beat three suspected muggers at Swarighat in the capital鈥檚 Chawk Bazar area early Friday.
Local mobile phone output drops in Feb
The production of mobile phones in Bangladesh saw a significant decline in February, dropping to 13.88 lakh units from that of 18.19 lakh units in January, marking a drop of 4.31 lakh units, according to the latest data from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission...
77 lakh SIMs get deactivated amid political change
The number of mobile subscribers in Bangladesh decreased by 77 lakh from July 2024 to January 2025, while the number of mobile internet users declined by 1.1 crore during this period, according to data from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission...
Mob justice is no justice
THE term 鈥榤ob justice鈥� has recently been widely discussed. It refers to a situation when a chaotic mob ignores the law or the judicial system, uses force and takes the law into its own hands to try the accused. It refers to the punishment of a person by an angry or chaotic mob without the intervention of the legal system or the law enforcement agencies. The recent...
Rebuilding security with community-driven approach
Since the downfall of the former autocratic regime on August 5, 2024, law and order in Bangladesh have been in a state of decline, marked by increasing instability. In the months that followed, mob violence, extortion, and the rise of unruly factions became prevalent. The police force, once aligned with the...
Govt to get tough with mob attacks: Mahfuj Alam
Information and broadcasting adviser Mahfuj Alam on Sunday said that the interim government had decided that from now on it would get tough with all kinds of mob attacks in the country.
Youth jailed in Habiganj for stalking schoolgirl
A mobile court sentenced a youth to six months鈥� imprisonment on charge of stalking a schoolgirl at Chunarughat upazila in Habiganj on Saturday noon.
Police look into 3 men鈥檚 presence in all Towhidi Janata movements
At least three recent incidents in which a mob that called itself 鈥楾owhidi janata鈥� and exerted pressure on law enforcement agencies to release detainees and held protests in front of Prothom Alo and The Daily Star newspapers appear to have been coordinated acts.
119 killed in mob beating in seven months
At least 119 people were killed in 144 mob beating incidents across the country in the past seven months...
Case filed, 2 arrested over mob attack on two Iranians
A case was filed with the Vatara police station on Wednesday following a mob attack on two Iranians in the Basundhara residential area in the capital Dhaka in the previous day...
Mob beat 3, torch motorcycle
A mob allegedly beat three people and torched a motorcycle suspecting them to be robbers at Golabganj upazila in Sylhet early Wednesday...
bKash wins 12 digital marketing awards
Mobile financial service provider bKash has won 12 accolades at the 鈥楧igital Marketing Award-2024,鈥� said a press release...
Blaming victims, shielding mob
THE March 3 protest at Lalmatia that Bangladesh Against Rape and Harassment held was not just a response to a single event but the culmination of growing disappointment with the government鈥檚 failure to protect women from escalating violence. The demonstrators, predominantly woman activists and concerned citizens, burnt an effigy of the home affairs adviser...
Stringent action, not redundant comment, is expected
The remark made by an adviser that mob violence and moral policing will significantly decrease once law and order is fully restored and once people are aware is a redundant remark that only states the obvious. The environment, forest and climate change adviser made the remark at a briefing on March 4 after an advisory council meeting, which discussed the recent spate...
Cabinet discusses mob attacks, harassments
The advisory council on Tuesday discussed the recent incidents of mob attacks and harassments, especially a mob attack at Mohammadpur in the capital Dhaka.
2 killed, 4 hurt in Ctg mob beating
Two men were beaten to death and four others were injured in a mob attack over alleged robbery suspicion at Satkania in Chattogram Monday evening.
Two Iranian nationals come under mob attack in Dhaka
Two Iranian nationals came under a mob attack in the Basundhara residential area in the capital Dhaka Tuesday afternoon on suspicion of being members of a dope gang.
Much more expected of govt to stop continued mob violence
CONTINUED mob violence, with no apparent sign for an early let-up, is worrying, especially because of its implications for law and order. In the latest development, a man, suspected of being a mugger, was beaten to death by a mob at Tongi in Gazipur at night on February 25. The police, who could not identify the deceased until February 26, say that they took away the...
No let-up in mob violence
Mob violence goes unabated in the country with no sign of let-up in immediate future as in latest incidents at least one man was lynched to death and three others beaten up on suspicion of being muggers in Dhaka, Gazipur and Sylhet on Tuesday night...
Transactions through MFS likely to cross Tk 25 lakh crore
Transactions through mobile financial services in Bangladesh may exceed Tk 25 lakh crore in 2025, Bangladesh Bank governor Ahsan H Mansur said on Tuesday...
Bangladesh Army claims operations reduce mob justice, extortion
Bangladesh Army on Monday claimed that the incidents of mob justice, extortion, theft and murder had come down across the country in the last 50 days since December 28 compared to previous two months due to its operations.
EKUSHEY BOOK FAIR: Security increased after mob attack
The police on Tuesday tightened security at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025 after a mob attack on a stall at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka city on Monday...
Mahfuj Alam warns against mob violence
Interim government adviser Mahfuz Alam issued a stern warning on Monday, urging people to refrain from mob violence and from taking the law into their own hands.
Ban on on-campus student politics is no solution
A TASK force that the government instituted in September 2024 submitted its report, Re-strategising the Economy and Mobilising Resources for Equitable and Sustainable Development, on January 30. The task force, composed of 12 members, in the sixth chapter of the report titled 鈥楻eaping the Benefits of Demographic Dividends: Investment in...
Task force emphasises research, innovation to diversify economy
The task force report on re-strategising the Economy and Mobilising Resources for Equitable and Sustainable Development said that Bangladesh can boost its economy by using innovation and R&D to diversify, improve productivity, and add value to its products...
GP launches green service centre at Sylhet
Mobile phone operator Grameenphone has launched 鈥楪reen Grameenphone Centre鈥� in Sylhet鈥檚 Ambarkhana area, as first operator to serve their customers through an eco-friendly service centre...