Zia Chowdhury

Zia Chowdhury is a Staff Correspondent at The Business Standard with a wealth of experience in reporting on human rights violations, law enforcement affairs, accidents, fires, and crimes. He can be reached at zianews24@gmail.com
 

The area in front of the Ashulia Police Station in Savar where the bodies were stacked on a van. The photo was taken on 31 August. Photo: Noman Mahmud/TBS
Panorama

Deadly 5 Aug: Unveiling the shocking truth behind the Ashulia carnage

Hasanatul Islam Faiyaz. Photo: Courtesy
Panorama

The teen in handcuffs and and ropes: Police brutality on 17-year-old Faiyaz

Illustration: TBS
Crime

DB Harun's property empire in Uttara

This photo was shared on social media with misleading information in the caption. Photo: Collected from Facebook
Bangladesh

Was Azimpur Govt Girls' School principal really tied to a tree?

Police were noticeably absent from the Detective Branch, and most police stations following the fall of Awami League government. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

How life goes without police

Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan. Sketch: TBS
Politics

Ensuring justice for those killed, reforming institutions top priorities: Rizwana

Uttara East Police Station on 6 August, a day after it was vandalised. Photo: Zia Chowdhury/TBS
Law & order

361 police stations resume operations amid strike, officers work undercover

The DMP HQ in Dhaka. File Photo: Zia Chowdhury/TBS
Bangladesh

Police stay absent defying order, remain firm on 11 demands

Newly-appointed Inspector General of Police Md Mainul Islam briefed media today (7 August). Photo: Zia Chowdhury/TBS
Bangladesh

Police ordered back to duty amid ongoing tension

The DMP HQ in Dhaka. File Photo: Zia Chowdhury/TBS
Law & order

Police nowhere to be found, reform within the force sought

From left: Obaidul Quder; Salman F Rahman, Shamim Osman, Fazle Noor Taposh, Anisul Huq, Saddam Hossain
Bangladesh

The AL men who fled country before Hasina

Students protesting at Science Lab area on 29 July getting picked up by the police. Photo: Nayem Ali/TBS
Crime

2,630 arrested in DMP raids: Over 85% students, ordinary citizens

Shahadat Hossain, a security guard at the Narayanganj district office of the Directorate of Passports and Immigration. Photo: Collected
Crime

PSC question leak: N'ganj passport office guard Shahadat has assets worth Tk10-12 crore