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Some 1,362 firearms and an estimated 250,000 rounds of ammunition looted from police stations, outposts, vehicles, and detention facilities are still missing. Photo: Rajib Dhar

The case of missing guns: Will there be more blood before the 2026 polls?

A surge in politically linked shootings, coupled with thousands of looted firearms still unaccounted for, is exposing deep gaps in Bangladesh’s law enforcement capacity ahead of the 2026 election

Photo: Collected

7, including Indian national, arrested over illegal trawling in Ctg

Contraband cigarettes and cosmetic products seized at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram on 22 December 2025. Photo: TBS

867 cartons foreign cigarettes, 50 banned creams seized at Chattogram airport

Picture: Noor-A-Alam/TBS

196 illegal brick kilns continue operating in Kushtia, causing widespread environmental damage

Police officers with men they believe to be undocumented Bangladeshi nationals after they were detained during raids in Ahmedabad, India, on 26 April. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters

India illegally deporting Muslim citizens at gunpoint to Bangladesh reports The Guardian

Supreme Court. File Photo: UNB

Apex court declares appointment of administrator and board at Nagad illegal

Illegal structures demolished in Mongla Port area on 11 November 2024. Photo: BSS

Mobile court evicts 70 illegal establishments in Mongla Port

This jetty is illegally built by Nahar Corporation and Baro Awlia Corporation on the southern bank of the Karnaphuli River near the Shah Amanat Bridge by filling the area with brick, soil and sand, causing erosion. The photo was taken recently. Photo: TBS

Karnaphuli River threatened by illegal encroachment amid weak monitoring

Photo: TBS

37,835 packets of illegal cigarettes seized in Ctg’s Sitakunda

Former state minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat. File Photo: Courtesy

Info ministry takes 10 decisions to stop illegal airing of TV channels

Health directorate shuts down 727 illegal healthcare organisations

Health directorate shuts down 727 illegal healthcare organisations

A mobile court seized 10,000 cubic feet of illegally mined sand from the Kanchannagar area under the Fatikchari upazila in Chattogram on Monday (4 December). Photo: TBS

Illegal sand mining busted in Chattogram

Checking illegal trade of marine life in Bangladesh: A long way to go

Checking illegal trade of marine life in Bangladesh: A long way to go