Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee

Mar 8, 2025 | thedailystar.net | Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee |Zyma Islam

Finds govt probe; sector now controlled mostly by BNP-linked influentials A staggering Tk 2.21 crore is extorted daily from 53 transport terminals and stands in Dhaka city. The figure goes up to Tk 66.3 crore and sometimes Tk 80 crore per month, a government probe has found.

Mar 8, 2025 | thedailystar.net | Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee |Zyma Islam

Finds govt probe; sector now controlled mostly by BNP-linked influentials A staggering Tk 2.21 crore is extorted daily from 53 transport terminals and stands in Dhaka city. The figure goes up to Tk 66.3 crore and sometimes Tk 80 crore per month, a government probe has found.

Feb 20, 2025 | thedailystar.net | Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee |Zyma Islam

It took the Ansar members guarding the Gono Bhaban quite a few tries before they could locate the keys and unlock the main gate of what was the most strictly guarded citadel inside the capital until only six months back. Gone are the days when Special Security Force officers armed with assault rifles used to shoo away pedestrians trying to use the pavement flanking the thick boundary walls of the premises.

Feb 20, 2025 | thedailystar.net | Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee |Zyma Islam

Inside Gono Bhaban, a fallen dictator's palace It took the Ansar members guarding the Gono Bhaban quite a few tries before they could locate the keys and unlock the main gate of what was the most strictly guarded citadel inside the capital until only six months back. Gone are the days when Special Security Force officers armed with assault rifles used to shoo away pedestrians trying to use the pavement flanking the thick boundary walls of the premises.