đ SELECTIVE INVESTIGATIONS
This section features selected investigative reports on terrorism, extremism, organized crime, and human rights. Click on any headline to access the full report published in original media outlets.
đ´ Terrorism & Extremism
- Investigative exposÊ uncovering a covert international terror financing network linking Syria, the UK, and Bangladesh. The report revealed coded financial transfers used to fund New JMB operations prior to the Gulshan attack.
Published in Bangla Tribune (Bangla) & Dhaka Tribune (English) | 23 August 2017
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Sadarghat 256: Bangladeshi-born IS leaderâs code for militant financing
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- Investigative report identifying at least 50 Bangladeshis who joined IS over three years, detailing their routes, recruitment networks (e.g., Ex-cadet Islamic Learning Forum), and law enforcement monitoring. Highlights cross-border radicalization patterns.
Published in Bangla Tribune (Bangla) & Dhaka Tribune (English) | 28 June 2017
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How many Bangladeshis have joined IS?
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- Profile of Taz Rahman, tracing his radicalization in Finland and Syria. Explores socio-cultural factors, influence of radical clerics, and personal transformation from a secular lifestyle to IS militant. Demonstrates investigative depth with family and peer interviews.
Published in Bangla Tribune (Bangla) & Dhaka Tribune (English) | 18 May 2017
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How the tattooed, party-loving Taz became Abu Ismail al-Bengali
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- Analytical piece examining New JMBâs ideological links to IS, while clarifying no formal organizational connection exists. Includes insights from law enforcement, communications evidence, and expert commentary. Highlights your ability to contextualize militant structures.
Published in Bangla Tribune (Bangla) & Dhaka Tribune (English) | 25 July 2017
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Is New JMB an ideological affiliate of Islamic State?
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- Investigative narrative of Akayed Ullah, a Bangladeshi-US resident inspired by IS. Tracks his radicalization timeline, family impact, and behavioral changes. Provides international relevance and psychological profiling of lone actors.
Published in Bangla Tribune (Bangla) & Dhaka Tribune (English) | 13 December 2017
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Akayed started changing after his fatherâs death in US
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- Detailed report on Ansar Al Islam leadership, sleeper cell tactics, and operational challenges faced by law enforcement. Highlights investigative insights into organizational sophistication and security implications.
Published in Bangla Tribune (Bangla) & Dhaka Tribune (English) | 17 November 2017
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The challenges to arresting sacked Maj Zia
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- Explains encrypted communication methods used by militants to evade law enforcement. Uses expert sources to reveal tactical evolution of extremist networks. Demonstrates original research into emerging security challenges.
Published in Bangla Tribune (Bangla) & Dhaka Tribune (English) | 19 July 2017
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Ciphering: New way of militant communication
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- First-person account of Ahmed Azwad Imtiaz Talukdar (Omi), revealing recruitment, training, and operational logistics of New JMB. Highlights investigative access to primary sources and reconstructs militant pathways.
Published in Bangla Tribune (Bangla) & Dhaka Tribune (English) | 11 August 2017
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Detained terrorist tells the whole story of his 372 days in hideouts
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- Investigates Salahuddinâs escape, cross-border militant networks, and JMBâs regrouping plans. Combines regional intelligence insights and interviews to map organizational threats to Bangladesh and India.
Published in Bangla Tribune (Bangla) & Dhaka Tribune (English) | 03 August 2017
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Escaped JMB leader now a major headache for Bangladesh, India
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- Momena Shoma became radicalized in Bangladesh in 2014 through IS-linked contacts and extremist university circles. She influenced her younger sister Sumona to follow similar paths. Both were involved in extremist study circles and online jihadist content. Momena carried out an IS-inspired âlone wolfâ attack in Melbourne, Australia, stabbing a man shortly after arrival. She had previously attempted to join IS in Syria but was blocked. The sisters come from an Ahle Hadith family, showing the influence of religious upbringing.
Published in Bangla Tribune | 16 February 2018
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- The investigative report revealed that RAMFIT clinic was used to radicalize youth for the banned militant group Ansar al-Islam, with several young individuals influenced to leave home and the organization continuing its online operations.
Published in Dainik Bangla | 26 September 2022
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đ Organized & Transnational Crime
- Laju Miah, a 24-year-old from Gaibandha, was lured by traffickers with false promises of work abroad and sold to Libyan mafia networks. He endured months of torture, extreme deprivation, and ransom demands, alongside hundreds of other captives, before being rescued with the help of his family and RAB authorities. His ordeal highlights the brutal realities of human trafficking from Bangladesh to Libya and beyond.
Published in Bangla Tribune & Dhaka Tribune | 23 Feb 2024
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Bangladeshi âDunkiâ: The harrowing tale of a Bangladeshi youth surviving human trafficking
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- A businessmanâs car carrying 2 kg of gold was intercepted and seized during transport to Satkhira, but investigations reveal that the theft was orchestrated by members of the district detective police, highlighting a major organized crime within law enforcement. Despite evidence, the police allegedly filed false cases against the victim, Sheikh Shafiullah, and attempted to erase CCTV footage, exposing systemic corruption and harassment of local entrepreneurs.
Satkhira Gold Heist: Organized Crime by Police Officials
Publihsed in Dainik Bangla | 10 April 2023
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