1,598 more crime suspects held in countrywide crackdown in 24hrs
In the ongoing countrywide crackdown against the criminals to maintain law and order, the police have arrested 1,598 more crime suspects in the past 24 hours...
Tags : Law and order
Law and order needs more than reluctant admission
THE home adviser to the interim government finally admitting that the country鈥檚 law and order situation has deteriorated is a positive step, particularly as the government has so far persisted in denying any such decline. The adviser made the admission on September 7 while addressing the media. In his speech, he stated that there had been a 鈥榮light deterioration in law...
Home adviser admits law, order deterioration
Home adviser Lieutenant General (retired) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Sunday acknowledged that the country鈥檚 law and order situation has seen a slight deterioration.
BNP concerned about law and order
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan on Sunday said that the Election Commission was preparing for the next national polls in an appropriate manner, though concerns remained over the law and order situation...
No alternative to restoring law and order
THE interim government鈥檚 continued failure in restoring law and order is expressed in the fear of people living in Gazipur. In the first week of August, at least three people were murdered in the district, including the brutal murder of a journalist on August 7. Police recorded at least 104 murder incidents in the industrial district in January-July. In January-June, the Police...
Special drive across Bangladesh to continue till polls: home adviser
Stressing the government鈥檚 ongoing efforts to recover illegal arms and improve the law-and-order situation, home affairs adviser Lieutenant General (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Monday said that the nationwide special drive would continue until the national election.
Interim govt not working for people鈥檚 aspirations: discussion
Leaders of the Samajtantrik Chhatra Front on Monday alleged that the interim government was not working to fulfil the people鈥檚 aspirations rather showed its interest in signing foreign deals instead of restoring fully law and order in the country...
Govt鈥檚 problematic approach to deteriorating law and order
THE government鈥檚 approach to the deteriorating law and order situation appears to be as chaotic and disjointed as the situation itself. The strategy, which consists largely of special drives and operations, is problematic on several counts. The launch of one special drive after another 鈥� or even simultaneously 鈥� especially in response to public criticism following violent crime...
Juba Dal to organise nationwide protests over law, order
Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal, the youth wing of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, will hold demonstrations across the country, including in Dhaka, on Thursday to protest against the worsening law and order situation.
Bangladesh interim govt launches combing operation to arrest criminals
Bangladesh interim government has launched combing operation across the country from on Sunday in the backdrop of deteriorating law and order in different parts of the country.
Govt to restore order before polls: CA鈥檚 press wing
The chief adviser鈥檚 deputy press secretary, Mohammad Abul Kalam Azad Majumder, on Saturday said that the government had already instructed the law enforcement agencies to improve the law and order situation ahead of the upcoming national election...
1,744 more netted in ongoing countrywide operation in Bangladesh
In the nationwide ongoing operation to uphold the law and order, 1,744 more were arrested across Bangladesh in the past 24 hours...
Yunus asks forces to maintain security
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday reviewed the country鈥檚 law and order in a meeting with advisers concerned, chiefs of the three armed forces and senior officials of the law enforcing agencies at his official residence Jamuna in the city...
Recovery of looted weapons should be a priority agenda
MORE than a thousand 鈥� 1,375 to be precise 鈥� of the 5,753 firearms that were looted during the August 2024 political changeover having still not been traced is said to have exposed law and order to a threat of worsening. Official data show that the police are yet to recover 2,57,849 ammunition of the 6,12,982 of various types that were looted that time. The government...
Human rights, use of force, and private defence
THE police, tasked with maintaining law and order, preventing crime, and protecting citizens, their role extends beyond traditional law enforcement to safeguarding fundamental human rights. In a democratic society, the police are not only enforcers of the law but also guardians of justice and equality. Upholding human rights lies at the core of modern policing, ensuring...
Law and order in Rohingya camps should be prioritised
FREQUENT murders, abduction and torture in Rohingya camps suggest that the persecuted community, already faced with an uncertain future, is additionally burdened with fear of violence. The Thailand-based rights group Fortify Rights on March 18 in its research findings on law and order in the camps in Cox鈥檚 Bazar reported at least 219 Rohingya murders in 2021鈥�2024 and...
Cultural activists demand removal of home adviser, improvement of law and order
Cultural activists on Tuesday demanded removal of homeadvisor and took steps for improvement of law and order of the country at a protest rally on the front of National Museum...
Left parties express concern over law and order
Some left political parties including the Communist Party of Bangladesh on Wednesday expressed concern over failures of the interim government to control the law and order situation of the countries...
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...
Ganatantrik Odhikar Committee concerned over law and order
The Ganatantrik Odhikar Committee, a platform working for democratic rights and freedom of expression, on Sunday expressed its concern over failure of the interim government to control the law and order situation in the country...
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...
Govt needs to shore up issues to maintain law and order
AN INCREASE in the incidents of robbery and extortion across the country suggests the government鈥檚 deplorable failure to ensure law and order. The interim government, which assumed power on August 8, 2024, after the fall of the Awami League government on August 5, vowed to prioritise the restoration of law and order. While this is understandable that there was...
DU students stage midnight protest demanding home adviser鈥檚 resignation
Dhaka University students on Midnight past Sunday, staged a protest march on campus demanding resignation of home adviser Lieutenant General (retired) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury...
AL out to destabilise country: home adviser聽
Awami League people have smuggled out a lot of money to foreign countries and now they are using that money to destabilise the country,鈥� he told an emergency press conference鈥�
OPERATION DEVIL HUNT: 1,308 arrested, mostly AL activists
At least 1,308 people, mostly leaders and activists of the Awami League, were arrested across the country on Sunday, the first day of the Operation Devil Hunt aiming at restoring the country鈥檚 law and order...
Attacks on police show public order failure
A SERIES of mob attacks on the police and their stations centring on attempts at snatching away the detained that have taken place recently, the latest having happened in Dhaka at night on February 4, are deplorable on a couple of counts. Such incidents taking place one after another harm law enforcement and the public perception about law enforcement. The...
Attacks on the police suggest fragile law and order
ATTACKS on the police and police stations in different parts of the country in the past few weeks suggest a worrying law and order situation. The attacks were perpetrated by activists of different political parties, including the ousted Awami League. In a recent incident, activists of the Awami League attacked a police vehicle at Sujanagar in Pabna on February 2 and...
Govt should step up efforts for early law enforcement
LAW and order continues to remain worrisome as the government could not improve on the situation after it had declined after the overthrow of the Awami League government on August 5, 2024 and the installation of the interim government three days later. A growing number of violent crimes such as robbery, political violence, murder, mob violence and...
Law and order situation still fragile across Bangladesh
The country has yet to see improvements in the overall state of law and order plummeting since Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 ouster in a mass uprising followed by the Professor Muhammad Yunus-led interim government taking over on August 8 past year...
Prisoners鈥� right to health care
LAW and order go hand in hand to ensure justice and well-being of society, to maintain a balance of power, to limit excessive authority that infringes on others鈥� basic freedom and to uphold basic rights for the vulnerable. While the law includes punishment by suspending certain fundamental human rights of prisoners to serve the greater purpose, it is never...