Risk allowances for police increased by up to 20pc
The government has revised up the risk allowance for field-level police personnel by maximum 20 per cent and minimum over 5 per cent...
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DMP requests all to avoid Shahbagh, adjacent areas
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police has requested people to avoid the Shahbagh, Central Shaheed Minar and Suhrawardy Udyan areas in the capital Dhaka today due to multiple political programmes scheduled for the day...
Cheques for Tk 2.25cr seized from Chhatra Sangsad leader Riyad鈥檚 home
The police have seized four cheques for around Tk2.25 crore from the capital鈥檚 Nakhalpara home of Ganatantrik Chhatra Sangsad leader Abdur Razzaque Bin Solaiman Riyad, who is now in police custody in an extortion case...
1.5 lakh police officials to get special training for election
The chief adviser鈥檚 press wing on Monday said that about 1.5 lakh police officials would undergo special training on election duties ahead of the next parliamentary polls, expected to be held in mid-February next year.
CNG-run autos on strike in B鈥檅aria over police abuse
CNG-run auto-rickshaw owners and workers in Brahmanbaria went on an indefinite strike, protesting alleged harassment by traffic police, extortion, vehicle seizures and corruption related to license renewals...
PM鈥檚 10-year term, police commission agreed
Political parties on Sunday agreed that no individual should hold office of the prime minister for more than 10 years in his or her lifetime. They have also agreed to the establishment of an independent police commission...
Investigation to be finished in 60 days
The cabinet on Thursday approved a draft ordinance to majorly change the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898, including a 60-day time frame for investigation and safeguards against arrest and remand.
Sri Lanka to sack police chief over criminal ties
Sri Lanka鈥檚 police chief is set to be sacked, the country鈥檚 speaker of parliament announced Tuesday after he was found guilty of heading a criminal network at an impeachment hearing...
Court forms body to auction Benazir鈥檚 duplex assets
A large quantity of personal belongings including shirts, pants, T-shirts sarees and shoes seized from a Gulshan duplex of former inspector general of police Benazir Ahmed will be put on auction this week...
鈥楤angabandhu Guerrilla Bahini鈥� chief threatens Kotalipara OC
An individual, claiming himself to be the chief of 鈥楤angabandhu Guerrilla Bahini鈥�, has recently threatened the Kotalipara police station officer-in-charge, warning him of dire consequences regarding law enforcers鈥� action in Gopalganj following the July 16 violence over the National Citizen Party rally there...
What Gopalganj violence teaches us?
THE Police Reform Commission once proposed a five-tier model for the use of force in crowd control. The first two stages emphasised non-contact measures 鈥� verbal communication, negotiation, and the use of barricades to maintain distance and prevent escalation. The third stage cautiously introduced physical force through non-lethal means: batons, gas sprays...
Fatullah鈥檚 ex-OC jailed for hiding wealth info
A Dhaka court on Sunday convicted and sentenced Md Hasan Ali, former officer-in-charge of Fatullah police station, to two years imprisonment in a case lodged for concealing information about his wealth...
Community Bank, KMP sign deal on traffic fine collection
Khulna Metropolitan Police has inaugurated traffic fine collection service through Community Bank Bangladesh PLC, said a press release...
UK police arrest over 100 Palestine Action supporters
UK police arrested over 100 people in London and other cities for supporting Palestine Action in a third consecutive weekend of protests over the government's decision to ban the activist group using anti-terror laws....
Sri Lanka sacks top cop over Easter Sunday bombings
Sri Lanka's independent regulator has sacked a senior police officer for failing to prevent the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, which killed 279 people including 45 foreigners...
3 cops killed in US training facility explosion
Three people died Friday in an explosion at a police training facility in Los Angeles, in what one local official called an accident...
Police raid Bolsonaro鈥檚 home over coup plot allegations
Brazilian police raided Jair Bolsonaro鈥檚 home Friday, as a judge imposed further restrictions on the far-right former leader while he stands trial on coup charges that have vexed US president and ally Donald Trump...
3,000 sued, 250 arrested, curfew on
The government again extended the curfew in Gopalganj district from 8:00pm on Saturday to 6:00am on Sunday while the joint forces arrested 250 people in the three days till Saturday afternoon over the violence centering on the National Citizen Party rally in Gopalganj on Wednesday...
1,751 more arrested, 7 firearms seized in 24hrs
In the ongoing countrywide operations, 1,751 more crime suspects were arrested and seven firearms and huge ammunition were seized in the past 24 hours...
Intelligence failures behind critical nat鈥檒 crises: ex-IGP Ashraful Huda
Former inspector general of police Ashraful Huda on Friday said that intelligence failures were responsible for some of Bangladesh鈥檚 most critical national crises, including the assassinations of former presidents Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Ziaur Rahman, as well as the...
Police submit charge sheets in 12 cases
Police on Friday said that they had recently submitted charge sheets in 12 cases filed over murders and other charges during the 2024 July uprising that toppled Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 authoritarian regime on August 5 in the year.
Ex-IGP Mamun may be tried if withholds truth
Former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun, who has been charged with crimes against humanity during the July uprising alongside deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan but has turned state witness, may face prosecution again if he withholds truth during the trial of the uprising case...
New directive issued for police verification
The education ministry on Wednesday gave new directive for police verification in appointing teachers at entry level in the non-government educational institutions...
Urgent need for police reform stressed
Speakers at a roundtable discussion on Saturday opined that reform is essential to transform the Bangladesh Police into a truly people-friendly and humane force.
PATGRAM POLICE STATION ATTACK:聽7 more held, BNP expels 3 local leaders
Police on Saturday arrested seven more people, including four Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its front bodies leaders, over the allegations of attacking and vandalising the Patgram police station.
DMP bans weapons, firecrackers during Tajia processions
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police has banned the carrying of sharp weapons and the use of firecrackers during Tajia processions on July 6, marking holy Ashura, citing public safety concerns...
RMP celebrates 33rd founding anniversary
The Rajshahi Metropolitan Police celebrated its 33rd founding anniversary on Tuesday with colourful festivities...
Airport police not informed about bullets in adviser Asif鈥檚 bag
The Dhaka airport police has not been informed yet about the detection of a magazine containing bullets in a bag of LGRD and cooperatives adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport while he was travelling to Morocco Sunday morning...
Serbian police dismantle anti-govt protesters鈥� barricades
Serbian police said on Monday they had cleared barricades that anti-government protesters had set up at the weekend, after clashes between officers and demonstrators demanding early elections...
Online GD service to be launched in Dhaka, Mymensingh Tuesday
The online general diary service at all police stations under the Dhaka and Mymensingh ranges will start on Tuesday.