1,000 volunteers to assist city traffic police: Jahangir
Home affairs adviser Lieutenant General (retired) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Monday said that about one thousand volunteers were appointed on a temporary basis to assist...
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Former expatriate minister Imran Ahmad arrested
Dhaka Metropolitan Police detetive branch arrested former expatriates鈥� welfare and overseas employment minister Imran Ahmad in the capital鈥檚 Banani area at midnight past Sunday...
Police training graduation postponed
The government has postponed the graduation ceremony of the apprentice assistant superintendents of police of the 40th Bangladesh Civil Service, scheduled to be held on...
Protesters in Nepal clash with police over politician鈥檚 fraud charges
Nepali police fired water cannons and tear gas Sunday at thousands of protesters loyal to a former deputy premier once seen as a rising political star, as he appeared in court on charges his supporters say are politically motivated...
Tati League leader arrested in Dhaka over killing of students
President of Sutrapur Thana Tati League Abu Sayeed, 59, was arrested by the police on Thursday night in connection with the murder of student Nadimul Hasan Elem.
Trinamool BNP chairman Shamsher Mobin arrested
The police on Thursday arrested Trinamool BNP chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury at his home in the capital鈥檚 Banani.
Ex-ministers Razzaque, Faruk land in jail in murder cases
A Dhaka court on Thursday sent to jail former agriculture minister and Awami League presidium member Abdur Razzaque and former civil aviation and tourism minister Lt Colonel, retd, Faruk Khan in two separate murder cases.
BNP for action against police recruitment irregularities during AL regime
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday demanded action against people involved in irregularities in the recruitment of 803 sub-inspectors and 61 assistant superintendents of police during...
Former chief of Bangladesh Police, Benazir, 4 DIP officials prosecuted over passport forgery
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday filed a case against five people, including former inspector general of police Benazir Ahmed, on the charges of forgery in obtaining passports...
15 people hurt in clash in Dhaka's Patuatuli area
At least 15 people were injured in a clash that erupted after a procession of Hindu devotees was reportedly attacked.
Police Act and colonial legacy
THE Police Act 1861, originally enacted during British colonial rule over the Indian subcontinent, still governs the police in Bangladesh in the 21st century. Designed to consolidate British power following the Great Rebellion of 1857, the Act prioritised maintaining colonial control over protecting citizens鈥� rights. It created a hierarchical police structure to...
Police arrest 3 maids, recover 31 bhori stolen jewellery
The police arrested three women, who used to work as maids in a house in Dhaka鈥檚 Eskaton area, and recovered 31.04 bhoris of gold ornaments that were stolen from the house, from their...
Massive operation against drug, extortion after puja: IGP
Issuing a warning against robbery, drug and extortion, inspector general of police Md Moinul Islam on Saturday said that massive operations would be launched across the country after Durga Puja.
Case filed against three, road blocked
A case was filed with the Kotwali police station on Saturday against three people over attack near a Durga Puja mandap in the capital鈥檚 Tanti Bazar area on Friday night that left five people injured...
Reform commission eye for 鈥榓ccountable鈥� police force
The Police Reform Commission, established by the interim government, has aimed to prepare reform proposals to reconstruct the Bangladesh Police as a 鈥榩ro-people force鈥�.
Ex-addl secy found dead at resort
The police recovered the body of Salah Uddin Mahmud, a former additional secretary to the Ministry of Industries, from Balishira Resort at Srimangal in Moulvibazar on Thursday...
Mutilated body recovered in Ishwardi
The Ishwardi police recovered the mutilated body of a man from a litchi orchard at Ishwardi in Pabna on Thursday...
Man arrested for Facebook posts insulting Islam
The police have arrested a man at Chatmohar Police Station in Pabna for Facebook posts that allegedly insulted Islam...
Bangladesh police begin procuring its vehicles from India
The police in a rare move have begun procuring Indian Mahindra vehicles for the Dhaka Metropolitan Police with 10 pickup vans handed over to police stations in the first phase.
Police arrest six on charge of cheating flat buyer, seize Tk 57.50 lakh
The police have arrested six people on charges of cheating and looting money and seized Taka 57.50 lakh in Mirpur, Dhaka.
Comprehensive strategy for police reforms
ON AUGUST 5, the world witnessed a significant political upheaval in Bangladesh, as the long-standing autocratic prime minister Sheikh Hasina was forced to flee the country amid a revolution led by students and citizens. Her 15-year rule had deeply corrupted and politicised various government institutions, including the...
RAB arrests ex-Sunamganj-5 MP Manik
The Rapid Action Battalion on Tuesday evening arrested former Awami League lawmaker for Sunamganj-5 constituency Mohibur Rahman Manik from Bashundhara residential area in Dhaka.
Former chief of Bangladesh Police Mamun placed on 43-day remand
A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed former Inspector General of Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun on a 43-day remand in connection with eight cases filed over the killings during the July-August student-led mass uprising.
DMP commissioner seeks public help to locate officers who went into hiding
Dhaka Metropolitan police commissioner Mainul Hasan has urged mass people to assist in locating police officers who went into hiding after being involved in the suppression of protests during the student-led mass uprising in July and August.
Policing the police
POLICE in democratic societies are expected to be accountable both internally and externally. Their primary roles include crime control and maintaining law and order, but...
5 arrested in Khagrachari over sectarian violence聽
The police arrested five people over vandalising KSTC Diagnostic Centre and Hospital at Khagrachari town on October 1 during the sectarian violence between Bengalis and...
Political will must for聽police reform: dialogue
Speakers, including former senior police officials, academics and lawyers said on Saturday that political commitment and accountability were a must for reforming police force as...
Ex-principal secy Azad arrested,聽ex-senior secy Jahangir sent to jail
Dhaka Metropolitan Police detective branch arrested ex-Awami League lawmaker and former Prime Minister鈥檚 Office principal secretary Abul Kalam Azad in the capital鈥檚 Dhanmondi area on...
Police arrest Hizb-ut-Tahrir media coordinator in Dhaka
Members of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested the media coordinator of the banned militant outfit Hizb-ut-Tahrir from Bashundhara residential area in Dhaka, Bangladesh early Friday.
Ex-minister Sadhan arrested, ex-MP Rozy on remand
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police detective branch on Thursday evening arrested former food minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder in the capital鈥檚 Bashundhara Residential Area while a Dhaka court placed former Awami League lawmaker Masuda Siddique Rozy on two-day remand in a murder case...