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US capital settles lawsuit with Trump over police takeover

The justice department reached an agreement on Friday with Washington authorities over control of the US capital’s police department after president Donald Trump placed it under federal government control to tackle violent crime...

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US capital sues Trump govt over police takeover

The attorney general for the US capital Washington has sued Donald Trump’s administration over what he called a ‘hostile takeover’ of the city’s police force, which the Republican president said was necessary to fight violent crime...

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Ctg SI injured in attack during drive against AL, front orgs

A police sub-inspector was injured as he was allegedly attacked by the leaders and activists of the Awami League and its front organisations after a flash procession in the Ishan Mistrirhat Khalpar area in Chattogram city Monday night.

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Man in ApBN uniform killed Anas, father testifies at tribunal

Shahriar Khan Palash, father of martyr Shahriar Khan Anas, on Monday testified at the International Crimes Tribunal 1 that the man who targeted, shot and subsequently killed his son was in the uniform of Armed Police Battalion...

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Nine police inspectors sent to forced retirement

The government on Sunday sent nine police inspectors (unarmed), who served as officers-in-charge at various police stations during the Awami League regime, into compulsory retirement.

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Govt revokes BPM, PPM medals for 40 cops

The interim government has revoked Bangladesh Police Medal, BPM in short, and President Police Medal, PPM in short, of 40 fugitive police officials, as they remain absconded from their work stations...

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Police reform, accountability still deplorably elusive

THIS is concerning and a disservice to the spirit of the July uprising that a section of police personnel is still involved in criminal and corrupt activities. The involvement of police personnel in crimes such as extortion, bribery, intimidation and framing innocent people in false cases has continued to make the headlines every other day. The agency is also reported to have taken...

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Police still involved in immoral activities

A section of police personnel is still involved in various immoral activities, including extortion, bribery, intimidation and framing innocent people in false cases, even after one year of the July uprising that ousted the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League regime on August 5, 2024.

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Charge sheets submitted in 19 cases: PHQ

Police Headquarters in a release on Wednesday said that the police submitted charge sheets in 19 cases, including eight murder cases so far, filed over the incidents of July Uprising that toppled Sheikh Hasina’s authoritarian regime...

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Student, journalist testify against police, BRUR officials, BCL

Two key witnesses on Wednesday testified before the International Crimes Tribunal-1, implicating the police, Begum Rokeya University officials, and Bangladesh Chhatra League leaders in the killing of student protester Abu Sayeed during the July 2024 anti-discrimination movement...

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Sri Lanka parliament sacks disgraced police chief

Sri Lanka’s parliament voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to dismiss Police Chief Deshabandu Tennakoon for misconduct and criminal behaviour, making him the island’s first inspector-general to be impeached.

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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...

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PM’s 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...

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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.

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Sri Lanka to sack police chief over criminal ties

Sri Lanka’s police chief is set to be sacked, the country’s speaker of parliament announced Tuesday after he was found guilty of heading a criminal network at an impeachment hearing...

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‘Bangabandhu Guerrilla Bahini’ chief threatens Kotalipara OC

An individual, claiming himself to be the chief of ‘Bangabandhu Guerrilla Bahini’, has recently threatened the Kotalipara police station officer-in-charge, warning him of dire consequences regarding law enforcers’ action in Gopalganj following the July 16 violence over the National Citizen Party rally there...

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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 — 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...

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Fatullah’s 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...

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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....