Inspector general of police Baharul Alam on Wednesday observed that the proposal of police reform commission downplayed the core issues of governance, including keeping police free from political interference and undue process.
AN INCREASE in crimes that include murder, robbery, drug dealing, theft and, even, killing suggests that the law and order, which drastically declined soon after the August 2024 political changeover, has not yet been fully restored. The situation is worrying in view of the fact that the interim government, installed on August 8, 2024 after the overthrow of the Awami League...
A team of Detective Branch of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested former chief election commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal in the capital鈥檚 Moghbazar area on Wednesday afternoon for the allegations of conducting dummy general elections in 2024...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police has slapped a ban on all kinds of gatherings, including meeting, rally, procession and demonstration, in and around the offices of National Board of Revenue and Bangladesh Investment Development Authority...
A team of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police detective branch arrested Shamsul Alam, former state minister for planning during the tenure of the ousted Awami League government, in the capital鈥檚 Mohammadpur area on Wednesday night...
Three members of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police detective branch, including Lalbagh Zone assistant commissioner Junayed Hasan Shoeb, assistant sub-inspector Atik Hasan, and聽 constable Sujan, were injured as drug peddlers opened fire...
Four senior officials of the Bangladesh Police have been given new postings.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police once again banned public gatherings, rallies and demonstrations in areas surrounding the Supreme Court and the chief justice鈥檚 official residence in the capital.
An attack on a school in southeastern Austria reportedly by a former student has left several people dead, police said Tuesday, in a rare case of deadly gun violence in a European school...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police has imposed a ban on rallies, processions, demonstrations and gatherings in front of the secretariat and chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus鈥檚 residence and its adjacent areas including Hotel Intercontinental, Kakrail Mosque intersection, Mintu Road and Officer鈥檚 Club...
Stringent, well-coordinated and comprehensive security measures have been taken in the capital to ensure a smooth and safe celebration of Eid-ul-Azha...
The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances has revealed that police, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), Detective Branch (DB), and Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crimes (CTTC) were the main perpetrators behind the enforced disappearances in Bangladesh.
The police arrested 23 readymade garment workers on Wednesday in a case filed over alleged attacks on the police and vandalising a police vehicle in Gazipur鈥檚 Sreepur the previous day...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday filed two cases against additional deputy inspector general of police Sheikh Rafiqul Islam Shimul and his wife Farhana Rahman on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 2.48 crore.
So far, a total of 4,242 factory units of various industrial hubs and export processing zones have paid their festival allowances as of Sunday ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, one of the biggest festivals for the Muslims, according to the Industrial Police data...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Tuesday said that eight more suspects were arrested in a case filed over the murder of Dhaka University student Shahriar Alam Shammo on May 13...
The Criminal Investigation Department of Bangladesh Police has launched a nationwide operation against online gambling and betting in accordance with the newly issued Cyber Security Ordinance, 2025.
Indian Border Security Force pushed 19 more people into Bangladesh through Mujibnagar border under Meherpur district on Sunday morning.
The International Crimes Tribunal prosecution on Sunday formally pressed charges of crimes against humanity against former Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Habibur Rahman, four of his subordinate officers, and three constables...
The recent announcement by the home affairs adviser of Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government 鈥� to strip the regular police force of lethal weapons, allowing only the Armed Police Battalion to retain such arms 鈥� marks a significant turning point in the country鈥檚 law enforcement trajectory. Made in response to widespread criticism over the police鈥檚 handling...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police has adopted a 鈥榸ero-tolerance鈥� policy against mob violence in the capital, said deputy commissioner of Ramna Division Masud Alam on Wednesday...
The Dhanmondi police released three that they detained on an undertaking by the National Citizen Party鈥檚 senior joint chief organiser Abdul Hannan Masud early Tuesday...
Immigration officials arrested actress Nusraat Faria Mazhar at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital Dhaka on Sunday afternoon while she was going to Thailand.
Forward Dipok Roy scored the solitary goal in Police Football Club鈥檚 victory over defending champions Bashundhara Kings in their return leg tie of the Bangladesh Premier League at the Kings Arena in the city on Friday.聽
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Thursday imposed a ban on all kinds of meetings, processions and gatherings at and around nine significant places in the capital Dhaka, including the Chief Justice鈥檚 residence...
At least 50 teachers and students of Jagannath University were injured in police action on Wednesday when the police intercepted a march towards the chief adviser鈥檚 official residence Jamuna in Dhaka demanding accommodation facilities and the completion of their proposed campus outside the city...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Sunday evening cleared the Shahbagh crossing by removing barricades as a group of injured victims of the July uprising continued their blockade at the crossing, after the main blockade was withdrawn.
THE July uprising exposed harsh truth. One of the most painful aspects was that the police, once seen as protectors, become a symbol of repression. The realisation pushed police reforms into the national spotlight, prompting the interim government to establish the police reforms commission, one of the six set up in the early phase of the interim goverment. The recently...
Six-time champions Abahani Limited were held to a goalless draw by Police Football Club in their return leg match of the Bangladesh Premier League at the Mymensingh District Stadium on Saturday.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Saturday once again issued a public notice prohibiting all types of gatherings and processions at the chief adviser鈥檚 official residence, State Guest House Jamuna, and the Bangladesh Secretariat and adjacent areas.