A group of former police members, dismissed from their jobs during the ousted Awami League regime, and their families held a sit-in in front of the Shiksha Bhaban in Dhaka on Thursday, demanding the reinstatement of their jobs with all benefits restored...
Hundreds of sacked police members, who were dismissed from their jobs during the Awami League regime ousted in August 2024, and their families held a sit-in in front of the Police Headquarters in the capital Dhaka on Wednesday, demanding the reinstatement of their jobs...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Tuesday said that six people were arrested in connection with an attack on officials from the Department of Environment during a drive at an illegal polythene factory in Dhaka鈥檚 Chawk Bazar area on Sunday...
A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court on Monday placed former state minister for disaster management and relief Enamur Rahman on a six-day remand in police custody in a murder case following his arrest Sunday night by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police鈥檚 detective branch...
At least five people out of the six arrested in connection with the hacking of a trader on Elephant Road in the capital Dhaka on January 10 had links to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party politics, police officials said.
At least five people were injured when the police on Sunday in Dhaka city dispersed a group of ibtedayi madrassah teachers attempting a march towards the chief adviser鈥檚 official residence, demanding nationalisation of the ibtedayi madrassahs...
THE attack on the New Market police station by activists of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, to snatch a detained leader is alarming and deplorable. About 50鈥�100 people attacked the station house about 4:10 am with brick chips, iron rods and hockey sticks after the police had brought...
The Police Reform Commission has made a set of recommendations, including formation of all-party committee, task force, policy for recruitment, transfer and promotion and taking action for delay to receive any GD or proof of any corruption, to make Bangladesh Police corruption-free and service-oriented. ..
THE recent decision to change the uniforms of the Bangladesh Police, Rapid Action Battalion, and Ansar reflects a misguided effort to erase the stains of past abuses. While new uniforms might provide an outward sense of change, they do little to solve the underlying problems of institutional inefficiency, corruption and public distrust. Reform that tackles...
Five officers have been injured- three of them seriously-in an attack on a team of Detective Branch of Faridpur district police during a raid on a drug and gambling den in Madhukhali in Faridpur....
Former and current students of Medical Assistant Training School on Wednesday blocked the Shahbagh crossing in the capital for nearly six hours, bringing the traffic to a halt, as they pressed for a four-point demand charter, including more job opportunities...
THE relationship between the police and the public has for long been marred by mistrust and conflict, rooted in colonial history and exacerbated by systemic abuse. The events of the student-led uprising in July-August 2024, when excessive police force, mass shooting and enforced disappearances took place, marked a low point in this strained relationship...
Politicians and rights campaigners on Monday said that the change in uniforms for the police, the Rapid Action Battalion and the Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party was far from bringing in real reforms in the forces.
Three police personnel, including a sub-inspector of Feni Model police station, were withdrawn from their duties early Monday on charge of extortion...
The government on Monday said that it introduced new uniforms for the police, the Rapid Action Battalion and the Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police detective branch arrested Awami League presidium member Mostofa Jalal Mohiuddin raiding the capital鈥檚 Mohammadpur area on early Monday...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police has suspended Gulshan police station officer-in- charge Touhid Ahmed for the allegations of delaying to record a robbery case...
THE police, widely regarded as the frontline of law enforcement, often face public dissatisfaction, particularly in developing countries. In Bangladesh, the relationship between the police and the public has historically been fraught with fear, mistrust, and mixed perceptions. A significant number of university graduates aspire to join the police force. Their...
The Natore district police withdrew a sub-inspector after a video clip of him taking bribe from a service receiver went viral on social media.
The police has received reports of 44 incidents of vandalism perpetrated on 40 shrines, including mazar, sufi graveyards and dargahs, in some areas of the country since August 4, 2024.
Shipping and Textiles and Jute adviser Brigadier General, retd, M Sakhawat Hossain today said police and Bangladesh Coast Guard will work jointly to prevent extortion.
Inspector General of Police Baharul Alam on Wednesday said that the government was working to transform the police into a politically neutral organisation...
The police reform commission in its report recommended giving all power to the National Human Rights Commission to investigate human rights violations by members of law enforcement agencies...
The Police Reform Commission on Wednesday submitted its report to chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus proposing amendment and replacement of 22 existing laws for making the 鈥榩eople鈥檚 friendly鈥� the country鈥檚 main law enforcement agency.
The Police foiled sacked trainee police sub-inspectors fast unto death programme by spraying water in front of the secretariat, the country鈥檚 administrative headquarters, in Dhaka early Wednesday.
Sacked trainee police sub-inspectors continued their fast unto death programme for the second consecutive day on Tuesday in front of the secretariat, the country鈥檚 administrative headquarters, in Dhaka, demanding reinstatement of their jobs...
All set to interrogate major general (sacked) Ziaul Ahsan and former deputy commissioner of the detective branch of police鈥檚 Lalbagh zone Moshiur Rahman in the case lodged over the murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Nahar Runi...
The ministry of home affairs has transferred 50 superintendents of police and 24 additional superintendents of police...
The government has appointed deputy inspector general of police Md Golam Rasul as chief of special branch...
