A court has granted a three-day remand for former law minister Anisul Huq and a four-day remand for former Dhaka North City Corporation mayor Atiqul Islam in separate criminal cases linked to the Students鈥� Movement Against Discrimination....
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...
LAW and order continues to remain worrisome as the government could not improve on the situation after it had declined after the overthrow of the Awami League government on August 5, 2024 and the installation of the interim government three days later. A growing number of violent crimes such as robbery, political violence, murder, mob violence and...
The country has yet to see improvements in the overall state of law and order plummeting since Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 ouster in a mass uprising followed by the Professor Muhammad Yunus-led interim government taking over on August 8 past year...
Manchester United and Scotland great Denis Law has died at the age of 84, sparking a wave of heartfelt tributes to a man known at Old Trafford as 鈥楾he King鈥�.
British lawmaker Rupa Huq has criticised a 鈥榦ne-sided account鈥� of Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government, led by chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus, alleging it was falsely presented under the banner of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Commonwealth, causing confusion...
The government is intensifying its drive against controversial officials within law enforcement agencies and other government agencies, said home affairs adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Wednesday...
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 birth centenary of Language Movement hero and former lawmaker Mohiuddin Ahmed will be celebrated today...
LAW and order go hand in hand to ensure justice and well-being of society, to maintain a balance of power, to limit excessive authority that infringes on others鈥� basic freedom and to uphold basic rights for the vulnerable. While the law includes punishment by suspending certain fundamental human rights of prisoners to serve the greater purpose, it is never...
THIS is unacceptable that India鈥檚 Border Security Force continues creating tension with efforts to erect fences on the zero line in violation of international laws and bilateral agreements. The Indian border force is reported to be constructing barbed-wire or iron electric fences along the border in Lalmonirhat, Chapainawabganj and Naogaon. While...
US lawmakers voted Tuesday to expand pre-trial incarceration for foreign criminal suspects as a new Congress unified under Republican control works to deliver on Donald Trump鈥檚 vow to crack down on illegal immigration...
The Chattogram District Bar Association has demanded immediate transfer of the case involving the murder of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif to a speedy trial tribunal...
Anti-Corruption Commission has filed a case against former law minister Anisul Haque on charge of acquiring illegal wealth beyond his known income source....
South Korean investigators said Wednesday they would execute an arrest warrant for Yoon Suk Yeol over his declaration of martial law by the deadline of January 6, as the impeached leader鈥檚 supporters rallied outside his residence...
Investigators probing South Korea鈥檚 Yoon Suk Yeol over his declaration of martial law said on Monday they sought an arrest warrant for the suspended president after he failed to report for questioning.
South Korean lawmakers impeached the country鈥檚 acting president Han Duck-soo on Friday, sinking the country even deeper into political crisis two weeks after his predecessor was suspended over a martial law declaration that shocked the world.
Ten people accused in the murder case of Chattogram court lawyer Saiful Islam Alif have been shown arrested in a case filed over vandalism and crude bomb explosions on the court premises...
Iranian lawmakers have asked to amend a bill that would impose tougher penalties on women who refuse to wear the mandatory hijab, local media reported on Wednesday...
A Dhaka court summoned cricketer and former Awami League lawmaker Shakib Al Hasan and three other people in a cheque dishonour case...
South Korea鈥檚 impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol failed to appear before the country鈥檚 corruption watchdog on Wednesday, it said, after he was summoned for questioning over his martial law bid...
One more accused confessed to the murder of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif on Sunday...
South Korea鈥檚 opposition leader on Friday urged ruling party lawmakers to side with the 鈥榩eople鈥� and impeach president Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed martial law bid, a day before a second parliamentary vote...
South Korean police said on Wednesday that security guards were blocking a raid on president Yoon Suk Yeol鈥檚 offices to investigate his brief imposition of martial law, with the opposition party accusing the presidential staff of illegally protecting an insurrectionist...
The country鈥檚 businesses are currently facing three major challenges: law and order and security concerns, contractionary monetary policy and associated economic trends, and energy supply disruptions, said Ashraf Ahmed, president of the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry...
South Korea鈥檚 former defence minister tried to kill himself shortly before he was formally arrested over his role in this month鈥檚 martial law operation, a senior prisons official said on Wednesday...
A Chattogram court on Tuesday placed 12 persons on remand in connection with two separate incidents, an attack on law enforcers and the murder of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif...
South Korean authorities banned more top officials from leaving the country Tuesday, in the wake of president Yoon Suk Yeol鈥檚 bungled attempt to impose martial law...
South Korea鈥檚 president Yoon Suk Yeol was banned from leaving the country on Monday, the justice ministry said, less than a week after he plunged the country into chaos by briefly imposing martial law...
South Korea鈥檚 main opposition party said on Sunday it will try again to impeach president Yoon Suk Yeol after his declaration of martial law...