THE root of violence is in the false sense of power that believes it can do anything because everything has been allowed in modern times and personal freedom has bordered on a sense of invincibility. This is the great illusion of our era, the belief that freedom is an unqualified licence rather than a structured privilege bound by moral and social obligations. We have to...
FOR the people of Gaza, this Ramadan has brought nothing but sorrow 鈥� a sorrow deeper than words can capture, especially during what should be a time of peace. The sounds of warplanes, the distant echoes of bombs, and the constant fear of death have turned what should be a month of spiritual renewal into one of grief and despair. For the people of Gaza...
The Rape Law Reform Coalition, a combine of 17 legal and rights organisations, on Wednesday suggested that amendments to the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act-2000 should introduce a broader legal definition of rape to include all individuals to curb incidents of rape and violence against women...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday filed a case against former Awami League lawmaker Abdus Sobhan Mia Golap on charges of amassing illegal wealth of Tk 68.76 crore...
FREQUENT murders, abduction and torture in Rohingya camps suggest that the persecuted community, already faced with an uncertain future, is additionally burdened with fear of violence. The Thailand-based rights group Fortify Rights on March 18 in its research findings on law and order in the camps in Cox鈥檚 Bazar reported at least 219 Rohingya murders in 2021鈥�2024 and...
A Chattogram court has ordered interrogation of Chandan Das and Rajib Bhattacharya, both accused in the murder of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif, at the jail gate...
Cultural activists on Tuesday demanded removal of homeadvisor and took steps for improvement of law and order of the country at a protest rally on the front of National Museum...
THE term 鈥榤ob justice鈥� has recently been widely discussed. It refers to a situation when a chaotic mob ignores the law or the judicial system, uses force and takes the law into its own hands to try the accused. It refers to the punishment of a person by an angry or chaotic mob without the intervention of the legal system or the law enforcement agencies. The recent...
THE failure of the law enforcement agencies to arrest almost none of more than 700 prisoners who escaped jails around the fall of the Awami League government, toppled on August 5, 2024 in a mass uprising, is gravely concerning. The prisons directorate at a press conference in Dhaka on March 10 said that the law enforcers could arrest only one of more than...
INTERNATIONAL law is fighting for relevance. The outcome of this fight is likely to change the entire global political dynamics, which were shaped by World War II and sustained through the selective interpretation of the law by dominant countries...
Law adviser Asif Nazrul on Sunday said that the government took decision to amend concerned law to ensure quick trial in rape case...
Some left political parties including the Communist Party of Bangladesh on Wednesday expressed concern over failures of the interim government to control the law and order situation of the countries...
The remark made by an adviser that mob violence and moral policing will significantly decrease once law and order is fully restored and once people are aware is a redundant remark that only states the obvious. The environment, forest and climate change adviser made the remark at a briefing on March 4 after an advisory council meeting, which discussed the recent spate...
The Ganatantrik Odhikar Committee, a platform working for democratic rights and freedom of expression, on Sunday expressed its concern over failure of the interim government to control the law and order situation in the country...
The Administrative Tribunal Lawyers Association, Dhaka gets a new executive committee for the term 2025-26 with SA Naim as president and Rezaul Karim as general secretary...
Law enforcement and security agencies intensified patrolling and set up more checkpoints across the country on Thursday to rein in the upsurge of crimes...
CONTINUED mob violence, with no apparent sign for an early let-up, is worrying, especially because of its implications for law and order. In the latest development, a man, suspected of being a mugger, was beaten to death by a mob at Tongi in Gazipur at night on February 25. The police, who could not identify the deceased until February 26, say that they took away the...
Local government, rural development and cooperatives and youth and sports adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain on Tuesday said that all levels of the local government department institutions should take appropriate steps to eliminate the emerging law and order situation with the help of law enforcement agencies and public...
Law adviser Asif Nazrul on Monday said that political parties driven by vested interests always neglected reform initiatives.聽
Law enforcement and security agencies arrested 589 individuals more on Monday across the country in the ongoing Operation Devil Hunt, taking the total number of arrests in the drive to 9,253 since the operation began on February 8...
AN INCREASE in the incidents of robbery and extortion across the country suggests the government鈥檚 deplorable failure to ensure law and order. The interim government, which assumed power on August 8, 2024, after the fall of the Awami League government on August 5, vowed to prioritise the restoration of law and order. While this is understandable that there was...
Dhaka University students on Midnight past Sunday, staged a protest march on campus demanding resignation of home adviser Lieutenant General (retired) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury...
Awami League people have smuggled out a lot of money to foreign countries and now they are using that money to destabilise the country,鈥� he told an emergency press conference鈥�
THE establishment of an independent police commission as an oversight body in Bangladesh is crucial for ensuring accountability, transparency, and efficiency in law enforcement. While the police play a vital role in maintaining law and order, allegations of corruption, political influence, and human rights violations have raised serious concerns about their role in...
RESIDENTS of Dhaka appear to be headed for a transport system completely in lawlessness as the road regime worsens riding on the indolence, deliberate or unintentional, of the authorities. Chaos on the road, which had often made the headlines for years, appears to have intensified largely after the August 2024 political changeover, when law enforcement...
Law enforcement and security agencies arrested at least 492 individuals more on Thursday across the country in the ongoing Operation Devil Hunt, raising the total number of arrests in the drive to 6,849 since the operation began on February 8...
Law enforcement and security agencies arrested at least 532 individuals more on Wednesday across the country in the ongoing Operation Devil Hunt, raising the total number of arrests in the drive to 6,357 since the operation began on February 8...
Law enforcement and security agencies arrested at least 506 individuals on Tuesday across the country in the ongoing Operation Devil Hunt, raising the total number of arrests in the drive to 5,825 since the operation began on February 8...
Law enforcement and security agencies arrested 529 on Monday across the country in the ongoing Operation Devil Hunt, raising the total number of arrests in the drive to 5,319 since the operation began on February 8...
Law enforcement agencies and security forces on Thursday arrested 1,665 people, including 566 in the Operation Devil Hunt aimed at restoring the deteriorated law and order situation...