Govt fails to stop mob violence: LDA
Leaders of Left Democratic Alliance on Monday at a protest rally in Dhaka city condemned the interim government saying that it had failed to control mob culture in their more than one year rule...
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Govt words should match action in dealing with mob violence
A GROUP of people said to be connected to diverse Islamist parties and groups on September 5 attacked a shrine, known as Nura Paglar Darbar, at Goalanda in Rajbari. The attackers vandalised the shrine, exhumed the body of Nura Pagla, whose given name is Nurul Haque Molla, who died on August 23 and was buried in a grave on raised ground, and burnt it. The clash...
Deaths in mob聽violence on rise
The incidents of deaths in mob violence are on the rise in the country. Legal experts and human rights activists described the situation as a disturbing trend and blamed the interim government for its failure to prevent mob violence.
Stop mob violence, ensure people鈥檚 safety: LDA聽
Leaders of the Left Democratic Alliance at a protest rally in Dhaka on Sunday called on the interim government to take immediate steps to stop mob violence and ensure safety of the people in the country...
Combing operation begins as crimes surge
The interim government on Sunday launched a nationwide combing operation amid a surge in criminal acts, including murder, extortions, and mob violence, in the country, sparking public outrage and anxiety...
Mob violence won鈥檛 be tolerated: RAB DG
Director general of the Rapid Action Battalion AKM Shahidur Rahman on Friday said that no one would be allowed to take the law into their own hands and disrupt public life through mob violence...
Gov鈥檚 failure to control mob violence unacceptable: Ganosamhati
The chief coordinator of the Ganosamhati Andolan, Zonayed Saki, at a press conference in the capital on Tuesday said that the government鈥檚 failure to control mob violence was not acceptable...
BNP reiterates stance against mob violence
Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, reaffirming their party鈥檚 stance against the culture of mob violence, on Tuesday said that no one had the right to take the law into their own hands...
Army warns stern actions against mob violence, public suffering
The Bangladesh Army on Thursday said that it would take stern actions against mob violence, loss of people鈥檚 lives and properties, and activities that would create public suffering in the future...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police adopts zero tolerance against mob violence
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...
Rebuilding security with community-driven approach
Since the downfall of the former autocratic regime on August 5, 2024, law and order in Bangladesh have been in a state of decline, marked by increasing instability. In the months that followed, mob violence, extortion, and the rise of unruly factions became prevalent. The police force, once aligned with the...
Stringent action, not redundant comment, is expected
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...
Much more expected of govt to stop continued mob violence
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...
No let-up in mob violence
Mob violence goes unabated in the country with no sign of let-up in immediate future as in latest incidents at least one man was lynched to death and three others beaten up on suspicion of being muggers in Dhaka, Gazipur and Sylhet on Tuesday night...
Mahfuj Alam warns against mob violence
Interim government adviser Mahfuz Alam issued a stern warning on Monday, urging people to refrain from mob violence and from taking the law into their own hands.
Govt should attend to public trust deficit in legal system
AN ALARMING increase in mob violence in two months is disconcerting, especially because a major policy focus of the interim government is to improve law and order and to restore public trust in law enforcement. In August鈥揝eptember, after the fall of the Awami League regime, as Ain O Salish Kendra says, at least 49 people were killed in mob violence. In the corresponding period in 2023, the number of mob violence deaths was 10...
49 lynched in 2 months in Bangladesh : ASK
Incidents of mob violence are on the rise in the country with at least 49 people lynched in the past two months, according to the monthly report of human rights organistation Ain o Salish Kendra.
JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France concerned over mob violence in Bangladesh
JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France has expressed grave concern over mob violence and lynching incidents in Bangladesh following the recent political upheaval...
Growing threat to civil liberties
MOB violence, where citizens take matters into their own hands, has emerged as a troubling issue in Bangladesh. This type of vigilantism not only disrupts the legal framework but also endangers the civil liberties enshrined in the constitution of Bangladesh. Often driven by dissatisfaction with the justice system鈥檚 delays, such actions bypass legal procedures...
Mob violence on rise, 32 lynched in 6 months
Incidents of mob violence are on the rise, with at least 32 people killed in the first six months of this year, compared to 24 in the same period last year...