3 addl IGPs, 4 officers sent into forced retirement
Seven police officers, including three additional inspector generals of police, were sent into forced retirement on Sunday...
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Reforming the police: Lessons from developed nations
ON AUGUST 5, the world witnessed a significant political upheaval in Bangladesh, as the long-standing autocratic prime minister Sheikh Hasina was forced to flee the country amid an uprising led by students and citizens. Her 15-year rule had deeply corrupted and politicised various government institutions, including the police force, which had become a tool..
DMP chief urges transport owners to help ease Dhaka traffic
Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Md Mainul Hasan sought cooperation from the transport sector to ease traffic congestion in the capital鈥檚 metropolitan areas.
Police officers聽Moshiur, Mazharul remanded in murder cases
Dhaka courts on Friday placed additional deputy inspector general of police for Chattogram Range Mashiur Rahman on seven-day and police inspector Mazharul Islam on...
Stern actions to be taken for taking laws into hands: Police HQ
The police in Bangladesh on Friday warned that stern actions will be taken if anyone takes the law into their own hands.
Extortion case filed against Aziz, Benazir聽
A case was filed against five persons, including former army chief general (retired) Aziz Ahmed and former inspector general of police Benazir Ahmed for demanding Tk 100 crore as extortion from a business person in September 2019...
Rohingya youth arrested with foreign pistol at Ukhia
Members of the Armed Police Battalion arrested a Rohingya youth with one foreign pistol and five rounds of bullets at Ukhia in Cox鈥檚 Bazar on Tuesday...
DMP files 292 cases, fines Tk 11.58 lakh over traffic rules violations
The traffic division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police filed 292 cases and imposed fine of Tk 11.58 lakh after conducting drives against traffic rule violators on Tuesday.
Iran president vows to ensure morality police don鈥檛 鈥榖other鈥� women
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian vowed Monday to ensure the morality police will no longer 鈥榖other鈥� women, in remarks to the media on the second anniversary of Mahsa Amini鈥檚 death in custody....
Ex-Gazipur SP among six police officials sued for cheating college girl聽
A 19-year-old college girl on Sunday filed a fraud case with the Gazipur Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court against six police officials, including former Gazipur superintendent of police...
12 DIGs, 22 SPs get new posting
As part of the ongoing reshuffle in police administration, the inspector general of police on Sunday posted 12 deputy inspector generals to their new assignments at the police headquarters...
Name in FIR not necessitate immediate arrest: DMP
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Md Mainul Hasan said that recording a case at a police station did not automatically necessitate the immediate arrest of the accused named in the FIR...
Public servants should stand equal as others in eyes of law
THE police have decided not to arrest any public servants without specific information and evidence in cases filed in connection with the student-mass uprising that spanned July and August. The police have also decided to drop the names of public servants and other individuals accused in such cases if their involvement is not proved in preliminary...
DMP chief asks police to behave politely with citizens
Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Mainul Hassan on Friday called upon the police officials to behave politely with citizens, saying that there was no scope of any unprofessional behaviour and...
Police asked not to arrest govt officials without proof
The police have decided not to arrest any government officials and employees without exact information and evidence in cases centring the student-led mass uprising and also...
RAB arrests inspector for involvement in burning students鈥� bodies in Ashulia
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-3 on Friday arrested inspector Arafat Hossain for his involvement in burning bodies of students and common people in front of the Ashulia Police Station on August 5, reports UNB.
Notre Dame College office assistant found dead, case filed
The police have recovered the body of an office assistant of the Notre Dame College, at her rented house in Rishikesh Das Lane area of Dholaikhal in Old Dhaka.
Indian police arrest 33 after violence in Manipur
Indian police have arrested 33 people after a surge in ethnic violence in Manipur state, where a curfew and an internet blackout have been imposed, officers said on Thursday...
DMP begins drive against battery-run rickshaws
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police traffic department has begun drives against unauthorised battery-run rickshaws plying main roads in the city ignoring traffic rules after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina regime on August 5...
Asaduzzaman on 7-day remand, Kafi for 5 days
Former Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia and former Dhaka district additional superintendent of police Abdullahil Kafi have been remanded in police custody for...
Protesters, police clash at Australian military expo, 33 arrested
Anti-war protesters set bins alight and threw horse manure at police during clashes in Australia on Wednesday, with officers arresting 33 people and using tear gas, stun grenades and pepper spray to disperse the crowd...
Malaysia police rescue 400 children from care home abuse
Malaysian authorities have rescued hundreds of children from care homes where they were allegedly physically and sexually abused and have arrested scores of people in large scale raids, police said on Wednesday...
Ex-lawmaker Mazharul Islam arrested
Rapid Action Battalion claimed that they arrested former Awami League lawmaker for Thakurgaon-2 constituency, Mazharul Islam Suzon, at Nikunja in Dhaka on Wednesday...
37 DMP cops transferred
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police has transferred 37 police officers, including four joint commissioners.
Law, order yet聽to be fully restored
Citizens in the capital and elsewhere in the country continue to experience a worsened law and order situation as regular activities in the police force have not yet fully restored over a...
30 OCs in Ctg transferred
The officers-in-charge of 30 police stations in Chattogram have been transferred to different police units.
2 policemen arrested for killing Abu Sayeed during students' protest in Rangpur
Two members of the Rangpur Metropolitan Police were arrested by the Police Bureau of Investigation on Monday in connection with the killing of anti-quota movement leader and...
Police chief says China to train 3,000 more overseas cops
China will train thousands of law enforcement officers from different countries over the next 12 months, its police chief said Monday, as it seeks to cement its role as a global security provider.
53 firearms recovered, 25 arrested in joint drive: PHQ
The Police Headquarters on Saturday said that law enforcers had recovered 53 firearms and arrested 25 people in the ongoing joint operations from midnight past Wednesday till Saturday morning...
Abu Sufiyan joins RMP as commissioner
Muhammad Abu Sufiyan joined Rajshahi Metropolitan Police as its 32nd Commissioner on Saturday.