Ansars deployed in Dhaka鈥檚 50 police stations
Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defense Force members on Wednesday were deployed in 50 police stations under the Dhaka Metropolitan police...
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Police not seen in uniforms for 2nd day after Hasina鈥檚 fall in Bangladesh
The police on Wednesday were not seen performing duties wearing uniforms in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country for the second consecutive day after the fall of Sheikh Hasina as prime minister amid mass uprising...
Mainul joins as DMP commissioner
Newly appointed Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Md Mainul Hasan joined office on Wednesday....
President asks police to take action to stop anarchy, looting
Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Wednesday asked the police to take strict action to control the anarchic situation and looting.
IGP calls upon police personnel to return to duty in 24 hours
The newly appointed inspector general of the police, Md Mainul Islam, on Wednesday, requested all personnel of the police to return to duty within the next 24 hours.
Major reshuffle in police, DMP commissioner Habibur Rahman relieved
Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Habibur Rahman has been sacked in a major reshuffle of police force on Wednesday, authorities said on Wednesday...
Mainul made new IGP
The government on Tuesday appointed Traffic and Driving School commandant Md Mainul Islam as the new inspector general of police.
Frustration grips police as fellows killed
Frustration has gripped the police force as their fellows were killed and police stations and their other establishments were rampaged and looted since Monday after...
IGP urges police personnel to perform duties with patience
Inspector General of Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun on Tuesday urged all its members to perform their duties with patience and strong morale with maintaining their own security....
Six people killed in police firing in Habiganj
Six people were killed during a clash between the police and protesters in Baniachang upazila of Habiganj district on Monday amid the ongoing nationwide curfew.
DU, JU students break into halls
Protesting students of Dhaka University and Jahangirnagar University on Sunday afternoon broke into 11 residential halls, including five in DU and six in JU, which were shut on July 17 amid a police crackdown on the student movement for reforming the quota system in government jobs...
13 policemen killed as Sirajganj鈥檚 Enayetpur police station attacked
Fourteen police including, 13 at Enayetpur police station in Sirajganj, were killed on Sunday amid clashes flaring up across the country on the first day of non-cooperation programme announced by...
Trader killed during student-police clash in Gazipur
A trader was killed during a clash between police and protesting students on Saturday afternoon at Mauna Chowrasta under Sreepur upazila in Gazipur....
One dies in police firing in Habiganj
A 28-year-old person was killed amid clashes between students and the police during a rally organised by Student Movement Against Discrimination in Habiganj on Friday afternoon.
Freed student coordinators vow to continue protests
Six coordinators of the Student Movement Against Discrimination, who were held in custody by the Detective Branch of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police for days without...
Transfer of errant police officers not enough
THE decision to transfer additional deputy commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police Harun Or Rashid, who has recently been at the centre of public criticism for his use of unlawful means to quell students protest seeking reforms in public job quota, appears an admission on part of the government that some city police officials have...
HC hearing postponed
A two-judge High Court bench on Wednesday could not hold the scheduled hearing of a writ petition that sought the release of six coordinators of the quota reform movement from the custody of the detective branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police...
Father dies of heart attack after police arrest son
A man died of a heart attack a few minutes after the police arrested his son on Tuesday...
Stop mockery of nation: HC
The High Court on Monday called 鈥榓 mockery with the nation鈥� the act of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Detective Branch chief鈥檚 taking meal with six confined coordinators of the Students Movement Against...
Major changes in Bangladesh Police after deadly protests
Bangladesh Police made a major reshuffle by transferring two additional inspector generals of police, five additional deputy inspector generals, and 48 superintendents of police ranking officials...
Police claim Rokeya Univ student Sayeed shot dead by protesters
The Rangpur police claimed that the death of Begum Rokeya University student Abu Sayeed was caused by the gunfire from the protesters, and he was not a victim of...
17-year-old student Faiyaz put on 7-day remand
A Dhaka court on Saturday placed Hasnatul Islam Faiyaz, 17, an eleventh grade student of Dhaka College, on a seven-day remand in a case filed with Jatrabari police station, accusing him of killing a cop on July 24 during the quota protest...
DB picks up two more protest leaders
The Detective Branch of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police picked up two more leaders of the Students Movement Against Discrimination 鈥� Sarjis Alam and...
Nur received Tk 4 lakh from a political leader, Dhaka DB chief says
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police Detective Branch chief, Harun-or-Rashid, disclosed that Gono Odhikar Parishad president Nurul Haque Nur received Tk 4 lakh from a political leader during student protests for quota reforms in public services.
2536 people arrested in Dhaka over quota protests: DMP
The police have arrested 2536 people in Dhaka in connection with the recent unrest centring student protests for quota reforms in public services.
Bangladesh says quota protest leaders held for their own safety
Bangladesh said three student leaders had been taken into custody on Friday for their own safety.
Disjointed key protest leaders create confusion
The lack communication between leaders of the Students Movement Against Discrimination, a platform for anti-quota movement has resulted in confusion among the protesters about their next course of actions...
UK cop suspended after video of violent arrest
A UK police officer was suspended on Thursday after a video circulating online appeared to show an officer kicking and stamping a man鈥檚 head while...
64 prisoners arrested, 10 surrender to court
Inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun on Monday claimed that 64 prisoners were arrested after 826 inmates of the Narsingdi district jail broke free on Friday...