A group led by a local leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party reportedly attacked the police in Kachua upazila鈥檚 Gajalia Bridge area Tuesday night in an attempt to snatch an arrested crime suspect, leaving four police officers injured....
Three police constables and a man were detained on Friday for their alleged involvement in abducting two businessmen and realising ransom in Shariatpur鈥檚 Damudya.
According to the latest report of Industrial Police, 2,282 readymade garment and textile factories are yet to clear half or full wages for March...
THE detention of five personnel of a law enforcement agency on charges of holding two young people to ransom is alarming. This appears more so in post July鈥揂ugust uprising. The Detective Branch personnel in Rajshahi picked up the two young people in a microbus on allegations of gambling and held them to a ransom of Tk 12 lakh. The victims were eventually...
Forty three senior officials of Bangladesh Police have been transferred and given new postings...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police has taken all possible security measures to ensure safe and festive celebration of the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr....
An internet service trader was shot dead by three unidentified men near Police Plaza in Gulshan, Dhaka on Thursday night.
CORRUPTION is deeply rooted, affecting nearly every sector, including law enforcement. Police corruption, marked by bribery, the abuse of power, political interference and extortion, has eroded public trust, weakened the justice system and fostered a culture of impunity. This not only hampers law enforcement but also obstructs justice, fuels social injustice...
Sri Lanka鈥檚 fugitive police chief surrendered to authorities and was remanded in custody Wednesday, weeks after his arrest was ordered over a botched raid that killed a fellow officer...
An angry mob severely beat a teenager following an allegation of rape in the capital鈥檚 Khilkhet area while police were taking him into their custody Tuesday night...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Monday said that it would divert traffic from the city鈥檚 key intersections to tackle the rush for shopping ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr...
Two people including a police constable were injured in an attack reportedly carried out by a group of drug dealers during a drive at Charghat in Rajshahi on Sunday night.
A Sri Lankan court refused on Monday to quash an arrest warrant for the island nation鈥檚 fugitive police chief who is wanted over an officer鈥檚 death in a botched raid.
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday directed the police to strengthen their efforts to maintain law and order so that every citizen of the country, including the minorities, feel safe...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Sheikh Md Sazzat Ali on Monday expressed his regret about his Saturday鈥檚 remarks in which he urged media not to use the word 鈥榬ape鈥� and use 鈥榲iolence against women鈥� or 鈥榬epression of women鈥� instead...
Amid a deteriorating law and order situation, chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus is set to hold a special meeting with top field-level police officers today.
Rights organisations on Sunday slammed Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Sheikh Md Sazzat Ali for his suggestion that the media should use the phrase 鈥榬epression of women鈥� instead of the word 鈥榬ape鈥� while reporting rape incidents.
SOMETHING that is unpleasant to hear is also unpleasant to happen. This is what the Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner appears to have missed out on when on March 15 he requested journalists to use the phrase 鈥榬epression on women鈥� instead of the word 鈥榬ape鈥� in reports. The city police chief, who has attended as chief guest the inauguration...
Uncertainty loomed over the payment of wages and bonuses of readymade garment workers in 200 factories ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslims to be held at the end of March, according to the Industrial Police...
Anindita Datta, an associate professor at the radiology and imaging department at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), was allegedly harassed by a group of people on Sunday.
Police arrested two women with five kilograms of heroin in their possession in the Sultanganj Gangabari Roadpara area under the Godagari municipality in Rajshahi early Saturday...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner on Saturday urged the journalists to use 鈥榳omen repression鈥� instead of rape in media reports...
A man was allegedly beaten at the Rangpur Kotwali police station after he went there to file an extortion and bribery case against a deputy police commissioner of the Rangpur Metropolitan Police on Thursday afternoon.
DESPITE support and care from authorities, particularly the healthcare providers, the eight-year-old rape victim from Magura lost the battle for life in Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka on March 13 while anti-rape protests raged. Four accused in this case are arrested and the law minister assured a speedy trial of the case but the movement against rape continued as the...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Thursday imposed a ban on all types of gatherings, rallies and processions in and around the secretariat and the chief adviser鈥檚 official residence Jamuna and surrounding areas.
The police dispersed a section of teachers of non-government schools for the children with disabilities in the Kadam Fountain area in the capital on Wednesday after the teachers blocked the road on their way to the chief adviser鈥檚 official residence Jamuna...
Police said on Wednesday that the suspended vice-principal of Habibullah Bahar College, Mohammad Syfur Rahman Bhuiyan, was killed in Dhaka鈥檚 Uttarkhan after allegedly attempting to rape a young woman at his rented house...
THE way the police have relied on violence to disperse an anti-rape march towards the residence of the chief adviser demanding a more decisive role in ending violence against women is a shocking reminder of the role that the police played during the July uprising. The anti-rape march was one of many protests taking place over the rape of a child in Magura, fighting for life...
Three police officials including Pallabi police station officer-in-charge Nazrul Islam were injured as a private university student attacked them in the duty officer鈥檚 room of the police station in the capital early Tuesday.
Bangladesh Police on Monday launched a hotline at the headquarters in Dhaka to promptly address incidents of violence against women...