Muhammad Nurul Huda

STRAIGHT LINE

The writer is a columnist of The Daily Star.

Police reform must break free from colonial legacy

Police reform must enable the force to function freely, fairly, justly, and independently.

5m ago

Reform imperatives of our police

The police reform debate seems to be attracting a wider and more serious audience.

6m ago

Time for many to apologise

It is time for discerning citizens to ponder over the factors and circumstances that have brought us to this precarious condition.

6m ago

Why we need democratic policing

Why are the deficits in democratic policing so glaring?

9m ago

The morale issues of Bangladesh Police

There is no denying that for a long time, the police have been used as a tool of repression in the subcontinent

9m ago

The need for a clear charter for the intelligence agencies

The catch-all definition of national security must not be used as a cloak to hide abuses.

10m ago

The necessity for substantive police reform

For police reform to be substantive, the first order of business should be the enactment of a new Police Act

10m ago

Tackling the bad apples of police

The onus of ensuring malpractice-free management of the police force squarely rests with the police hierarchy.

1y ago
August 1, 2016
August 1, 2016

Fighting the fear factor

Since the community has to be involved in the rooting out strategy, residents have to know about the doable on their part. Therefore, the visibility of men, women, and children in their usual course of activities, especially the recreational ones would be a definite indicator of normalcy.

July 26, 2016
July 26, 2016

Behind the ailing prosecution

Commenting on the sorry state of prosecution of criminal offenses, a lead report of this newspaper on July 19 stated that “the long-standing demand for reforming the prosecution system with professional lawyers remains unmet” and “loyalty to the party in power

July 20, 2016
July 20, 2016

Home-made prescriptions for home-grown terror

International cooperation has to be sought discreetly from countries like the USA, UK, France, and Turkey, wherein there is a pool of information about the strategy and tactics of ISIS and Al-Qaeda. Closer to home, in Indonesia, there are admirable educational and rehabilitative programmes that have proved successful in weaning away people from the violent path.

June 9, 2016
June 9, 2016

Section 54 Cr.Pc: Indiscretions and imperatives

Arrest under Section 54 for prosecution under preventive detention cannot be entertained.

May 28, 2016
May 28, 2016

The fuss about ISIS and what we need to do

The murders of bloggers, intellectuals, priests, academicians, rights activists, and also persons of ordinary vocations committed by allegedly extremist groups...

February 13, 2016
February 13, 2016

Holding the police accountable

Public confidence increases when the police complaints system provides for an external body to supervise an investigation, or review the evidence and conclusions drawn by the police investigation

January 30, 2016
January 30, 2016

Taming rogue policemen

Excessive use of force is decidedly more complex and multidimensional than the few bad apples' theory would imply.

January 23, 2016
January 23, 2016

Public order and its discontents

A concerned commentator feels uneasy at the modus operandi of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police in laying down conditions for holding...

January 15, 2016
January 15, 2016

The sinister collaborators of 1971

Believers know full well that patriotism is an inseparable part of faith. That being so, persons accused of crimes against humanity in 1971 have quite manifestly defied and defiled their own faith.

January 6, 2016
January 6, 2016

The imperative of a counter-terrorism strategy

One may wonder if our politico-bureaucratic elite suffer from a lack of tradition on strategic thought. Such a worry arises in the...