Police reform must enable the force to function freely, fairly, justly, and independently.
The police reform debate seems to be attracting a wider and more serious audience.
It is time for discerning citizens to ponder over the factors and circumstances that have brought us to this precarious condition.
There is no denying that for a long time, the police have been used as a tool of repression in the subcontinent
The catch-all definition of national security must not be used as a cloak to hide abuses.
For police reform to be substantive, the first order of business should be the enactment of a new Police Act
The onus of ensuring malpractice-free management of the police force squarely rests with the police hierarchy.
The malfeasance and misfeasance of some errant police officials in the recent past—which brought into sharp focus their worrisome delinquency—has perhaps prompted the Inspector General of Police to initiate a process of cleaning that apparently aims to rid the police of bad apples.
In the throes of struggling with the Covid-19 scourge, Bangladesh has unfortunately lost many of her illustrious sons in the not-too-distant past.
In the unfortunate annals of our political history, the month of August perhaps witnessed more macabre incidents than others.
For a significant number of people, including those who had ventured to understand the causes of the historic Partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947,
All Bangladeshis, particularly those born after 1971, need to know and understand why the ghastly assassination of Bangabandhu on August 15, 1971, is such a massive tragedy.
There is a well-grounded belief that irrespective of the state of socio-economic progress, democracy as a form of government has not been able to take firm root in many societies.
It can be said without any fear of contradiction that one of history’s most massive displacements of population with the attendant violence and misery took place when,
The complainant is now complained against.
March 17 shall forever remain a memorable day in the annuls of Bangladesh’s political history, as well as in the hearts of millions of Bengalis as, on this day, the supreme leader and the progenitor of sovereign Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (fondly called Bangabandhu by his people), was born.
The significance of the historic March 7 speech of Bangabandhu lies in the fact that it was extempore—that is, without any prior preparation—but which in effect prepared an entire population for an epic struggle leading to its emancipation from the shackles of a brutal, obstinate and autocratic establishment.
