Muhammad Nurul Huda

STRAIGHT LINE

The writer is a columnist of The Daily Star.

Why we need democratic policing

Why are the deficits in democratic policing so glaring?

1m 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

2m 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.

2m 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

2m ago

Tackling the bad apples of police

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

10m ago

Remembering the Patriarch

Bangabandhu, through an intense process of national consciousness-building, equipped a people to defend their sovereignty.

1y ago

Behind the pre-eminence of bureaucrats

The question is one of making the bureaucracy more responsible and responsive.

1y ago

Mechanisms to hold the police accountable do exist; why aren't we using them?

It is imperative to bring the police under a system of accountability that earns public confidence.

2y ago
August 14, 2020
August 14, 2020

How sectarianism precipitated the 1947 partition

In many quarters, the blame for the partition of India in August 1947 is still squarely placed on Muslims and the so-called two-nation theory of the Muslim League. But it’s worthwhile to recall the competing sectarianism of the two major communities of the subcontinent that actually hastened its division along communal lines.

August 12, 2020
August 12, 2020

Major Sinha’s death and the culture of excessive force

The untimely death of former Major Sinha Rashed Khan in hither to inadequately explained circumstances saddens the heart.

July 19, 2020
July 19, 2020

The contour of modern policing policy

Police performance in Bangladesh in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic has surely been laudable as evidenced in public reactions and media reports.

June 23, 2020
June 23, 2020

71 years of Awami League

The Awami League celebrates its 71st birth anniversary on June 23, 2020. Looking back, any ardent student of history would come face to face with the fact that the divisions that were to characterise the differing interests of the educated Muslims in the then East Bengal, began to manifest themselves in the penultimate years of British rule in India.

June 14, 2020
June 14, 2020

Police brutality: Understanding American policing

Police brutality is no strange phenomenon to the American criminal law enforcement scenario. However, the happenings since George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis last month have demonstrated unusually deep anger and anguish, and protests continue.

June 7, 2020
June 7, 2020

A look back at the historic Six Point Movement

On June 7, 1966, in the then East Pakistan, a special protest day was observed in support of the Six Point Movement. The government of General Ayub Khan moved to suppress it with force. Huge demonstrations were fired upon by police claiming a number of lives. Large scale arrests followed. It is time once again to gratefully recall those intrepid Bangali nationalists whose sacrifices expedited our defiant march to full independence a few years later.

June 3, 2020
June 3, 2020

Was the Partition of 1947 inevitable?

On this day in 1947, the partition plan of the Indian subcontinent was made public and independence came on 14-15 August of that year.

March 7, 2020
March 7, 2020

Bangabandhu’s galvanising speech of March 7

It is now an admitted fact that in the treasury of the world’s great speeches, the historic March 7 speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman occupies a special place of honour and prominence.

January 24, 2020
January 24, 2020

Extrajudicial execution has no place in democracy

When ordinary people whose life is mostly dictated by the day-to-day compulsions speak in desperate terms, they can be excused.

January 22, 2020
January 22, 2020

Why do we not trust the police?

There is no denying that the present government has taken laudable steps by fulfilling a number of long-felt demands of the mainstream police.