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
1m 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.
9m 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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