The police reform debate seems to be attracting a wider and more serious audience.
Over 80,000 members of the police force, which comprises around 2 lakh personnel, were recruited over the past 15 years based on their political affiliations, said Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner SM Sazzat Ali yesterday.
Militarisation of police force cannot be accepted under any pretext
But without political reforms, any change risks being superficial
Bangladesh Police Academy in Sardah, Rajshahi, yesterday discharged 58 more trainee sub-inspectors (SIs) from the 40th outside cadet batch on the grounds of “breaching discipline”.
60 officials of BFIU, Bangladesh Police, NBR, ACC, BSEC and the Department of Narcotics Control will receive the training
The stage was all set. The Bangladesh Police Academy at Sardah was decked up for the year’s highlight. Another batch of assistant superintendents was about to pass out. Many of the guests and dignitaries had already arrived in Rajshahi the evening before. They would watch 62 ASPs — all BCS recruits — march in their passing-out parade.
A total of 252 trainee sub-inspectors (SIs) of the 40th Outside Cadet batch have been dismissed just a month before graduating from the Sarda Police Academy in Rajshahi.
Independent oversight body is needed to investigate such crimes
Police yesterday detained an Awami League leader for entering the domestic terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport allegedly along with a pistol and 32 bullets without any declaration.
Police recover a border pillar dated back to the British period and arrested five people for their connection in selling it illegally in Nesarabad upzila of Pirojpur.
With one police jeep in front and another behind, four buses brought 102 yaba godfathers and dealers to Teknaf Model Primary School from Cox's Bazar Police Lines around 9:00am yesterday.
Police rescue 31 people from Maheshkhali upazila of Cox’s Bazar when they were taking preparation to go to Malaysia illegally through the Bay of Bengal.
Inspector General of Police Mohammad Javed Patwary says their main duty is to make a place in the heart of people.
The Prime Minister's call to the police while addressing the inauguration of the Police Week-2019 is timely. There is no denying that our police force lacks accountability and transparency.
Police high-ups yesterday placed before the home minister a host of demands that include land allocation for the force and appointment of police officials to the key posts, including that of the director general, at the passport department.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks the police to remain careful so that innocent people are not harassed and tortured during their duties. "You need to keep in mind that no innocent person should fall victim to torture and harassment by you," she says.
All 80 police officials holding commanding posts in divisions, districts and metropolitan areas, along with their 269 colleagues, are getting prestigious police medals this year.
Police officials are likely to come up with a list of demands in the upcoming Police Week to be held from February 4-8.
