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
Another police personnel died with Covid-19 infection at Central Police Hospital in Dhaka early today.
Two alleged drug traders including a union parishad (UP) member are killed during what law enforcers claim to be a gunfight with police in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar.
Police did not take any steps to arrest Regent Group Chairman Md Shahed despite two arrest warrants -- including a conviction warrant -- were issued against him in 2010 by a Dhaka court in a cheque dishonour case, a prosecutor has alleged.
The US Embassy has provided essential personal protective equipment (PPE) to Bangladesh Police as part of continued US support for Bangladesh’s Covid-19 response efforts.
Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed yesterday said every union parishad will be marked as a police beat to take services to people's doorsteps.
Bangladesh Police have arrested around 109 people in 51 cases filed with different police stations regarding extortion at various points on the roads and highways in the country since the beginning of June.
Two members of Bangladesh Police, who tested positive for Covid-19 earlier, died in Dhaka while undergoing treatment at two different hospitals today.
The number of Covid-19 deaths in Bangladesh Police has jumped to 19, as another member of the force has died from the virus infection.
With 207 police personnel testing positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the total number of infected in the force jumped to 6,206 in the country till today.
Another police personnel infected with Covid-19 has died at Central Police Hospital in Dhaka.
