Police personnel, except those in specialised units, will no longer be allowed to carry lethal weapons, in line with a decision made at the meeting of the Advisory Council Committee on Law and Order yesterday.
The current process for filing complaints at a police station does not allow officers to initially authenticate the claims. As a result, this system is exploited, leading to the filing of many cases intended for personal or financial gain, revenge, or harassment against others.
The new official police monogram features the national flower, the Shapla (water lily), resting on water and encircled by paddy and wheat, with three jute leaves at the top.
Held meeting with officials of foreign companies, introduced dedicated emergency contact line
The Bangladesh Police Reform Commission, in its January 2025 report, has outlined a series of measures aimed at modernising the country's law enforcement framework.
The directive came during a meeting with the Home Adviser and police officials
Giving security guards police power raises concerns
Home ministry’s refusal to acknowledge this is baffling.
However, the official orders did not clarify the reason behind the decision
The Police Headquarters is planning to propose promotion of 550 police officials to superintendents of police keeping them in the offices they are serving now.
Police authorities must unearth the truth behind questionable DB raid and arrests in 2016
Ali Hossain Fakir, former commanding officer of Armed Police Battalion-3, was sent into forced retirement this afternoon citing public interest.
Two Additional Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police were sent into forced retirement this afternoon citing public interest, two weeks after three SPs also sent to retirement.
Newly appointed Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Khandker Golam Faruq today said police have nothing to do with politics.
It is imperative to bring the police under a system of accountability that earns public confidence.
Mirza Abdullahel Baqui, one of the three superintendents of police sent into retirement today, said he had no idea about his early retirement.
Complaints about police’s involvement in various crimes continue to pile up thanks to lenient disciplinary measures that embolden errant cops, say criminologists and legal experts.
It is unfortunate that custodial torture continues to be pervasive in Bangladesh, which has enacted the Torture and Custodial Death (Prohibition) Act, 2013.
His family deserves transparent investigation into his death in police custody
