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
Just over a week after a major reshuffle of the district superintendents of police, all eyes are on the police department in anticipation of possible changes in the top brass.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan told the parliament today that a new law for the Bangladesh Police will be enacted keeping in view of the current situation and turning police into a more people-friendly and service-oriented organisation.
Two police constables who went to the Netherlands for an official training exercise remain missing since May 22, the day before they were supposed to fly back to Bangladesh.
Two policemen, including Sylhet Kotwali Police Station Officer-in-Charge, were injured after activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir attacked them in Sylhet city this afternoon.
Three pedestrians were critically injured in the violence. Nahid Mia and Morsalin were among them.
In the US, being Black or just a person of colour is enough to get one killed or arrested by a cop, merely for being at the wrong place at the wrong time—or even the right place at the right time.
Five policemen, including the officer-in-charge (OC) of Mollahat Police Station, were injured in an attack allegedly by Hefajat-e Islam activists in Bagerhat this morning.
Police this morning barred the victims of the Tazreen Fashions factory fire when they tried to go to the capital’s Gono Bhaban from Jatiya Press Club to press home their three-point demand.
Police recovered body of a two-year-old from a bin of a building in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh area this morning.
Police have arrested a man for allegedly raping his 12-year-old speech-impaired niece in Ashuganj upazila of Brahmanbaria.
