Dhaka Metropolitan Police

Holistic approach needed for safer roads

DMP’s new app should accompany strategies to address road crash causes such as reckless driving and unfit vehicles on roads.

The fog before the election

While the prime minister is unofficially on her campaign trail, the opposition camp is on the run.

BNP Rally Venue: Intelligence report behind police refusal

Dhaka Metropolitan Police yesterday denied BNP permission to hold its grand rally in front of its Nayapaltan headquarters or at the Suhrawardy Udyan on the grounds of public suffering on a working day.

BNP can't hold tomorrow’s rally at Suhrawardy Udyan, Nayapaltan: DMP

Permission denied because rally will fall on a working day, says DMP commissioner

Militancy not fully eradicated but under control: DMP chief

Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Khandaker Golam Faruq today said although militancy has not been completely eradicated from the country, it is under control

Key Jama'atul Ansar militant arrested in Dhaka

Mohibullah went to a training camp at remote hills in Bandarban in January last year and he was made the organisation's Nayeb-e-Amir, according to police

1,223 BNP men arrested in nine days

Police arrested a total of 1,223 BNP leaders and activists from different parts of the capital and produced them before the court in nine days just before the party's December 10 rally.

Police crackdown in city: Hoteliers count losses as guests stay clear

Many hoteliers and owners of shared living facilities in the capital are facing losses due to a sharp decline in guests since the ongoing police drives started on December 1.

Bring only umbrellas, prayer mats during jamaat at Eidgah: DMP

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam has requested all not to bring only umbrellas and prayer mats to the National Eidgah Ground during the Eid Jamaat.

March 5, 2019
March 5, 2019

Huji now raising funds through robbery: DB

Banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad Bangladesh (Huji) had been engaged in fund collection through robbery to reorganise itself and free a death row inmate either by ambushing a prison van or attacking a jail, police said.

March 3, 2019
March 3, 2019

Into the world of thieves

He told police that he was just a petty thief two years ago.

February 7, 2018
February 7, 2018

Dhaka to be delinked

Law enforcers have taken a series of measures to prevent BNP supporters from entering the capital so they cannot gather on the streets centring on tomorrow's expected verdict in a corruption case against Khaleda Zia.

January 22, 2018
January 22, 2018

Minister's PO, two others in custody

Detectives claimed that the three people, who had allegedly been picked up by plainclothes men in similar fashion over the last four days, were arrested by them yesterday.

January 9, 2018
January 9, 2018

Top DMP officer withdrawn for ‘marrying forcefully’

A top officer of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has been withdrawn over allegations of forcefully marrying a woman and torturing her, following media reports in this regard.

November 18, 2017
November 18, 2017

Banani Murder: Killers hired from outside Dhaka

The four men, who took part in the killing mission of a recruiting agency owner in the city's Banani on Tuesday, were hired from outside the capital, investigators said yesterday.

November 5, 2017
November 5, 2017

DMP urges parents to keep an eye on children at shopping complexes

After Friday’s abduction of a young boy from a shopping mall in the city and his rescue later, Dhaka Metropolitan Police urges parents to be vigilant with their children at shopping malls and other such areas.

May 10, 2017
May 10, 2017

Shab-e-Barat tomorrow night, DMP bans crackers

Holy Shab-e-Barat, the night of fortune and forgiveness, to be observed across the country tomorrow night with due religious fervour.

March 23, 2017
March 23, 2017

DMP's traffic guideline for Independence Day

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) imposes restriction on plying of vehicles on the street in Dhaka ahead on the Independence Day on March 26.

July 27, 2016
July 27, 2016

BNP discusses militancy issue with diplomats

Diplomats of different missions in Bangladesh hold a meeting with BNP leaders at the party’s chairperson’s office at Gulshan in Dhaka this afternoon to discuss militancy issue and present political situation in the country.