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.

February 29, 2016
February 29, 2016

Dhaka dwellers must give personal, tenant info by Mar 15

Dhaka Metropolitan Police asks landlords and tenants in Dhaka to submit their identity information to respective police stations by March 15 to help create a citizen database.

February 12, 2016
February 12, 2016

Don't harass people on suspicion

Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia yesterday asked officers not to “unnecessarily harass people on suspicion” or “by showing them arrested in cases”.

February 2, 2016
February 2, 2016

Dhaka hands protest note to Islamabad

Bangladesh government hands over a strongly worded note to Pakistan envoy in Dhaka a day after a staff member of Bangladesh High Commission in Islamabad went missing for seven hours.

February 2, 2016
February 2, 2016

Pakistan high commission staff held, freed later

Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka yesterday alleged a team of the Detective Branch of police threatened to kill one of its employees if he failed to provide them with a huge amount of money.

January 31, 2016
January 31, 2016

Book fair: Cops to provide spl security to writers, bloggers

Law enforcers will provide “special security” to writers, bloggers and visitors at the Ekushey Book Fair if they ask for it, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police says.

January 30, 2016
January 30, 2016

Taming rogue policemen

Excessive use of force is decidedly more complex and multidimensional than the few bad apples' theory would imply.

January 27, 2016
January 27, 2016

Police oppose external probe

The police have once again demanded that the home ministry scrap the two committees formed last year to investigate allegations of corruption, irregularities and other serious allegations against cops.

January 23, 2016
January 23, 2016

Public order and its discontents

A concerned commentator feels uneasy at the modus operandi of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police in laying down conditions for holding...

January 21, 2016
January 21, 2016

Cops say didn’t find Singapore returnees’ link with IS, al-Qaeda

Police in Dhaka say they have not found any link of the 26 Bangladeshi workers, who were deported by Singapore over their alleged support for armed jihad of Islamic State and al-Qaeda.

January 16, 2016
January 16, 2016

Torturer cops Masud, Akash suspended

Dhaka police suspends two sub-inspectors (SI) for torturing two officials in Mohammadpur and Jatrabari. SI Masud Shikder of Mohammadpur Police Station and SI Arshadul Islam Akash of Jatrabari Police Station were suspended for beating up and allegedly threatening central bank official Golam Rabbi on January 9 and DSCC Conservancy Officer Bikash Chandra Das yesterday respectively.