Law and Order
Ansar-VDP to control traffic, provide security at police stations, HSIA
Forces already being deployed, says DG
Restore law and order immediately: DCCI
The leading chamber wants quick formation of interim government
One, two, three of social deceptions
What people like Milton Samaddar and Tipu Kibria show us about society.
The violence of silencing a rape survivor
That justice for rape survivors is a mirage in this country is no news, with a miserable conviction rate of three percent in rape cases.
Police have nothing to do with politics, says new DMP commissioner
Newly appointed Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Khandker Golam Faruq today said police have nothing to do with politics.
Rights Advocacy / Right of the taxpayers to protect personal data
Data protection and privacy are recognised as fundamental rights. An individual’s ‘private life’ includes the protection of his or her personal
Press charge if AL leader works against narco drive
Charges should be pressed against any ruling party men who would lobby for not taking action against drug dealers, Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder told a views-exchange meeting yesterday.
Peace, order new year's big challenge
Taking lessons from the past, law enforcement agencies are redoing their strategies to keep law and order under control in this election year. As part of their plan, police and different intelligence agencies will prepare a fresh list of wanted criminals and probable political troublemakers ahead of the election and launch drives to arrest them. Special drives will also be made to recover illegal firearms, said a number of top police officials.
No good governance if govt takes law in hand: Sultana Kamal
Good governance cannot be there if the government takes law in its hand to retain its existence somehow or other, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) Chairperson Sultana Kamal says.
3-day DC conference begins July 28
A three-day annual conference of the deputy commissioners of the districts begins July 28 in Dhaka with problems, prospects and challenges they face.
Court orders further probe into Jihad’s death
Dhaka court orders further investigation into the death of four-year-old Jihad who died after falling into a deep well last year.
HC clears way for meeting on CU VC panel
High Court clears way for holding a senate meeting of Chittagong University that will form a panel to elect a vice-chancellor for the institution.
Khilgaon OC jailed for torturing DU student
A Dhaka court sentences Helal Uddin, a former officer-in-charge of Khilgaon Police Station, to three years’ imprisonment for torturing Dhaka University student Abdul Kadar and implicating him in three false cases three years back.
City polls: 7-day ban on licensed firearms
The home ministry imposes a seven-day ban on carrying licensed firearms across Dhaka and Chittagong city corporation areas ahead of the city polls scheduled for April 28.
Split order on Abbas’ bail in 2 cases
High Court gives split verdict on bail plea of BNP-endorsed Dhaka mayor candidate Mirza Abbas in two criminal cases. The chief justice will now appoint another bench for the bail hearing.
One more ghastly murder in the city
IN a macabre attack with a hammer, a former college teacher was murdered in her apartment in the capital on Monday.
The nifty snatcher and his evening mission
Every mobile phone owner, more or less, experiences the onset of panic and despair the moment he realises his phone is missing. But what happened to me is more than that when I suddenly saw my mobile phone gone in the blink of an eye.