law enforcement agencies
Will the law enforcement agencies protect us during elections?
In the last few years, attackers have targeted minority communities, and the law enforcers have displayed apathy or reluctance in catching the culprits, who are often linked to influential groups
Why the reluctance to rethink police powers?
On July 13, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court once again upheld the guidelines to stop the arbitrary arrests made by police based on suspicion
Bootlickers only?
The government is taking measures to snip out people who, they believe, have relations with the opposition or may somehow favour the opposition in the times of election.
The unjust and discriminatory face of corruption
The cost of grand corruption in Bangladesh is only continuing to go up.
No sign of ‘zero tolerance’ for corruption
Authorities must address the grim findings of TIB survey on corruption.
The politicisation of police
Police have been used regularly to muzzle the opposition in Bangladesh
Ilias missing: 10 years gone, no trace yet
“We, the family members of the victims of enforced disappearance, have been leading a miserable life.
Govt curbing people's rights
The government is using law enforcement agencies to frighten people and curb their rights, said rights activists at a dialogue in the capital yesterday.
Govt to keep watch on pro-Jamaat Peace schools
The government has asked the law enforcement agencies to keep a close eye on the network of Peace school and colleges across the country to see if they propagate in favour of militancy.
The blurring of distinction between law enforcement and law breaking
This is not common in countries where the law enforcement machinery is handicapped by a serious gap in training and education in professionalism, human rights, and behaviour.
Return Salahuddin to family: Khaleda
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia expresses deep concerns over the fate of missing BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed, and says the law enforcement agencies are yet to find out her party’s joint secretary general in spite of High Court directives.
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.
Pakistan militants deny killing in Khyber
The news that Pakistan security forces killed 30 militants in gun battles in the mountainous northwestern Khyber region on Saturday, is being denied by a spokesman for the militants.
Eliminate terrorism, PM tells law enforcers
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina directs the law enforcement agencies to work with utmost sincerity to eliminate terrorism
Kerry praised Bangladesh lawmen’s role: Mahmood
John Kerry has appreciated the role of Bangladesh’s law enforcement agencies in countering terrorist activities, the foreign minister says
Civil liberty must precede enforcement efficiency
THERE is something manifestly unusual in the media report that says that the police have sought cancellation of a legal provision that bars them from justifying torture and inhuman treatment of anyone in custody even in circumstances like war and political unrest.
DCC, CCC polls before Ramadan, CEC says
Elections to Dhaka and Chittagong city corporations will be held before the month of Ramadan, says Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad.