law enforcers

Assault on Law Enforcers: Police accuse 200 in 2 cases

Police yesterday filed two cases against around 200 people on charge of assaulting six law enforcers during a drive to arrest a trader at Fortune Shopping Mall in the city's Mouchak area on Saturday night.

Public trust in cops eroding

People are gradually losing their trust and confidence in law enforcement agencies due to their “continued involvement in criminal activities,” including custodial deaths and disappearance of detainees, rights activists, academics and lawyers have said.

'Shootouts' With Law Enforcers / 68 killed in 6 months

As many as 68 people have been killed in “crossfire” during encounter with law enforcement agencies in the first six months of this year, says Ain o Salish Kendra.

4 ABT militants detained in Ctg: Cops

Law enforcers claim to have detained four members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) from different places of Chittagong.

Law enforcers behind disappearances: Khaleda

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia says the law enforcers including Rab and police members, who were involved in the incidents of forced disappearances and killings, will be brought to justice.

26 yrs on the run to avoid 2 yrs jail

In order to avoid two years’ imprisonment, a Rajshahi man managed to escape the law enforcers successfully for 26 years before his luck struck out two days ago.

UP polls: BNP candidates getting threats, alleges Rizvi

The BNP alleges that the party nominated chairman candidates for the union parishad (UP) elections, their agents and supporters are continuously getting death threats.

5 held for ‘killing’ Ctg BCL man

Law enforcers arrest five people from different areas in Chittagong in a case filed over killing a student of Premier University in the port city yesterday.

ASK concerned over ‘harassment of family by law enforcers’

Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK), a legal aid and human rights organisation, expresses deep concern over the law enforcement agencies’ alleged harassment and pressure on Sohagi Jahan Tonu’s family to give statements they had prescribed.

July 10, 2015
July 10, 2015

Flushing out complicit cops

Media reports reveal the shocking existence of a syndicate of members of the police force that are allegedly involved in smuggling Yaba drugs.

June 27, 2015
June 27, 2015

Police in plainclothes defy directives

We are concerned that law enforcers are continuing their drives in plainclothes, despite a written directive on June 17 from the Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner that operations of 'civil teams' should be halted immediately.

June 23, 2015
June 23, 2015

Law enforcers in Yaba trade

We are shocked that a syndicate of members of the police force were reportedly involved in smuggling Yaba on Cox's Bazar-Dhaka route.

June 15, 2015
June 15, 2015

Opinion: IGP’s big leader formula

The IGP has not only revealed how politicised he was, he also revealed the nexus between the cops and lawbreaking ruling party men.

May 27, 2015
May 27, 2015

Prompt and sensitive handling of rape cases

Rights organisations have been protesting the insensitivity and sometimes discrimination shown by law enforcers when dealing with cases of sexual assault and rape.

May 23, 2015
May 23, 2015

Excessive use of force - a remnant of colonial rule?

The deviation of policemen in the form of criminal acts and other illegal activities are always deplorable as they shake the foundation of society by eroding faith and trust in the rule of law.

April 12, 2015
April 12, 2015

Adivashi new year procession faces obstruction

Law enforcers obstruct indigenous people of Khagrachhari from bringing out a procession marking ‘Biju’ festival as they failed to show the copy of the permission for holding the programme.

April 4, 2015
April 4, 2015

BNP men enter headquarters after 90 days

BNP leaders and activists enter the party central office at Nayapaltan in Dhaka Saturday, 90 days after the law enforcement agencies allegedly locked it.

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