The incident occurred around 9:30pm as he was walking on the rail tracks while on a phone call
The popular uprising that led to the downfall of the former regime has left law and order in a state of decline.
The Bangladesh Police Reform Commission, in its January 2025 report, has outlined a series of measures aimed at modernising the country's law enforcement framework.
Law enforcement has detained four individuals in connection with the incident
Bangladesh's police force has had a history marked by violence, oppression, and a lack of trust.
In the beginning of the year, the police were accused of being a tool implementing “Sheikh Hasina’s engineered election”, then they became the heavy hand attempting to crush the mass uprising. Days after Hasina’s ouster, the force appeared to have disintegrated. And now, they are trying to gain public trust in combating crime.
Over 80,000 members of the police force, which comprises around 2 lakh personnel, were recruited over the past 15 years based on their political affiliations, said Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner SM Sazzat Ali yesterday.
On June 27, 2024, a discussion titled "Towards Gender Equality: Gender-Responsive Community Policing in Bangladesh" was organised jointly by UN Women and The Daily Star at The Daily Star Centre. Academicians, top female police officers, legal specialists, and gender activists participated in the event. Below is a summary of the key points from the discussion.
There is no denying that for a long time, the police have been used as a tool of repression in the subcontinent
The Supreme Court has upheld a High Court verdict with some modifications and guidelines to stop police force from making arbitrary arrests on suspicion and torturing arrestees on remand.
Police say they see a link between some major murders with the execution of some convicted war criminals. Blames have been put on a group "who were of anti-liberation spirit and are against the war trials."
Two Bangladeshis on UN peacekeeping mission were killed and five injured in a storm in Mali.
When all the paraphernalia linked with power and status fail to get lowly commoners to show respect – say they forget to salam or shower you with petals when you enter the vicinity of the primary school you are to visit – there is only one thing to do.
Three mobile courts have been formed in Pabna, the home district of death row convict Motiur Rahman Nizami, to avert violence centering the proceedings of his execution.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police will not allow use of stickers on vehicles identifying various professions like journalists, police and lawyers.
An outlaw has been killed in what police say gunfight in Kushtia Sadar upazila.
Two cases have been filed – one by family over the murders and the other by police for assault on a cop – in connection with yesterday's gruesome Kalabagan double murders. No one has been arrested yet.
Bullet-riddled body of a college student was recovered ten days after he was allegedly abducted by unidentified people from Jhenidah.
An 11-year-old girl has been allegedly raped in Dhaka’s Khilgaon area. A case has been filed in this regard and the accused cuprit arrested.
