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We need inclusive and gender-responsive community policing
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.
Opinion / The morale issues of Bangladesh Police
There is no denying that for a long time, the police have been used as a tool of repression in the subcontinent
Tables turn, but police stick to old tricks
That the former law minister Anisul Haque and Hasina’s private investment adviser Salman F Rahman had instigated armed goons to kill a 24-year-old stall employee in the New Market area, is ludicrous as it is laughable..While Salman is widely regarded as a mastermind for financial crimes, A
'We shoot one dead ... but the rest don't budge'
Chilling video surfaces of police talking to ex-home minister about subduing the protesters
Police to get new uniform, logo; committee formed
Change demanded by police due to mistrust of the force for recent acts
Sacked cops gather at Secretariat demanding jobs back
They are chanting slogans against former IGPs, DB Harun
Traffic police return to Dhaka streets after 6 days
They are working in tandem with students, who have been performing the duties of traffic police since Sheikh Hasina's resignation
Cops call off strike, set to join work today
Police members have called off their strike and are to report to their stations today.
Police can’t be used as killers, henchmen anymore: Sakhawat
Home Affairs Adviser Brigadier General (Retired) M Sakhawat Hussain today said members of the police force cannot be used as killers or henchmen anymore
EC asks SPs to go tough on rules violation
The Election Commission has asked superintendent of police of all districts to file cases against violators of electoral code of conduct during the upcoming union parishad polls.
‘JMB man’ killed in ‘gunfight’ at Khilgaon
An alleged activist of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) has been killed in a “gunfight” with detectives in Khilgaon area of Dhaka early today.
One killed in Magura police shootout
A suspected robber was killed during a “gunfight” with police in Kashundi bridge area on Magura-Dhaka highway early yesterday.
Magura ‘robber’ killed in ‘gunfight’
A suspected robber has been killed in what police described as gunfight on Dhaka-Magura road in the Magura Sadar upazila.
Banasree 2-kid murder probe handed to DB
Detectives have been tasked with the probe into the death of two children - 14-year-old Nusrat Aman Aroni and her six-year-old brother Alvi Aman - in Dhaka’s Banasree area. According to law enforcers, they were killed by their mother Mahfuza Malek Jasmine.
Ticket troubles irk desperate fans
Chaotic scenes dominated the area around the United Commercial Bank Limited's (UCBL) Mirpur 10 branch yesterday as desperate ticket buyers, for the Asia Cup final, and the police were involved in a number of clashes throughout the day.
Two held over Gazipur ATM booth robbery
Police have detained two persons in connection with robbing a fast-track ATM booth of Dutch-Bangla Bank Ltd at Harinhat in Gazipur's Kaliakoir upazila.
Truck kills 2 cops at Chapainawabganj checkpoint
A police sergeant and a sub-inspector are killed as a truck crushes them at a checkpoint in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj.
Police for People
If we peel back the layers of the most recent crimes such as the killing of children and the disturbing prevalence of violence against women...
'Breakthrough' in priest killing
Five days into the murder of a Hindu priest in Panchagarh, police yesterday claimed to have "completely cracked" the case and arrested three "key suspects".