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
A Dhaka court yesterday framed charges against five, including three former policemen of Pallabi Police Station, for their involvement in killing Ishtiaq Ahmed Jonny in police custody in February 2014.
Banshkhali Chhatra Oikya Forum calls a dawn-to-dusk hartal in the upazila of Chittagong for Wednesday protesting Monday's incident that left four people killed in “police firing”.
Police yesterday recovered 20 grenades, firearms and ammunition, and a huge amount of bomb-making materials, including gel
Police recover 23 bombs from a house in Bhogra area of Gazipur city and pick up two people in this connection.
An alleged robber was killed in a "gunfight" with police in Shalikha upazila of Magura early yesterday.
She may have been briefly separated from her parents for her poor judgement of a child, but then it was her ready wits that soon reunited her with them.
An alleged dacoit has been killed in what police described as gunfight at Shalikha upazila of Magura.
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.
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.
A suspected robber was killed during a “gunfight” with police in Kashundi bridge area on Magura-Dhaka highway early yesterday.
