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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
Stay alert so that Jamaat-Shibir cannot sneak into police: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks the authorities concerned to stay alert so that the Jamaat-Shibir activists and those involved in terrorist and militant acts could not be recruited in the police force.
Police still clueless
Although the police arrested three suspects in connection with the killing of a priest at a temple in Debiganj of Panchagarh, they were still clueless about the motive behind the gruesome murder.
Charges pressed against Fakhrul over 2015 violence
Police presses charges against BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 52 other leaders and activists of the party in two violence cases of last year.
Tk 10 lakh needed for job in police: Ershad
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad expresses his concern over what he said is the widespread corruption in every sector across the country.
Child’s body recovered in Dhaka
The body of a boy recovers in Demra area of Dhaka.
A rickshaw-puller's plight
The horrifying news of a rickshaw puller shot by cops during an alleged extortion drive has, once again, brought to the fore the unethical and illegal practices of our law enforcement agencies.
Don't harass people on suspicion
Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia yesterday asked officers not to “unnecessarily harass people on suspicion” or “by showing them arrested in cases”.
Student-cop scuffle at Karwan Bazar
A scuffle between police and a group of Dhaka University students takes place at Karwan Bazar intersection in Dhaka.
Cop among 2 killed in Comilla road crash
Two people including a constable of highway police killed and three others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Comilla.
Dept will not take responsibility for cops’ personal crimes: IGP
The police department will not take responsibility of any personal crime committed by policemen, Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque.