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 police have once again demanded that the home ministry scrap the two committees formed last year to investigate allegations of corruption, irregularities and other serious allegations against cops.
A concerned commentator feels uneasy at the modus operandi of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police in laying down conditions for holding...
We are flabbergasted by the comments made by officer-in-charge of Hatibandha Police Station, of a decidedly political nature, at two consecutive programmes at which 1100 former BNP and JP activists formally joined the AL at Gaddimiri union.
An alleged drug peddler has been injured in a reported gunfight with police at Fiskar Haat in Joypurhat’s Panchbibi upazila.
Detectives arrested two persons with firearms and sharp weapons in Mymensingh town early yesterday.
Saturday's five-murder in Narayanganj was an act of unprofessional people and the victims died of head injuries caused by abrupt hitting by heavy objects, police and doctors said.
Salary increments and promotions of 10 members of Barisal Metropolitan Police (BMP), accused of creating a joint bribe fund to quicken their promotion, have been halted.
Bangladesh has turned into a “security state,” BNP acting secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said today.
Dhaka police suspends two sub-inspectors (SI) for torturing two officials in Mohammadpur and Jatrabari. SI Masud Shikder of Mohammadpur Police Station and SI Arshadul Islam Akash of Jatrabari Police Station were suspended for beating up and allegedly threatening central bank official Golam Rabbi on January 9 and DSCC Conservancy Officer Bikash Chandra Das yesterday respectively.
A car bomb blast has hit a police headquarters in south-eastern Turkey, killing six people and wounding at least 39, officials say.
