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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
Shibir man held with firearms in Ctg
Police arrest a Shibir activist with a pistol and 25 sharp weapons in Satkania upazila of Chittagong.
Don't parade detainees before media, HC tells police chief
The High Court asks the inspector general of police to prohibit the law enforcement agencies from parading any detainees before the media before producing him or her to a court.
Two arrested in Sydney terror raids
Police in Sydney have arrested a 15-year-old and a 20-year-old in a counter-terror operation.
‘Robber’ killed in Ctg ‘gunfight’
An alleged robber is killed in a “gunfight” between his cohorts and police in Banshkhali upazila of Chittagong.
Killing parents: Oishee seeks acquittal
Oishee Rahman, who was sentenced to death for killing her parents, files an appeal with the High Court seeking acquittal of the charges.
Accused cop flees Dhaka court
A sub-inspector flees from a Dhaka court dealing a case against him over the death of a man in police custody in 2012.
7-murder: Revision plea seeks further probe
A revision petition is filed with the High Court seeking its order on police to conduct further investigation into the sensational Narayanganj seven-murder case.
2 SIs, informer sent to jail in murder case
A Dhaka court sends two sub-inspectors of Pallabi Police Station and one of their informers to jail in a case filed in connection with the custodial death of a man in 2012.
4 more detained over Bogra Shia mosque attack
Law enforcers, in an overnight drive, detain four more people for their alleged involvement in Thursday’s gun attack at a Shia mosque in Bogra that left one dead.
Bogra Shia mosque attack: 2 detained
Police detain two people, early today for their alleged involvement in a gun attack at a Shia mosque in Bogra yesterday that left one dead.