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
Police recover a body of a female police constable from at AGB Colony in Motijheel area of Dhaka.
As recruitment of 9,680 police constables is going to start from June 22 in all 64 districts across the country, the Police Headquarters warns against any sort of illegal monetary exchange or adoption of unfair means.
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) calls upon the police force to discharge their responsibilities upholding law and ignoring fear and favour.
Police are pressing for promotion of 495 officials of the ranks of superintendent of police to additional inspector general ahead of the national elections.
The policemen sustain bullet injuries during an anti-drug drive in Dhupkhola area of Dhaka.
Policemen are barred from browsing mobile phones or staying engaged with the device while discharging duty in a directive issued from police headquarters.
The comments of a deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) at a recent police conference show the prevalence of corruption in the postings of officers-in-charge and sub-inspectors. According to the DC, prospective OCs have to pay amounts as high as Tk 30 lakh to Tk 1.5 crore for their postings. The amount of bribes for transfers of sub-inspector also goes into the lakhs.
Five police officials have been promoted to the post of additional inspector general of police while 15 others to the rank of deputy inspector general (DIG).
Police claim to have detained two political bigwigs of Jamaat-e-Islami and recovered a huge amount of explosives from their possession during a raid in Dholaipar area of Dhaka.
A Chittagong court asks police to arrest the Bangladesh Chhatra League central leader Diaz Irfan Chowdhury murder case accused for the sake of investigation.
