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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

October 4, 2024
October 4, 2024

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.

September 18, 2024
September 18, 2024

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

August 19, 2024
August 19, 2024

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

August 13, 2024
August 13, 2024

'We shoot one dead ... but the rest don't budge'

Chilling video surfaces of police talking to ex-home minister about subduing the protesters

August 13, 2024
August 13, 2024

Police to get new uniform, logo; committee formed

Change demanded by police due to mistrust of the force for recent acts

August 12, 2024
August 12, 2024

Sacked cops gather at Secretariat demanding jobs back

They are chanting slogans against former IGPs, DB Harun

August 12, 2024
August 12, 2024

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

August 12, 2024
August 12, 2024

Cops call off strike, set to join work today

Police members have called off their strike and are to report to their stations today.

August 11, 2024
August 11, 2024

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

August 11, 2024
August 11, 2024

Police not on the ground

Five days after an uprising toppled the Sheikh Hasina administration, police have not yet resumed their work to ensure public security.