PM asks police to serve people to retain public trust

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked the police personnel to continue their service towards the people to sustain the public trust they have earned.  “…serve the people keeping the humanitarian aspects in mind so that the trust and confidence among the mass people regarding the police force remain intact,” she

Govt staged Nayapaltan clash to foil Dec 10 rally: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Wednesday that violent clash between BNP activists and police outside the party's central office at Nayapaltan was planned by the government to foil the party's upcoming divisional rally in Dhaka on December 10."I came to Nayapaltan and tried to enter my

AL, police attack activists ahead of Cumilla rally: BNP

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) standing committee member Dr Khandkar Mosharraf Hossain has alleged that the ruling Awami League and police are attacking BNP leaders and activists in Cumilla ahead of the political party's divisional rally on Saturday (26 November). "Everyday lives of BNP activists are being disrupted here," Dr Khandkar

Police declare bounty for info on 2 death row convicts

Bangladesh police announced Tk 10 lakh for information on each men - convicted to death in publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan murder case - who escaped from the lock-up of a Dhaka court earlier today. AIG of media, Police Headquarters, Md Manzur Rahman told UNB that a total ofTk 20lakh as

Police yet to make any headway in Fardin’s murder case

Police are yet to make any headway in the murder of BUET student Fardin Noor Parash, according to Harunor Rashid, chief of the Detective Branch.“Law enforcers didn’t find any concrete information. Efforts are underway to uncover the truth. It’s not possible to say whether Fardin was killed because of drugs

Journalists , police involved in drug trade: Home Minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal Monday said that well-off individuals as well as journalists and police are also involved in drug trade, and they too face justice without exception. The minister made the remark while speaking at a roundtable meeting in Dhaka's CIRDAP auditorium. "In prison, you will find police, Rab personnel

Iran protesters return to streets, defying deadly crackdown

Protests flared again in Iran Saturday over the death of a woman in morality police custody, despite a crackdown by security forces in which at least 41 people have died, according to official figures. The main reformist party inside Iran called for the repeal of the mandatory Islamic dress code that