Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque on Monday said police arrested journalist Shafik Rehman as they have clear evidence of his involvement in the conspiracy to abduct and kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy. “We wouldn’t…
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Police ‘misconduct’ with female student alleged
Dhaka – A female student of Dhaka University was harassed allegedly by a policeman on the university campus during the Pahela Baishakh celebrations, the first day of Bangla calendar unb news agency reported. The incident took place around 7pm when…
BGB top officials may get higher ranks
Dhaka – Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday said the Boarder Guard Bangladesh (BGB) will get at least four helicopters as part of strengthening capacity building of the paramilitary force. The Home Minister made the discloser in a commanders’ conference…
SI Ratan sent to jail over sexual harassment
Dhaka – Ratan Kumar Halder, suspended sub-inspector of Adabar Police Station, was sent to jail by a Dhaka court rejecting his bail petition in a case filed over sexual harassment of a female university student in the city.
Phensidyle, yaba seized nine arrested
Dhaka – Detectives arrested five alleged criminals and recovered 1400 bottles of contraband phensidyle syrup along with one pistol from Darus Salam area in the city on Wednesday night. They arrested four others on the charge of carrying yaba tablets.…
Man dies in custody, family blames police
A man held in an arms case has died in police custody,bdnews24.com reported on Saturday. The family of deceased Abdul Alim Rana, 32, alleged police grilled him in custody instead of arranging his treatment. Dhaka Central Jail Senior Superintendent Jahangir…
Police now engaged in terrorism, alleged Mirza Fakhrul
Dhaka – Terming the death of a tea-seller from a kerosene stove blast reportedly caused by members of police ‘inhuman and barbaric’, BNP on Thursday alleged that the police force itself is now engaged in terrorism. In a statement, BNP…
Police chief asks field officers to contain militancy
Dhaka – Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Haque ordered the filed level police officials to give most priority to contain militancy and abuse of illegal drugs taking those as two big challenges. The IGP was asked about his directives…
Police arrests Biman employee in gold smuggling case
Dhaka – The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested an employee of Bangladesh Biman Airlines from Uttara in the city on Tuesday night in connection with recovery of 14.5 kg gold from the domestic terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal…
Bnp’s Jan 5 rally in city conditional, same applies to AL rally: Police
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party and the Bangladesh Awami League are holding separate rallies in different areas of Dhaka on Tuesday, marking the second anniversary of the 5 January elections. Awami League has arranged two rallies at Bangabandu Avenue and another…
Chittagong city to come under CCTV network soon
Police commissioner of Chittagong Metropolitan Police Abdul Jalil Mondol has said the entire city will be brought under CCTV network very soon. He disclosed this while addressing the installation ceremony of CCTV camera in Akbar Shah thana in city recently.
Bnp terms verdict against Khoka in graft case lopsided
BNP has termed lopsided the court verdict jailing its vice chairman Sadeque Hossain Khoka for 13 years’ in a graft case and claimed that he did not get justice. “The main target of the trial was to harass Sadeque Hossain…
Italian national killing-Special investigation team formed
Police headquarters on Tuesday formed a special investigation team headed by Joint Commissioner (Detective Branch) of DMP Monirul Islam to investigate the killing incident of Italian national Cesare Tavella.
Police boss asks bloggers not to hurt religious sentiment
Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque on Sunday urged bloggers to refrain from writing anything that may hurt the sentiment of any religious community. He also urged the country’s people to take recourse to law instead of taking…
BMP formed probe panel to investigate bribe-fund
The Barisal Metropolitan Police (BMP) has reconstituted its probe panel formed to look into the raising of bribe fund for promotion, replacing its head.