Bangladesh Police logo set to drop boat symbol
A new logo for Bangladesh Police has been finalised, dropping the boat symbol.
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Police introduces hotline to stem violence against women
Bangladesh Police on Monday launched a hotline at the headquarters in Dhaka to promptly address incidents of violence against women...
Government withdraws BPM, PPM awards of 103 police officials
The government has withdrawn the Bangladesh Police Medal and President Police Medal conferred on 103 police officials for the undue role they played in the 2018 national election...
Former police chief of Bangladesh Benazir Ahmed faces arrest warrant
A court in Dhaka on Monday issued an arrest warrant against the former inspector general of police Benazir Ahmed over graft charges.
Fresh look won鈥檛 mask a flawed force
THE recent decision to change the uniforms of the Bangladesh Police, Rapid Action Battalion, and Ansar reflects a misguided effort to erase the stains of past abuses. While new uniforms might provide an outward sense of change, they do little to solve the underlying problems of institutional inefficiency, corruption and public distrust. Reform that tackles...
Sacked trainee SIs rally for reinstatement
A large group of dismissed trainee sub-inspectors of the Bangladesh Police demonstrated for the second day on Monday in front of the Bangladesh Secretariat, the country鈥檚 administrative headquarters, demanding reinstatement in their jobs...
Eight more trainee SIs discharged from police academy
Eight more trainee sub-inspectors who had been receiving basic training at Bangladesh Police Academy in Rajshahi鈥檚 Sardah for the past fourteen months were discharged from the academy on Thursday night....
Public trust and policing crisis
DURING the previous regime of 15 years, the people of the country faced deep-rooted grievances and deprivation, aggravated by pervasive and systematic repression. Misgovernance, rampant corruption, unchecked arbitrariness, and the abuse of power fuelled widespread anger and antagonism among the populace. Amid this...
Three additional IGPs sent on forced retirement
The government has sent three officers of the rank of additional inspector general of the Bangladesh Police to compulsory retirement...
PSA forms ad hoc committee to streamline activities
The Bangladesh Police Service Association on Saturday formed a 35-member ad hoc committee with additional inspector general of police of the Criminal Investigation Department, Md Motiur Rahman Sheikh, as...
Victory Day Kabaddi: Navy, Police emerge champions聽
Bangladesh Navy and Bangladesh Police emerged as champions in the men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 categories respectively of the Victory Day Kabaddi that ended at the Shaheed Captain M Mansur Ali Handball Stadium in the city on Tuesday.
RAB, police members among 4 arrested for mugging
Four people, including members of the Rapid Action Battalion and Bangladesh Police, were arrested while they were allegedly attempting to flee after seizing goods from a man at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Monday night...
Citizens want service-oriented police force
Discussants at a seminar in Dhaka on Saturday said that the Bangladesh Police needed a comprehensive reform plan to overcome the negative image the force had achieved in the past 16 years...
SB withdraws officer, regrets harassment of 抖阴精品 editor at airport
The Special Branch of Bangladesh Police has withdrawn one of its officers from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport over the recent incident of alleged harassment of 抖阴精品 editor Nurul Kabir...
Anatomy of police reform commissions
THE Bangladesh Police, as it exists today, was originally organised under the Police Act 1861. It remains a centralised force, a legacy of its colonial past. Despite population growth, industrialisation and...
India hands over Rezaul鈥檚 body to Bangladesh
Indian police on Saturday handed over the body of a Bangladeshi citizen, who died inside the neighbouring country鈥檚 territory, to Bangladesh police...
Former chief of Bangladesh Police, Benazir, 4 DIP officials prosecuted over passport forgery
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday filed a case against five people, including former inspector general of police Benazir Ahmed, on the charges of forgery in obtaining passports...
Reform commission eye for 鈥榓ccountable鈥� police force
The Police Reform Commission, established by the interim government, has aimed to prepare reform proposals to reconstruct the Bangladesh Police as a 鈥榩ro-people force鈥�.
Bangladesh police arrests Ex- AL lawmaker MA Awal in fraud case
Bangladesh police on Wednesday afternoon arrested former Awami League lawmaker for Laxmipur-1 constituency MA Awal in a fraud case from Kalabagan in Dhaka.
RAB arrests inspector for involvement in burning students鈥� bodies in Ashulia
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-3 on Friday arrested inspector Arafat Hossain for his involvement in burning bodies of students and common people in front of the Ashulia Police Station on August 5, reports UNB.
Home adviser warns police against corruption
Adviser of the interim government on home affairs lieutenant general (retired) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Sunday urged the police officials to keep them above all corrupt practice saying none to be found in indulging would be spared...
Police range DIGs, metropolitan police commissioners transferred
Police ranges deputy inspector generals of all divisions and police commissioners of all metropolitan areas outside Dhaka have been transferred.
30 officials of Bangladesh Police promoted to SP
The government has promoted a total of 30 additional superintendents of police to the rank of the Superintendent of Police....
Committee formed to review Bangladesh Police police uniform, logo changes
The Bangladesh Police has formed a committee to review potential changes to its uniform and logo....
Bangladesh Police administration undergoes major reshuffle
The Bangladesh police administration underwent a major reshuffle on Tuesday, with 39 high and mid-level officials transferred and posted to new stations, and...
Police asked to join by Thursday
Home affairs adviser to the interim government retired Brigadier General M Sakhawat Hossain on Sunday asked police members to return to duty by Thursday otherwise they...
Bangladesh Police personnel returning to duty amidst public Support: headquarters
In response to the directive issued to Bangladesh Police personnel to return to their respective posts within 24 hours, various segments of society have stepped forward to ensure their safe mobilisation....
Major changes in Bangladesh Police after deadly protests
Bangladesh Police made a major reshuffle by transferring two additional inspector generals of police, five additional deputy inspector generals, and 48 superintendents of police ranking officials...
Killers of police personnel won鈥檛 be spared: DMP joint commissioner
Those responsible for beating three members of the police to death will not be spared, Dhaka Metropolitan Police joint commissioner, operation, Biplab Kumar Sarkar warned Wednesday....
BPSA statement on reporting police force was request, not order: SB chief
Special Branch of police chief and additional inspector general Md Monirul Islam on Monday said that they had not issued any order in the Bangladesh Police Service Association statement but...