FREQUENT murders, abduction and torture in Rohingya camps suggest that the persecuted community, already faced with an uncertain future, is additionally burdened with fear of violence. The Thailand-based rights group Fortify Rights on March 18 in its research findings on law and order in the camps in Cox鈥檚 Bazar reported at least 219 Rohingya murders in 2021鈥�2024 and...
Cultural activists on Tuesday demanded removal of homeadvisor and took steps for improvement of law and order of the country at a protest rally on the front of National Museum...
Some left political parties including the Communist Party of Bangladesh on Wednesday expressed concern over failures of the interim government to control the law and order situation of the countries...
The remark made by an adviser that mob violence and moral policing will significantly decrease once law and order is fully restored and once people are aware is a redundant remark that only states the obvious. The environment, forest and climate change adviser made the remark at a briefing on March 4 after an advisory council meeting, which discussed the recent spate...
The Ganatantrik Odhikar Committee, a platform working for democratic rights and freedom of expression, on Sunday expressed its concern over failure of the interim government to control the law and order situation in the country...
CONTINUED mob violence, with no apparent sign for an early let-up, is worrying, especially because of its implications for law and order. In the latest development, a man, suspected of being a mugger, was beaten to death by a mob at Tongi in Gazipur at night on February 25. The police, who could not identify the deceased until February 26, say that they took away the...
AN INCREASE in the incidents of robbery and extortion across the country suggests the government鈥檚 deplorable failure to ensure law and order. The interim government, which assumed power on August 8, 2024, after the fall of the Awami League government on August 5, vowed to prioritise the restoration of law and order. While this is understandable that there was...
Dhaka University students on Midnight past Sunday, staged a protest march on campus demanding resignation of home adviser Lieutenant General (retired) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury...
Awami League people have smuggled out a lot of money to foreign countries and now they are using that money to destabilise the country,鈥� he told an emergency press conference鈥�
At least 1,308 people, mostly leaders and activists of the Awami League, were arrested across the country on Sunday, the first day of the Operation Devil Hunt aiming at restoring the country鈥檚 law and order...
A SERIES of mob attacks on the police and their stations centring on attempts at snatching away the detained that have taken place recently, the latest having happened in Dhaka at night on February 4, are deplorable on a couple of counts. Such incidents taking place one after another harm law enforcement and the public perception about law enforcement. The...
ATTACKS on the police and police stations in different parts of the country in the past few weeks suggest a worrying law and order situation. The attacks were perpetrated by activists of different political parties, including the ousted Awami League. In a recent incident, activists of the Awami League attacked a police vehicle at Sujanagar in Pabna on February 2 and...
LAW and order continues to remain worrisome as the government could not improve on the situation after it had declined after the overthrow of the Awami League government on August 5, 2024 and the installation of the interim government three days later. A growing number of violent crimes such as robbery, political violence, murder, mob violence and...
The country has yet to see improvements in the overall state of law and order plummeting since Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 ouster in a mass uprising followed by the Professor Muhammad Yunus-led interim government taking over on August 8 past year...
LAW and order go hand in hand to ensure justice and well-being of society, to maintain a balance of power, to limit excessive authority that infringes on others鈥� basic freedom and to uphold basic rights for the vulnerable. While the law includes punishment by suspending certain fundamental human rights of prisoners to serve the greater purpose, it is never...
The country鈥檚 businesses are currently facing three major challenges: law and order and security concerns, contractionary monetary policy and associated economic trends, and energy supply disruptions, said Ashraf Ahmed, president of the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry...
Business leaders have urged the government to take immediate steps to improve the law and order situation, and ensure energy supply to address their challenges in operating business activities.
Business leaders on Saturday sought better business climate in the country and said that issues like law and order situation, rising interest rates and other macroeconomic challenges must be addressed as these factors have impacted the economy negatively...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Md Mainul Hasan on Sunday said processes had already been started to take action against the police personnel who did not joined their workplace yet...
THE government鈥檚 inadequate efforts, if not negligence, to resolve pressing issues that warrant early attention appear troubling. The prime issues are the law and order that has not yet been put in order, an increase in goods prices in the absence of effective oversight, the rehabilitation of the victims and the rebuilding of their houses destroyed and...
The interim government on Sunday formed committees at district and ministry levels to make recommendations for the withdrawal of politically motivated cases filed against political leaders and...
Citizens in the capital and elsewhere in the country continue to experience a worsened law and order situation as regular activities in the police force have not yet fully restored over a...
THE death of a former leader of the Chhatra League, the student wing of the Awami League, in a case of lynching is unacceptable. The incident shows that the interim government has a number of issues to attend to in keeping law and order. The former Chhatra League leader, who worked as a section officer at the University of Rajshahi, was beaten by a mob...
Home adviser to the interim government, lieutenant general (retired) M Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, stated on Sunday that Bangladesh鈥檚 law and order situation had been gradually improving....
The Bangladesh army chief, General Waker-Uz-Zaman, met with Chief Adviser of the interim government, Professor Muhammad Yunus, on Monday at the State Guest House Jamuna in Dhaka.
The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday underscored the need for restoring law and order situation in the country...
President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Tuesday appreciated the efficiency and professionalism of Bangladesh Army to normalise the country鈥檚 law and order situation as chief of army staff general Waker-Uz-Zaman called on him at Bangabhaban...
Mentioning that everyone should obey by the court order, Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Habibur Rahman on Friday said that police would not tolerate...