Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal

Nachiketa on visiting Bangladesh amid curfew

Bangladesh recently witnessed a significant level of unrest due to the consequences of violent clashes which followed the quota reform movement. Over the past week, violence erupted across the country, especially turning the capital city into a battlefield. However, the situation is now being strictly monitored with the enforcement of curfews.

'Govt working to unearth facts of DGFI officer's killing'

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said the government is working to trace the drug peddlers who opened fire on law enforcers, leaving an intelligence official dead near Tumbru border in Bandarban's Naikkhangchhari upazila yesterday.

Media completely independent now: Home Minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said that the mass media is currently working completely independently as there is no control exercised over the media.

HRW concerned about opposition members’ mass arrests; home minister rejects claims

Mass arrests and police raids of opposition party members’ homes raise serious concerns about violence and intimidation ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections in Bangladesh due next year, Human Rights Watch said today (October 10, 2022).

CCTV camera mandatory at all puja mandaps: Home Minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today said it is mandatory to install CCTV camera at all puja mandaps to ensure security during upcoming Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the Hindu Community.

Sanctions on Rab: "US has no specific information"

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today (August 27, 2022) said the United States has imposed sanctions on some Bangladeshi law enforcement officials without any specific information.

Rohingyas are not yaba consumers, they’re carriers: Home Minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said police in Chattogram region seized only 34.76 lakh yaba pills in 2016, which increased to 1.2 crore pieces in 2018 and 2.59 crore pieces in 2021.

Khaleda's treatment abroad depends on court: Home Minister

If Khaleda Zia wants to go abroad for treatment, it will have to be according to the law, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said today (June 11, 2022).

Home Minister directs law enforcers to go tough on those extorting in his name

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has asked law enforcement agencies to take strict action against those who extort money in his name.

November 3, 2018
November 3, 2018

Any attempt to create anarchy over polls will be foiled: Home minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says the law enforcers will foil any attempt to create anarchy in the country centring the upcoming national elections.

October 11, 2018
October 11, 2018

18 convicts still at large

Eighteen of the 49 convicts in the August 21 grenade attack cases are still at large and police have been able to know the whereabouts of eight of them.

August 11, 2018
August 11, 2018

Helper was driving the bus that hit home minister’s car overtaking security vehicle

The helper was driving the reckless bus that hit the car of Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal in Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area last night amid the ongoing Traffic Week.

August 11, 2018
August 11, 2018

Road accidents top cause of deaths: Kamal

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says road accident is the number one cause of deaths in Bangladesh rather than cancer or kidney diseases.

August 6, 2018
August 6, 2018

Traffic Week: 6,476 cases filed against offenders

Mainly cars and motorcycles came under police scrutiny on the first day of “Traffic Week” yesterday, amid an unannounced transport strike.

July 31, 2018
July 31, 2018

Culprits behind death of 2 college students won’t be spared: Kamal

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal visits the residence of Dia Khanom Mim, who met a tragic end to her life in a road accident on Sunday, and warned that the people who are responsible for the accident will not be spared.

July 26, 2018
July 26, 2018

Govt mulling to build border-side roads to facilitate BGB patrolling: Kamal

The government is mulling over constructing border-side roads to facilitate patrolling by officials of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and other law enforcement agencies, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan says.

June 25, 2018
June 25, 2018

Drive until drug peddling is curbed: Home boss

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says that the nationwide anti-narcotics drive will continue until the drug trade is effectively curbed.

June 2, 2018
June 2, 2018

Magistrate to probe councillor Akram’s death: Minister

A magistrate will probe the death of slain Teknaf municipality councillor Akramul Haque, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says.

May 24, 2018
May 24, 2018

Home minister vows to rid drugs from Dhaka

Drug peddlers and anyone affiliated with the narcotics trade will be brought under the rule of law, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan says.