law enforcers

Assault on Law Enforcers: Police accuse 200 in 2 cases

Police yesterday filed two cases against around 200 people on charge of assaulting six law enforcers during a drive to arrest a trader at Fortune Shopping Mall in the city's Mouchak area on Saturday night.

Public trust in cops eroding

People are gradually losing their trust and confidence in law enforcement agencies due to their “continued involvement in criminal activities,” including custodial deaths and disappearance of detainees, rights activists, academics and lawyers have said.

'Shootouts' With Law Enforcers / 68 killed in 6 months

As many as 68 people have been killed in “crossfire” during encounter with law enforcement agencies in the first six months of this year, says Ain o Salish Kendra.

4 ABT militants detained in Ctg: Cops

Law enforcers claim to have detained four members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) from different places of Chittagong.

Law enforcers behind disappearances: Khaleda

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia says the law enforcers including Rab and police members, who were involved in the incidents of forced disappearances and killings, will be brought to justice.

26 yrs on the run to avoid 2 yrs jail

In order to avoid two years’ imprisonment, a Rajshahi man managed to escape the law enforcers successfully for 26 years before his luck struck out two days ago.

UP polls: BNP candidates getting threats, alleges Rizvi

The BNP alleges that the party nominated chairman candidates for the union parishad (UP) elections, their agents and supporters are continuously getting death threats.

5 held for ‘killing’ Ctg BCL man

Law enforcers arrest five people from different areas in Chittagong in a case filed over killing a student of Premier University in the port city yesterday.

ASK concerned over ‘harassment of family by law enforcers’

Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK), a legal aid and human rights organisation, expresses deep concern over the law enforcement agencies’ alleged harassment and pressure on Sohagi Jahan Tonu’s family to give statements they had prescribed.

March 3, 2016
March 3, 2016

CEC instructs top security for UP polls

The Election Commission instructs law enforcers to ensure top security measures for fair voting in the upcoming Union Parishad elections.

February 3, 2016
February 3, 2016

Barisal city cop suspended for ‘extortion’

A Barisal police official has been suspended after a primary investigation found him guilty of extortion and harassing two businessmen.

January 13, 2016
January 13, 2016

A rent seeking policeman!

The horrific experience of an assistant director of the central bank, picked up by a sub-inspector and his cohorts and tortured inside a police...

January 13, 2016
January 13, 2016

Mayhem at B'baria

Enraged madrasa students went berserk in Brahmanbaria town yesterday over the death of a fellow student.

January 12, 2016
January 12, 2016

Main accused held in Dhaka

Law enforcers yesterday detained the chairman of Bandarban's Naikkhangchhari upazila in connection with the 2012 arson attacks and vandalism at Buddhist temples in Ramu.

January 3, 2016
January 3, 2016

Step up effort to catch fugitives

With more than half of the war crimes accused remaining fugitives in the cases filed since August 2014, Home Minister Asaduzzaman

December 24, 2015
December 24, 2015

Suicide vest, grenades found at ‘JMB den’, 7 held

In key raid in Dhaka’s bustling Mirpur suburb, cops bust a militant den and seize huge quantity of improvised grenades, plastic explosives and suicide vest. Seven – 3 of them confirmed as JMB militants – are detained after failed attempt to scare away cops by blasting the grenades.

November 5, 2015
November 5, 2015

2 held for CU admission fraud

Law enforcers detain two students for their alleged involvement in fraudulent activities during the admission test for ‘E’ unit of Chittagong University (CU).

October 31, 2015
October 31, 2015

Ensuring accountability for fair law enforcement

While police officers are, and should continue to be, held personally responsible for their actions, considerable responsibility rests with the police department and the government to ensure that sound, effective system exists for misconduct by individual officers to be reported, investigated, and dealt with fairly.

September 18, 2015
September 18, 2015

8 ‘robbers’ held in Dhaka

Law enforcers detain eight alleged robbers in Jatrabari of Dhaka last night.

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