Salahuddin says applicants allegedly bought small plots of land and changed permanent addresses to qualify under district quotas

Police form probe committee after at least 20 students are injured in clash over loud music

The police in Bangladesh still seem to have little regard for negotiation as a tactic to deal with crowds.

Police say he travelled towards the border with three associates after arranging an illegal crossing for Rs 20,000

Police suspect suicide

Both the DC and SP posts in Dhaka are now held by women

Decision taken under Section 45 of Public Service Act, 2018, says home ministry

Gunmen open fire on River Police patrol on the Padma; one officer critically injured as joint forces prepare counter-operation

Detention follows arrest warrant in ICT case tied to July uprising

Law permits searches, arrests under strict procedures, but prohibits use of force, torture and arbitrary harassment

Police reviewing the entire operation, says Commissioner Sazzat Ali

‘False and misleading’ information being spread on social media by some individuals, it says

The police today recovered bodies of a couple and their two minor children from a house in Dhaka’s Pallabi, prompting an investigation into what officers described as a possible family tragedy.

The incident occurred around 9:30pm as he was walking on the rail tracks while on a phone call

The popular uprising that led to the downfall of the former regime has left law and order in a state of decline.

The Bangladesh Police Reform Commission, in its January 2025 report, has outlined a series of measures aimed at modernising the country's law enforcement framework. 

Law enforcement has detained four individuals in connection with the incident

Bangladesh's police force has had a history marked by violence, oppression, and a lack of trust.

In the beginning of the year, the police were accused of being a tool implementing “Sheikh Hasina’s engineered election”, then they became the heavy hand attempting to crush the mass uprising. Days after Hasina’s ouster, the force appeared to have disintegrated. And now, they are trying to gain public trust in combating crime.

Over 80,000 members of the police force, which comprises around 2 lakh personnel, were recruited over the past 15 years based on their political affiliations, said Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner SM Sazzat Ali yesterday.