police

Sunny Leone, Accused in Obscenity Case, Visits Thane Police Station

Bollywood actress Sunny Leone visits the cyber crime cell of the Thane Police to record a statement in an obscenity case filed earlier this month.
28 May 2015

UN to honour 126 ‘blue helmets’

The UN will honour more than 100 “blue helmets”, including eight Bangladeshis, who lost their lives while serving the cause of peace.
28 May 2015

Ask cops to take rape complaints: HC to govt

High Court orders government to make sure that police accept any rape complaint and give services to all victims without discrimination.
25 May 2015

Excessive use of force - a remnant of colonial rule?

The deviation of policemen in the form of criminal acts and other illegal activities are always deplorable as they shake the foundation of society by eroding faith and trust in the rule of law.
22 May 2015

Salahuddin to be brought back after India’s decision: Asaduzzman

State Minister for Home Asaduzzman Khan says government will take necessary steps to bring Salahuddin Ahmed back home when India decides to hand him over.
19 May 2015

Man held over killing 3 daughters

Police arrest a man in the port city of Chittagong on charge of killing his three daughters in Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar a few days ago.
18 May 2015

If the police were all women

The role of the police is guided by the same principle in the case of both a female and a male head of state. The principle is based on class differences.
17 May 2015

Khilgaon OC jailed for torturing DU student

A Dhaka court sentences Helal Uddin, a former officer-in-charge of Khilgaon Police Station, to three years’ imprisonment for torturing Dhaka University student Abdul Kadar and implicating him in three false cases three years back.
17 May 2015

IPS officer charge-sheeted for alleged kickbacks

The Crime Branch CID of the Tamil Nadu police on Friday charge-sheets senior IPS officer under suspension, G. Sampath Kumar in IPL betting case.
17 May 2015

Car bomb kills at least 3 in Afghan capital - witness

A car bomb rams a convoy of foreign troops near the main airport in Kabul on Sunday, killing at least three civilians in the latest attack in the city.
17 May 2015

Police brutality again!

We deplore in the strongest possible terms the police brutality on the activists, some of them women, who were demanding the arrest and trial of criminals who, as an orgainsed gang, sexually harassed a number of women during the Bengali New Year.
11 May 2015

What's her fault? (video)

Videos showing policemen attacking a female demonstrator during protests against sexual assault in Dhaka on Mother’s Day yesterday draw widespread condemnation on social media.
11 May 2015

Thai police seek 20 more trafficking suspects

Thai police are seeking 20 more suspects over trafficking of Rohingya migrants in Padang Besar in Thailand
10 May 2015

Human trafficker held in Moheshkhali

Police arrests a ringleader of human trafficking gang with arms in Moheshkhali upazila of Cox's Bazar.
10 May 2015

2 US police officers shot dead in Mississippi

Two police officers are shot dead in Mississippi and the shooter fled the area in a police vehicle, local television station WDAM reports.
10 May 2015

Colombia police recover Garcia Marquez first edition

Police in Colombia say they have recovered a signed first edition copy of the novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
9 May 2015

Australian cops hold youth on terror charges

Australian police arrested a 17-year-old on terror charges in a Melbourne suburb and say they have halted a plot to detonate three homemade bombs in the city.
9 May 2015

45 officials promoted to SP

The government has promoted a total of 45 additional superintendents of police to the position of superintendent of police in different districts across the country.
5 May 2015

2 ‘robbers’ killed in ‘gunfight’ with Joypurhat cops

Two alleged robbers are killed during a “gunfight” with police in Panchbibi upazila in Joypurhat, local police say.
5 May 2015

Freddie Gray protests in several US cities

Protests are taking place in several US cities over Freddie Gray, whose death from injuries sustained in police custody has stoked unrest in Baltimore.
30 April 2015