police

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, 14:49 PM

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, 06:06 AM

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, 10:41 AM

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, 04:26 AM

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, 11:20 AM

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, 05:15 AM

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, 11:10 AM

Police, Ansar clash in Dhaka

A group of Bangladesh Ansar members, demanding their remuneration of yesterday’s city polls duty, blocked a major road in the capital this evening, leading to a clash with the police at Mirpur.
29 April 2015, 15:40 PM

Police used to gage AL candidates' popularity

IT is nothing short of bizarre – that officers-in charge of police stations have been busy sending reports on the popularity of candidates
21 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Man pushes pregnant girlfriend off 150-ft cliff, but she survives

A youth pushes his pregnant girlfriend off a cliff near the Nahargarh fort after crushing her face with a stone and then flees, assuming her to be dead.
18 April 2015, 07:19 AM

Killings of African Americans in US on the rise

Deaths of African Americans in US in the hands of police has taken a sharp rise in recent months.
16 April 2015, 09:23 AM

Promotion spree in police admin too

Government promotes 134 police officials throughout different districts of the country a day after the biggest promotion spree in civil service.
7 April 2015, 11:01 AM

HC stays Rizvi’s remand in vandalism case

The High Court stayed for a month, a three-day remand of BNP joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed under police custody in a vandalism case.
5 April 2015, 11:50 AM

Follow due process, HR chief tells cops

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Mizanur Rahman urges the law enforcement agencies to follow due process in detaining people and keeping them in custody.
4 April 2015, 08:59 AM

Improving police command

IT is a travesty of justice. The court has let off all the 16 policemen, belonging to the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) of Uttar Pradesh on the lack of evidence.
3 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Another blogger stabbed to death in Tejgaon

A blogger is stabbed to death in broad day light in Tejgaon Industrial area of Dhaka. Police detain two of the three killers red-handed.
30 March 2015, 05:35 AM

113 tortoises rescued at Dhaka airport

Authorities has recovered 113 tortoises from two Indian nationals at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
24 March 2015, 13:51 PM

Dhaka Taxes Bar Association leaders barred from meeting Khaleda

The newly elected president and general secretary of Dhaka Taxes Bar Association fail to meet BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia as police intercepted them in front of her Gulshan office.
23 March 2015, 13:54 PM

15 police officers transferred

The government transferred 15 police officers to different positions in the latest reshuffle.
22 March 2015, 13:02 PM

The grammar of investigation

THE Law Commission Chairman Justice A.B.M. Khairul Haque found himself in the limelight when at a discussion he said: “He (the police chief) should have resigned that very day (when Avijit was murdered)…..We don't have this culture in our country.”
20 March 2015, 18:00 PM