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Reform commission's proposals must ensure fair election
Reforms for restoration of voting rights

State and Politics

Reform commission's proposals must ensure fair election

To ensure free and fair elections, the Reform Commission has recommended reinstating the caretaker government system and the provision for a referendum. The Constitutional Reform Commission has also made similar recommendations. Recently, the possibility of the caretaker government system returning automatically has emerged following a High Court ruling. However, the system cannot be implemented until a review petition on the Appellate Division’s order that annulled the Thirteenth Amendment—through which the caretaker system was introduced—is resolved.

Why negligence in police patrols and searches?
Why negligence in police patrols and searches?

Editorial Views

Why negligence in police patrols and searches?

The country's law and order situation is already precarious, with incidents of theft, robbery, and mugging on the rise. Recently, it has come to light that the police's patrols and searches exist only on paper, with little practical implementation. According to reports published on Sunday (January 26), police presence on the streets of Dhaka during the night seems as rare as the new moon. While search checkpoints and patrol units are listed on paper, they are scarcely visible on the roads. Meanwhile, residents are living in fear of muggings. This news is concerning for the public.

Take action against those involved in enforced disappearances
Take action against those involved in enforced disappearances

Editorial Views

Take action against those involved in enforced disappearances

As much the incidents of crime and violence occurred during Awami govt regime come to light, it seems Bangladesh has passed the age of of Al-Jahiliyyah (The Age of Ignorance, to be ignorant or stupid, to act stupidly). Their dreadful brutalities are so shocking that it is hard to believe that a government could commit such barbaric atrocities on their own people.

2 including KNF women's wing chief coordinator arrested in Bandarban
2 including KNF women's wing chief coordinator arrested in Bandarban

National

2 including KNF women's wing chief coordinator arrested in Bandarban

The Rapid Action Batallion (RAB) have arrested two people including the chief coordinator of the women's wing of Kuki Chin National Front (KNF), a separatist armed outfit in the hills, in a raid in Bandarban.

US sanctions against RAB will stay: State Department
USA-State-Department

International

US sanctions against RAB will stay: State Department

The United States has said the sanctions imposed against Bangladesh's elite force RAB are not being withdrawn.

Farmer killed in shootout between RAB, robbers in Cox’s Bazar
Farmer killed in shootout between RAB, robbers in Cox’s Bazar

National

Farmer killed in shootout between RAB, robbers in Cox’s Bazar

A farmer was killed allegedly in crossfire during a gunfight between Rapid Action Battalion members and a gang of suspected robbers in Morarpara area of Baruakhali union in Cox's Bazar Sadar on Monday evening (April 29).

Commander Arafat appointed as Rab's new spokesperson
Commander Arafat appointed as Rab's new spokesperson

National

Commander Arafat appointed as Rab's new spokesperson

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has appointed Commander Arafat Islam as its new Director (legal and media wing), succeeding Commander Khandaker Al Moin.

We will not accept armed men: RAB DG
RAB DG

National

We will not accept armed men: RAB DG

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Director General (DG) M Khurshid Hossain has said that the law enforcement agency will not tolerate the existence of any armed organisation in the country.

49 suspected KNF members detained in Bandarban
49 suspected KNF members  detained in Bandarban

National

49 suspected KNF members detained in Bandarban

Forty-nine more suspected members of banned terrorist outfit Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) have been detained with firearms in Bandarban’s Ruma, the joint forces say.

Hizb ut-Tahrir leader Tawhid arrested
Hizb ut-Tahrir leader Tawhid arrested

Crime

Hizb ut-Tahrir leader Tawhid arrested

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-2 and RAB-7 have arrested a leader of Hizb ut-Tahrir, a banned militant organization, Touhidul Islam alias Tawhid (25). He was arrested from Khulshi area in Chattogram.

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