Govt plans broader expansion of police force, including 10,000 constables and new officers through PSC, he says

Govt must curb mob tendencies, check disturbances by party activists

National Citizen Party (NCP) Senior Joint Convener Samantha Sharmin today alleged that a large section within the interim government deliberately wanted instability at the field level to serve political objectives.

The ministry sincerely urged to everyone to cooperate with the government in maintaining law and order

The proposed budget share for the 2024-25 fiscal year for the home ministry has been slightly decreased in terms of the total budget compared to the outgoing fiscal year

Do we need more of the same police?

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has said that the Kalabagan Police Station is being constructed at the city's Tetultala​​​​​​​ playground with permission of all the authorities concerned.

Law enforcers are to write to the home ministry to take necessary steps to ban militant outfit Ansar-Al-Islam, an alleged Bangladesh chapter of al-Qaeda in the Indian Sub-Continent.

Bangladesh Chhatra Union (BCU) announces to march towards the home ministry on Aug 22 to submit a memorandum demanding the arrest of the killers of Afsana Ferdous.

The education ministry asks the home ministry to shut unapproved Peace International Schools immediately.

In a major reshuffle in the police administration, 21 superintendents of police (SPs) are given new postings.

The government transfers 13 police officials, including four of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP), to different posts and places. The home ministry issues a gazette in this regard which will be effective from July 10, 2016.

Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology forwards a letter to the home ministry for a drive against noncertified SIM cards.

The government splits home ministry into two divisions, according to a letter of Ministry of Public Administration

Authorities issue a red alert at the airports and land ports in the country to prevent the six alleged Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) men from leaving the country.

Members of the so-called Islamic State in Bangladesh (ISB), formed in Singapore in March, have identified several possible targets in Bangladesh, which include lawmakers, ministers, and media personnel, a kill-list released by the country’s home ministry shows.

The police have once again demanded that the home ministry scrap the two committees formed last year to investigate allegations of corruption, irregularities and other serious allegations against cops.

Police stop Gonojagoron Mancha’s token coffin march to the home ministry, brought out in protest to the killings of free thinkers and a publisher, near Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka.

Sean Carroll, head of security of Cricket Australia (CA), reaches Dhaka to assess the situation in Bangladesh and meets Australian High Commissioner in Bangladesh and Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) President Nazmul Hassan Papon upon his arrival.

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home today formed a three-member sub-committee to find ways to reduce Dhaka’s traffic agony.