Bangladesh
Female ‘drug trader’ found dead in Cox’s Bazar
Police recovered the bullet-hit body a suspected female drug peddler in Teknaf upazila early Sunday.
Another crude bomb explosion at DU
Another crude bomb exploded near the Madhur Canteen on the Dhaka University campus on Sunday morning.
Missing boy found slaughtered in Natore
Police recovered the throat-slit body of a minor boy from Puratanpara in Sadar upazila on Saturday, six days after he went missing.
Be a people-friendly force, PM asks police
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked police personnel to make them the 'police of people’, saying it is very easy to eliminate any crime through gaining people's confidence and trust.
"Police personnel will have to establish themselves as the police of people. It’s very easy to contain any type of crime through gaining people's trust and confidence. I hope you’ll work keeping this in mind," she said.
The Prime Minister was inaugurating the five-day ‘Police Week-2020’ with the theme ‘Mujib Borsher Angikar Police Hobe Jonatar’ at the Rajarbagh Police Lines.
She said the government wants the police to be a pro-people force.
Sheikh Hasina said the government never treats expenditures for the law-and-order purpose as expense, rather investment for people’s welfare and interests. "Keeping this in mind, we’re taking steps to provide policemen with modern training and equipment so that they can provide better services for people," she said.
She also mentioned that there are huge qualitative changes among the police personnel and they have been able to attain people's confidence and trust.
The Prime Minister said police are people’s servants and they are always quick to provide services to them whenever needed.
She said the government is firmly committed to rooting out terrorism, militancy, drugs and corruption from Bangladesh and it is conducting drives against these social menaces. "We’ve declared zero tolerance against these menaces. We want the country to go forward," she said.
Sheikh Hasina said investments are coming here and this trend must not be disturbed. "Our aim is to maintain the economic advancement of the country, and we’re working keeping that aim in our mind," she said.
Woman burned while basking in fire dies
An elderly woman who suffered burns while basking in fire died at the General Hospital in Jashore on Sunday morning.
Three held over ‘gang rape’ of teen in Jashore
Police have arrested three people over the alleged abduction and gang-rape of a teenage girl in the district town.
‘Bike lifter’ lynched in Jashore
A suspected motorcycle lifter was killed in a lynch-mob attack in Sundali Bazar area of Abhaynagar upazila in Jashore district on Saturday night.
AL activist hurt in Jashore gun attack by ‘rivals’
A local Awami League activist suffered bullet injuries in an attack reportedly by party rivals at Chandpur village in Chougachha upazila on Saturday night.
150 turtles released in river after seizure
Police have seized around 150 turtles from a bus in Monohar Bazar area in Sadar upazila.
2 Ghanaian ‘footballers’ held with Yaba pills in Chattogram
Two Ghanaian citizens, believed to be footballers playing in Bangladesh’s football leagues, have been arrested reportedly along with 7,500 Yaba tablets in the city.