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Content creator Salman Muqtadir’s studio Brownfish at ECB Square in the capital has reportedly been attacked, vandalized and looted. Salman Muqtadir alleged that the attack was carried out as retaliation after he refused to pay extortion money. The incident took place at the studio located at the office of Newgreen Properties around midnight on Sunday, September 27. Several pieces of equipment and furniture were vandalized during the attack including the studio’s CCTV cameras. Some items...

Activists and leaders of the banned Awami League held a procession in broad daylight in Gulshan last Friday. The incident sparked discussions and criticism over the role and activities of the police. However, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed believes there was no negligence on the part of the police. The Home Minister claimed that intelligence information about the incident was available. However, the police could not properly understand or anticipate the matter at the specific time. Salah...

A bill has been passed in Parliament to dissolve the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and form the Special Response Battalion (SRB) on the same model. The bill was passed by voice vote in Parliament on Thursday amid objections from opposition lawmakers. A proposal by opposition members to send the bill for public opinion and to a scrutiny committee was rejected through a voice vote. While moving the bill for passage, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said the SRB is being formed in response to...

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has assured that justice will be ensured for every extrajudicial killing and enforced disappearance committed on the soil of Bangladesh. On Saturday night, ahead of International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the minister in charge of the Home Ministry recalled his own experience of being disappeared in 2015 and gave the assurance. Salahuddin Ahmed, who was disappeared in 2015, said he still gets chills when he remembers the night he was dis...

Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad (Bir Bikram) has expressed concern over the future of the incumbent National Parliament. While addressing the Members of Parliament, he said, "I am worried about the future of this Parliament. The way I have seen attempts today to obstruct each other's opportunity to speak is not a good sign for Parliament.""The country's Parliament has many bad records in the past. Even the Speaker of the Bangladesh Parliament was killed," the Speaker mentioned.The Speaker made these r...

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said that the morale of the police has returned. He said they are working to curb crime. The home minister made the remarks while speaking about the country’s law and order situation at a discussion and prayer meeting held at the BNP central office in Nayapaltan in the capital on Wednesday morning on the occasion of Eid e Milad un-Nabi (PBUH). Salahuddin Ahmed said, “I sometimes praise the police force and all the disciplined forces. I do so because of t...

Despite criticism from opposition parties over the law and order situation, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed dismissed the concerns, saying there has been visible improvement in the situation over the past six months. According to the Home Minister, the people of the country will assess whether they are satisfied with the law and order situation. The government can say that there has been visible improvement over the past six months. He made the remarks while speaking to reporters after a m...

Police are not the muscle of any particular political party or coterie, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said. He said that to earn public trust, the police must establish themselves as a force that is free from political influence, humane, professional, and service oriented. He made the remarks on Sunday morning at the graduation parade marking the completion of the first phase of training for probationary Assistant Superintendents of Police of the 27th Bangladesh Civil Service Police Cadre at th...

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has described the killing of Bangladeshi citizens by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) along the border as a clear violation of human rights. He said the issue has been strongly raised in the Director General-level border conferences between the Border Guard Bang...

The 700-kg widely discussed albino buffalo named ‘Donald Trump’ will be returned to Rabeya Agro Farm. The decision was taken following the intervention of Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed. As of 7 pm on Wednesday, the buffalo had not reached Narayanganj. Confirming the matter to a television channel,...