Shariful Islam

Video footage shows police firing a weapon at Begum Rokeya University student Abu Sayed, who posed no apparent physical threat to the police, during the quota reform protest next to the campus on July 16. He died soon afterwards.

Video footage shows police shooting at Begum Rokeya University student Abu Sayed, who posed no physical threat to the law enforcers, during the quota reform protest near the campus on July 16. He died soon afterwards.

With many police stations unmanned and arms and ammunition looted, there is a sense of serious insecurity among the people in the capital and elsewhere.

Uncertainty looms over quick delivery of a High Court judgement in the August 21, 2004, grenade attack cases as the hearing on appeals and death references has recently been halted.

Tanwir Muhammad Taqi, a bright youngster and son of cultural activist Rafiur Rabbi, went missing on March 6, 2013.

When Asaduzzaman Mia retired as the longest-serving Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner in 2019, by his own admission, he went home with about Tk 1.75 crore in service benefits. But that does not give a true picture of his wealth accumulation. Fact is, the career cop and his family became much wealthier long before that.

Nur Alam Milon, now in his late 50s, says he has never been to Sreepur of Gazipur. The man from Kamargram village in Faridpur's Alphadanga upazila has also never heard of Moumita Paribahan Limited, a Dhaka-based transport company.

Dengue fever is a febrile viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes. The symptoms of dengue fever are numerous and varied; however, cardiac tamponade is a particularly rare and atypical complication. This study describes a case of a 30-year-old male who presented with acute respiratory distress and chest pain on the ninth day after diagnosis of dengue fever. On admission, a computed tomography scan revealed a large pericardial effusion. The patient went into shock and was urgently treated with pericardial drainage, which resulted in rapid improvement of his symptoms. Emergent management of this rare but potentially fatal complication of dengue fever resulted in a favorable outcome in this case.

The setting up of a commission for police force reforms is not the first attempt to free police from partisan influence.

The CID, PBI and four other major units of police have been functioning without chiefs for several months, leading to lacklustre performance in operations of the units.