Shariful Islam Journalist Profile

Articles

Police reform proposals: Increase policewomen, install floating stations

Jan 18, 2025 | thedailystar.net | Shariful Islam

The Police Reform Commission has proposed floating police stations to combat crimes on waterways, increasing the number of female police for a women-friendly service, and modernising the force with technology-driven strategies and advanced forensic technology to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of case investigations.
40th batch: 480 SIs join service; dismissed cadets on hunger strike

Jan 14, 2025 | thedailystar.net | Shariful Islam

After over two months of uncertainty, a significant chapter unfolds for 480 cadet sub-inspectors of 40th batch as they are finally stepping into their roles as probationary SIs in the police service. For them, this marks the beginning of a long-awaited journey in law enforcement as they received their rank badges yesterday. Inspector General of Police Baharul Alam is scheduled to attend their passing-out parade at the Sardah Police Academy in Rajshahi today.
14 years on, family still awaits justice

Jan 7, 2025 | thedailystar.net | Shariful Islam

Fourteen long years have passed, yet the haunting image of Felani Khatun's lifeless body hanging from the barbed fence at the India-Bangladesh border lingers in the nation's collective memory. For Bangladesh, the teenager's killing remains a painful scar, with justice still remaining elusive for her family. "I have been waiting for justice for the last 14 years. My daughter was an innocent girl," Felani's father Nurul Islam told The Daily Star over the phone yesterday.
An escape from ‘hell’

Dec 6, 2024 | thedailystar.net | Shariful Islam

What began as a promising opportunity towards a better life turned into a harrowing ordeal for Junaeid Hossain Parbez Ariyan, 25, of Narsingdi's Belabo. He fell prey to an international human trafficking syndicate and was forced to work for an online scam gang operating in Myanmar's Karen State. Ariyan was among approximately 300 individuals, including women, held captive in at least 10 confinement centres near the Thai-Myanmar border. Thirteen of these victims are Bangladeshis.
Fire service & civil defence: High-risk job, low pay

Nov 29, 2024 | thedailystar.net | Shariful Islam

Despite risking their lives constantly in the line of duty, firefighters are deprived of the pay enjoyed by employees of other departments, an analysis of their organograms shows. Although firefighters have similar qualifications as those in other departments, they work for lower pay, as the department's organisational structure has not been upgraded in four decades.
Fire service & civil defence: High-risk job, low perks

Nov 29, 2024 | thedailystar.net | Shariful Islam

Despite risking their lives constantly in the line of duty, firefighters are deprived of the pay enjoyed by employees of other departments, an analysis of their organograms shows. Although firefighters have similar qualifications as those in other departments, they work for lower pay, as the department's organisational structure has not been upgraded in four decades.
Crowd control: Police seek to stop use of lethal weapon

Nov 23, 2024 | thedailystar.net | Shariful Islam |Rafiul Islam

The police may stop using lethal weapons and lead pellets for crowd control as their widespread use during the July mass uprising led to massive casualties and global criticism. The process is underway to make time-befitting regulations on the use of firearms, said Enamul Haque Sagor, assistant inspector general (media) at the Police Headquarters.
How a 'Dervish Baba' conjured crores from a retired nurse

Nov 15, 2024 | thedailystar.net | Shariful Islam

Want to earn easy money? Just find someone who thinks their partner is cheating on them, then claim to be a "Genie King" or "Dervish Baba," and offer solutions to "relationship problems" for a fee. Bag crores of taka from the suspecting partner and disappear into the wind. It may sound outlandish, but that's exactly what a group of fraudsters did to a retired nursing supervisor. She is also the wife of a noted physician in Dhaka.
Arms recovery case raises eyebrows

Nov 5, 2024 | thedailystar.net | Shariful Islam

A Rab officer mentioned in a case that he arrested two men with a firearm at the capital's Madhya Pirerbag late at night on March 30. Abdur Rahim Sultan Baizid and Bellal Hossain were on a motorcycle when they saw a Rab team and tried to flee, wrote Rab-4 Petty Officer Golam Rasul. The Rab team caught them and found a revolver and two bullets in their possession around 10:30pm, said the complaint filed with Mirpur Model Police Station.
‘Breach of discipline’: 252 trainee SIs dismissed month before graduation

Oct 22, 2024 | thedailystar.net | Shariful Islam

A total of 252 trainee sub-inspectors (SIs) of the 40th Outside Cadet batch have been dismissed just a month before graduating from the Sarda Police Academy in Rajshahi. The academy's principal sent discharge letters to the trainees at their home addresses on Monday morning, confirmed three senior officials of the academy and the Police Headquarters (PHQ). The official reasons cited for their dismissal was "breach of discipline". On Friday, the trainees were sent on a five-day vacation.