Safe Cities in Bangladesh: A Technical Feasibility Study on Urban Surveillance for Crime and Terrorism Prevention
Reading Time: 5 minutesAs Bangladesh faces rapid urbanisation and growing internal security challenges, the notion of a national Safe Cities programme has emerged as a topic of serious interest. While no such programme has been launched to date, this technical feasibility study explores the potential for implementing a Safe City framework in the Continue Reading
Overhauling Bangladesh’s Visa Policy
Reading Time: 6 minutesAs a state situated at a geopolitical crossroads, Bangladesh can no longer afford to view immigration and visa issuance as routine administrative processes divorced from national security imperatives. In the current threat landscape characterised by transnational organised crime, cyber infiltration, radical ideological exportation, and intelligence penetration the time has come Continue Reading
Army Captures Notorious Gang Leader ‘Shaheen Dakat’ in Cox’s Bazar
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn a significant operation, the Bangladesh Army apprehended Shahinur Rahman, widely known as ‘Shaheen Dakat’, the alleged leader of a notorious criminal syndicate operating along the Myanmar border between Cox’s Bazar and Bandarban. The arrest occurred in the early hours of Thursday, 5 June 2025, when four army teams conducted Continue Reading
Bangladesh Police Still Struggling to Replace Vehicles Destroyed During 2024 Unrest
Reading Time: 3 minutesNearly a year after the violent political upheaval that swept across Bangladesh in July and August of 2024, the Bangladesh Police continue to operate with a dangerously depleted vehicle fleet. Official data reveals that 1,074 police vehicles were either torched or severely vandalised during the unrest, leaving police stations, highway Continue Reading
Arakan Liberation Party (ALP) / Arakan National Council (ANC)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFounded: ALP (1967); ANC (umbrella body, 2004)Base of Operations: Southern Rakhine; former ties to Thai borderIdeology: Rakhine nationalism; federal Myanmar frameworkObjective: Rakhine autonomy within federal union; not secessionist ➤ Order of Battle (ORBAT) Estimate Component Estimate Notes Total Armed Personnel 300–500 Mostly symbolic units; not combat active Leadership Based in Continue Reading