NCP Slams Worsening Law and Order in Khulna, Puts Seven Demands to Government

The National Citizen Party (NCP) has expressed deep concern and anger over a string of killings, terror, extortion, land grabbing, and attacks and threats on businesses in Khulna. The party’s Khulna district unit has placed seven demands before the government. It wants the government to control the law and order situation in the city and keep ordinary people and traders safe.

NCP Khulna District Convener Mr. Mahmudul Hasan Faizullah presented the demands at a press conference on Saturday (14 November) at noon. It took place at Khulna Press Club. In his written statement, he said one of the main hopes of the July mass uprising was to build a state that is free from discrimination, safe, just and accountable. But he said ordinary people and traders in Khulna are now held hostage by a few terror groups.

He alleged that criminals and extortionists show off their weapons in public. They attack businesses to spread their control. They demand extortion money from traders of almost every size. Traders have even had to keep businesses, including pharmacies, closed because of threats and fear for their safety.

Mr. Faizullah claimed that media reports show 75 killings in Khulna from 1 January to 2 November 2026. He said the administrator of Khulna City Corporation also recently voiced deep concern in public about extortion and the lack of safety for traders. He said an impartial inquiry must find out whether any political party or powerful group backs these crimes. He said the law must reach everyone, whatever their political identity.

The NCP placed these seven demands before the government at the press conference:

1. The government must take visible, joint and effective steps to control the overall law and order situation in Khulna.
2. The government must quickly publish a full white paper on the crime situation. It should include figures on recent killings, terror, extortion, land grabbing, illegal arms and drug crimes, along with the progress and results of the cases.
3. The government must form a special anti crime task force with police, SRB, intelligence agencies and the administration, free from political influence.
4. The government must carry out an impartial inquiry into every recent killing, act of terror, extortion, land grab and attack. It must bring those involved under the law quickly and share the progress of inquiries and trials with the public regularly.
5. The government must stop political and administrative support for crime groups. It must ensure an impartial inquiry whenever anyone faces a charge of crime, whatever their identity.
6. The government must set up a special hotline where traders and ordinary people can report extortion, terror and threats without giving their names. It must also ensure quick action on the reports.
7. The government must ensure special security patrols, enough CCTV monitoring and quick police response in key business areas, markets, hospitals, pharmacies, industrial areas and crowded places.

At the press conference, NCP leaders urged the government to carry out these demands quickly. They said they will otherwise continue peaceful and democratic programs with the people to demand safety and justice for the people of Khulna. Leaders and activists from different levels of the NCP Khulna district unit attended the press conference.