STAFF CORRESPONDENT

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed yesterday said the government would amend laws or enact new ones if necessary to curb mob violence, acknowledging that the existing legal framework is insufficient to fully address “mob culture”.

He made the remarks while speaking as a special guest at the Prime Minister’s Special Welfare Meeting organised at the Bangladesh Police Auditorium in Dhaka’s Rajarbagh as part of Police Week 2026.

He said the government had spoken about the issue earlier as well and have been taking action within the scope of existing laws as much as possible.

“However, if legal reforms or amendments are needed, we will do that,” the home minister said, requesting the home secretary and the inspector general of police to remind him about the matter later.

“Enactment is necessary to address mob culture separately,” he said. “It has not been fully possible to do that with the existing laws,” the minister added.

The minister said that a special committee has already been formed to draft a modern legal framework to curb gambling, online gambling, and illegal money transfers. This committee will prepare a draft law incorporating provisions for cybercrime and money laundering.

“The nature of crime has changed in the world of the internet,” Salahuddin said. “It is no longer possible to operate with old laws.”

Referring to law and order, he said the situation had visibly improved over the past two months and that Prime

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