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After the emergence of Bangladesh as an independent country on 16 December 1971, the police force was recognised and assumed the role of a national police force. [6] In January 2004, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party led government removed the boat from the police force badge because the boat is also the symbol of the former ruling party ...
The current Bangladesh Police is based on the British colonial police administration. The head of Bangladesh Police is the Inspector General of Police. Then under the Inspector General of Police is the Deputy Inspector Generals of Police, they are responsible for six civil range and one additional range responsible for Bangladesh Railway.
The Armed Police Battalion was formed on 1 October 1975 as a specialized force of the Bangladesh Police through The Armed Police Battalion Ordinance 1979. [7] [5] [8] Rapid Action Battalion was created under the same ordinance in 2006 through the Armed Police Battalions (Amendment) Act, 2003. [9]
The news agency said more than 100 people were injured in parts of Bangladesh while police arrested over 540 opposition supporters in Dhaka and in several other districts across the country during ...
Bangladesh Police plan to raise such units across the country. [19] Currently, there are roughly 2,000 women officers in Bangladesh Police - less than two percent of the total force and one-third of whom are deployed in Dhaka. [17] Bangladesh Police plan to train and hire 3,000 women officers to bolster the SWPC.
The Police Bureau of Investigation was formed on 18 September 2012 to investigate "sensational" and difficult cases. [4] In November 2016 Bangladesh Police burned down shanties of Santals in Gaibandha and the PBI was tasked to identify the responsible police officers.
Each battalion has 700 members including 12 additional superintendents, 15 assistant superintendents, 33 inspectors with sub-inspectors, assistant sub-inspectors, naek and constables. All the officers and personnel come from Bangladesh Police through an intensive selection procedure. [6] [7]
The Special Branch (SB) is an intelligence agency of Bangladesh Police, being a part of the Bangladeshi intelligence community. [1] [2] The chief of the SB has the rank of Additional Inspector General, equivalent to Secretary or Major General, Additional Inspector General of Bangladesh Police, is the current head of Special Branch.