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The divisions of Bangladesh are further divided into districts or zilas (Bengali: জেলা). [1] The headquarters of a district is called the district seat (Bengali: জেলা সদর, romanized: zila sadar). There are 64 districts in Bangladesh. The districts are further subdivided into 495 subdistricts or upazilas. [2]
Mohakhali (Bengali: মহাখালী) is a neighborhood of Dhaka city, the capital of Bangladesh. [1] [2] Mohakhali is one of the busiest places in Dhaka city.Mohakhali is bounded by Banani in the north, Tejgoan area [3] in the south, Gulshan and Niketan is in the east and Mohakhali DOHS in the west.
Islam joined the Bangladesh Civil Service police cadre in 1991. [4] Islam was the assistant superintendent of police of Armed Police Battalion-6 in Barisal and Armed Police Battalion-8. [4] In September 2014, Islam was appointed deputy inspector general of Bangladesh Police headquarters. [5]
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.
It was created through the Armed Police Battalion (Amendment) Act in 2003. The force is composed of members of Bangladesh Police, Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Navy, and Bangladesh Air Force. Rapid Action Battalion has been criticized by the media and human rights organizations for extrajudicial killings.
Baharul Alam is an officer of the Bangladesh Police and currently serves as the 31st Inspector General of Police.He was appointed to the position on November 20, 2024. [1] [2] Prior to his appointment as IGP, he served as the head of hospital at ICDDR,B. [3]
The 1988 Local Government (Zila Parishad) Act provided for zila parishads constituted with a mixture of representative members and appointed members. [2] Half of the members of a zila parishad were elected (the Members of Parliament for the district and the chairman of Union Parishads and town Committees in the district).
Initially, a thana solely served as a police jurisdiction led by a junior police officer, typically the officer-in-charge (OC). [2] In 1959, under Ayub Khan's rule, Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) underwent a division into four-tiered electoral units in the rural areas. From bottom to top, these units comprised the Union Council, Thana Council ...