The Bangladesh Police is the national law enforcement agency of Bangladesh,operating under the Ministry of Home Affairs. It plays a crucial role in maintaining peace,and enforcement of law and order within Bangladesh. Though the police are primarily concerned with the maintenance of law and order and security of persons and property of individuals,they also play a big role in the criminal justice system. Bangladesh Police played an important role during the Bangladesh Liberation War.
The 21 August 2004 Dhaka grenade attack took place at an anti-terrorism rally organised by Awami League on Bangabandhu Avenue on 21 August 2004. The attack left 24 dead and more than 500 injured. The attack was carried out at 5:22 pm after Sheikh Hasina,the leader of opposition had finished addressing a crowd of 20,000 people from the back of a truck. Hasina also sustained some injuries in the attack. The involvement of BNP-Jamaat led government is still debated.
Anwarul Iqbal was an adviser of 2007–2009 interim caretaker government of Bangladesh. He was appointed as Local Government and Rural Development Minister &Labour Minister of the non-party interim caretaker government of Bangladesh on 17 January 2007 and remained in that post until elections were held two years later. Later he was given the charge of the Jute &Textile Ministry. He had the responsibility to head three ministries of the government of Bangladesh. He served as the 25th Inspector General of Bangladesh police. He went into voluntary retirement from the IGP post after he had been made officer on special duty and within few days he took charge as the adviser of the caretaker government headed by Fakhruddin Ahmed during the state of emergency in Bangladesh which was declared on 11 January 2007.
Lutfozzaman Babar is former Bangladeshi politician,who served as the State Minister of Home Affairs in the Khaleda Zia Cabinet from 2001 to 2006,as a member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
Hassan Mahmood Khandker is a former Bangladeshi police officer who served as the 26th Inspector General of Bangladesh Police from 31 August 2010 to 30 December 2014. He was the longest serving Inspector General in Bangladesh Police's history. It was during his tenure that Bangladesh Police got Independence Day Award. Moreover,rank badge of the IGP upgraded to 3-star general in his time,earlier IGP was bearing two-star general rank badge since 1983.
Benazir Ahmed is a retired Bangladeshi police officer who served as the 28th inspector general of the Bangladesh Police. Prior to his appointment as IGP,he served as the director general of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) from January 2015 to April 2020. He is currently on a US sanctions list due to RAB's alleged role in forcibly disappearing citizens since December 2021.
M. Azizul Haq is a former inspector general of the Bangladesh Police and a former adviser to the caretaker government of Bangladesh. He was in charge of the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development,Ministry of Shipping and Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism.
Mohammad Javed Patwary is a Bangladeshi retired police officer and a former Inspector General of Police of Bangladesh Police. Earlier,he served as Additional Inspector General of Police Special Branch (SB). After his retirement in 2020,he was appointed as the ambassador to Saudi Arabia by the Government of Bangladesh.
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) is the senior-most and highest ranked police officer of Bangladesh and the head of the Bangladesh Police,who oversees all police activities throughout the country. He reports directly to the Ministry of Home Affairs and is appointed by the Government of Bangladesh.
Muhammad Nurul Huda is a Bangladeshi police officer who served as the 17th Inspector General of Police of Bangladesh Police during 2000–2001. He is a columnist at The Daily Star. He worked as a consultant of the United Nations Development Programme.
Md. Monirul Islam is former additional inspector general of the Bangladesh Police who served as head of the Special Branch.
Shafiqul Islam is a retired police officer who served as the 34th police commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police. He was made the DMP commissioner on 14 September 2019. He previously served as the chief of the Criminal Investigation Department.
Syed Refaat Ahmed is a Bangladeshi lawyer and jurist who is the current and 25th chief justice of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. Before that he was promoted to Appellate Division and President of Bangladesh appointed him as the chief justice. Previously he worked at the High Court Division of the Supreme Court.
Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun is a Bangladeshi police officer who was sacked for involvement in mass killing during the Bangladesh student protest. He is now in custody. Mamun served as the 31st Inspector general of Bangladesh Police (IGP) who served from 30 September 2022 to 6 August 2024. Previously,he served as director general of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB). He was made the DG of RAB in April 2020. Prior to join RAB,he was the chief of Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
Munshi Atiqur Rahman is a retired Bangladesh Police officer who served as an Assistant Superintendent of Police in the Criminal Investigation Department. He was charged and convicted for attempting to cover up the 2004 Dhaka grenade attack.
Barrister Mahbubur Rahman is a retired Bangladeshi police officer and the former chief of the Criminal Investigation Department.
Sheikh Hemayet Hossain Mia is a retired Bangladeshi police officer and former head of the Criminal Investigation Department. Earlier,he served as an Additional Inspector General of Police at the Armed Police Battalion.
E. A. Chowdhury (1928–2009) was the former Inspector General of Bangladesh Police. Chowdhury was the founding commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police.
Mallick Faqrul Islam is a Bangladeshi police officer and rector of Police Staff College,Bangladesh. He is the former additional inspector general of police of the Highway Police. He was the deputy inspector general of Special Branch.
Md. Mainul Islam,NDC,is an officer of the Bangladesh Police and the 32nd Inspector General of Bangladesh Police,appointed on 6 August 2024. Previously,he served as the Commandant of the Traffic and Driving School.
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