Security Service Division

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Security Service Division
Formation2016
Headquarters Dhaka, Bangladesh
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bengali
Website Security Service Division

Security Service Division is a Bangladesh government division under the Ministry of Home Affairs of Bangladesh responsible for agencies under the ministry that are not law enforcement. [1] [2] Md. Abdullah Al Masud Chowdhury is a government secretary and current in charge of the division. [3]

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History

The government of Bangladesh decided to split the Ministry of Home Affairs into two different divisions, the Security Service Division and the Public Security Division, on 1 June 2016. [4] On 20 January 2017, the Government issued the official gazette on the split of the Ministry and the formation of the two divisions. [5] [6]

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