In the biggest shake-up of police administration in a decade, as many as 50 superintendents of police have sent to new postings, an official said on Thursday.  The senior official at Police headquarters told UNB that the 25 SPs  have recently been transferred becuase of their promotion as additional deputy inspector general. Read: 43 SPs promoted to additional DIG Another 25 SPs have also been transferred to different districts, he said. He said this has been done as part a regular reshuffle. Police Section-1 of the Public Security Division under the home ministry issued two separate notifications in this regard on Wednesday.

Seven senior police officers in the rank of Superintendent of Police (SPs) have been given promotion to the position of Additional Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) on Sunday. Public Security Division under the Home Ministry has already issued a notification signed by bits deputy Secretary (Police-Section-1) Dhononjoy Kumar Das on Sunday. According to the Notification, the newly promoted officials are—SP of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Md Syful Islam, Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Sayed Nurul Islam, DC of the DMP Md Anisur Rahman, DC of the DMP Biplob Bojoy Talukder, DC of the DMP Md Harun ur Rashid,  SP of the Special Branch (SB) Md Moniruzzaman and AIG of the Police Headquarters Shiekh Rafiqul Islam. Meanwhile, the Public Security Division of the Home ministry also promoted 105 police officers in the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) to the position of Additional  SP. A notification, signed by the DS (Police Section-1) Dhononjoy Kumar Das was also issued on the same day.

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Benazir Ahmed has asked the superintendents of police (SPs) to work for the people of the country as ‘change maker’.