Bangladesh
Sheikh Hasina Bangladesh government wants to make police a tech-driven institution
Dhaka, 13 November 2022 : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the Awami League government has taken all kinds of timely activities to develop the Bangladesh Police as a people-friendly modern technology-based institution capable of dealing with the contemporary challenges of cybercrime, militancy and counter-terrorism, money laundering etc.
She said this in a message given on the occasion of the '9th anniversary of Naval Police' on Saturday (November 12).
The Prime Minister said, I am happy to know that the 9th anniversary of the Naval Police is being celebrated. On this occasion, I convey my sincere greetings and congratulations to all the members of the Naval Police. He said that Bangladesh Police Force has a glorious history in the great liberation war of 1971.
Responding to the timeless call of the greatest Bengali father of the nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the patriotic policemen of Rajarbagh Police Lines made the first armed resistance against the Pakistani invaders on the night of March 25, 1971. I remember with deep respect the brave policemen who sacrificed their lives in the great liberation war.
She said that in the last 13 and a half years, the police force has formed six specialized units including anti-terrorism unit, cyber unit, naval police, four armed police battalions, three RAB battalions, two ranges, two metropolitan police, 63 police stations, 95 investigation centers and 30 in-service training. Center has been established. A total of 82 thousand 927 posts including 1 thousand 529 cadre posts were created along with the structural reform of almost all units of the police to increase the overall capacity of the police to strengthen the human resource management of the police with the aim of building a safe and peaceful country.
The head of government said that in this era of globalization and digitalization, criminals are rapidly expanding their crimes internationally and regionally by using readily available technology and always adopting new strategies. In this regard, every phase of police operations is being digitized to keep pace with the world to meet the new challenges related to information and communication technology in this era of international, regional and local technology-based crime prevention and crime detection and the fourth industrial revolution.
