Police-force

To reorganize the country’s internal security system under a new structure, the Home Ministry has proposed abolishing the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and forming a new specialized force under the police. The force will be called the Special Response Battalion, or SRB. A draft law titled the Special Response Battalion Act, 2026, has already been prepared in the form of a bill. The bill states that the law has been initiated to abolish RAB, which was formed under the Armed Police Battalion...

Police are not the muscle of any particular political party or coterie, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said. He said that to earn public trust, the police must establish themselves as a force that is free from political influence, humane, professional, and service oriented. He made the remarks on Sunday morning at the graduation parade marking the completion of the first phase of training for probationary Assistant Superintendents of Police of the 27th Bangladesh Civil Service Police Cadre at th...