The government has carried out a major administrative reshuffle in the Bangladesh Police, transferring and assigning new responsibilities to 23 senior officers, including officers holding the rank of Deputy Inspector General (DIG).

The Home Ministry issued four separate notifications on Wednesday announcing the transfers and new postings.

According to one notification, Additional DIG of the Highway Police Farida Yasmin has been attached to the office of the DIG of Barishal Range as an Additional DIG. At the same time, Highway Police Additional DIG Mir Moddachher Hossain has been transferred and posted as Additional DIG at the Bangladesh Police Academy (BPA) in Sarda, Rajshahi.

In addition, Highway Police Superintendent (Supernumerary Additional DIG) Mohammad Shahinur Alam Khan has been transferred to Dhaka Special Branch (SB). Police Superintendent Rezaul Karim has been posted to the Armed Police Battalion (APBN), while PBI Superintendent Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman has been transferred to the Highway Police.

APBN Superintendent Dipak Jyoti Khisa has also been transferred to the Highway Police, while RAB Additional DIG Saleh Uddin has been posted as Additional DIG of the Highway Police.

In another notification, Mohammad Jasim Uddin, Superintendent of Police in Kushtia, has been transferred and appointed as the new Superintendent of Police in Gazipur.

The same notification transferred Sharif Uddin, SP of Gazipur, to the Highway Police; Amirul Islam, SP at the office of the DIG of Sylhet Range, to Kushtia; and Mohammad Mizanur Rahman Munshi, SP of Narayanganj, to the Highway Police.

Meanwhile, Mohammad Tajul Islam, SP of Khulna, has been transferred to APBN, while Sarkar Omar Faruk, SP at the Police Staff College in Dhaka, has been posted to Khulna.

The remaining two notifications issued by the Home Ministry contain the transfer and new postings of another 10 officers holding the ranks of DIG, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Superintendent of Police and Special Superintendent of Police across different units of the police.

The reshuffle has been implemented through the four separate notifications issued by the Home Ministry.