The government has promoted 78 police inspectors to the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) in the Bangladesh Civil Service (Police) cadre.
The Ministry of Home Affairs issued three separate notifications on Thursday (November 5), announcing the promotions. The notifications were signed by Deputy Secretary Tousif Ahmed.
According to the notifications, the promoted officers include 67 unarmed police inspectors, 10 traffic inspectors and one armed police inspector.
Following their promotion, the officers’ services have been placed under the Police Headquarters. They have been instructed to report to the Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
The promotion orders will take immediate effect, the notifications stated.
The promotions cover officers serving in different units and districts of Bangladesh Police, including the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI), Special Branch (SB) and various district police units.
Among those promoted are officers serving in Dhaka, Chattogram, Khulna, Rangpur, Satkhira, Brahmanbaria, Magura, Habiganj and other districts.
The move was announced through separate administrative orders issued by the ministry’s Police-1 branch.