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PM-POLICE-2 LAST DHAKA
The Prime Minister handed over police awards in four categories to 182
policemen including officers for their outstanding performance in 2017.
Of them, 30 have received the Bangladesh Police Medal (BPM) Bravery and 28
got the BPM-Service. Of the rests 71 got the President Police Medal (PPM)
Bravery and 53 got the PPM-Service for their excellent services in 2017.
Three of the awardees were posthumously honoured with the BPM (bravery)
Award as they laid down their lives during the anti-militant security
clampdown at the terrorist den at Atiya Mohal in Sylhet last year.
They are Lieutenant Colonel Azad, who was serving in elite police unit RAB
on deputation, Inspector Monirul and Inspector Koysor who laid their lives
during a security clampdown at a militants’ den at Atiya Mohal in Sylhet.
The premier said stable law and order was a pre-requisite for the
country’s development and her government considered allocations made for that
purpose as an investment, not expenditure.
“That’s why we’ve kept up the trend of overall development of police in
full extent during our present tenure,” she said.
The premier reminded policemen of the importance of accountability and
expected the “IGP Complain Cell” set up at the Police Headquarters could play
an effective role in making them more accountable.
Mentioning that stable law and order situation is a pre-requisite for the
country’s development, the prime minister said the government considers the
money allocated for the law and order as an investment, not expenditure.
“That’s why we’ve keep keep up the trend of overall development of police
in full extent during our present tenure,” she said.
The prime minister said to build a secured peaceful country, her government
has been implementing a massive work plan for raising overall capability of
the police by strengthening its infrastructure and human resources
management.
She said her government has already implemented most of the pledges it
made for the modernization of Bangladesh Police.
Sheikh Hasina said assuming office in 2009 her government created 32,031
posts in the police organogram and “in 2014, we took a decision for creating
50,000 more posts and against it, nearly 44,000 have already been created”.
The government, she said, has a plan to raise further the manpower of the
police.
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