Highway Police (Bangladesh)
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The Highway Police is a specialized unit of the Bangladesh Police that is responsible for law enforcement on Bangladesh roads.[1][2] The unit is led by an Additional inspector general of Bangladesh Police.[3][4] Delwar Hossain Mia has been serving as the chief of the Highway Police since 17 October 2024. [5]
| Highway Police হাইওয়ে পুলিশ | |
|---|---|
| Motto | Disciplined Secured Highway |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 11 June 2005 |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Bangladesh |
| Governing body | Ministry of Home Affairs |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | 34, Shahjalal Avenue, Sector # 4, Uttara, Dhaka-1230 |
| Elected officer responsible | |
| Agency executive | |
| Parent agency |  Bangladesh Police |
| Website | |
| www | |
| Service uniform: Yankees Blue, Light French Beige Combat uniform: Navy Blue, Yankees Blue | |
The Highway Police was established on 11 June 2005 by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government. It can only investigate crimes under a few sections of Penal Code 1860 and the Motor Vehicle Ordinance, 1983.[6] The Highway Police has jurisdiction over 5,487 kilometre of national highways and 4,165 kilometre of local roads.[7]
On 28 August 2018, the Highway Police suspended the Officer in Charge of Bonpara Highway Police Station GM Shamsun Nur. This was after a bus without proper registration papers was involved in a fatal road accident in which 15 people died.[8]