The Highway Police is a specialized unit of the Bangladesh Police that is responsible for law enforcement on Bangladesh roads. The unit is led by an Additional inspector general of Bangladesh Police. Faruk Ahmed has been serving as the chief of the Highway Police since 7 July 2026.
History 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. The Highway Police has jurisdiction over 5,487 kilometre of national highways and 4,165 kilometre of local roads.
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.
List of Chiefs of Highway Police +NameTerm startTerm endReferenceSyed Shahjaman Raj11 June 200520 October 2005Sheikh Mohammad Sazzad Ali20 October 200522 March 2006Md. Amir Uddin22 March 200627 November 2006Mohammad Najibur Rahman3 December 20068 February 2007Md. Saiful Alam4 March 200714 April 2007M. Sadikur Rahman12 June 200731 August 2008Md. Sohorab Hossain31 August 200824 February 2011Md. Humayun Kabir24 February 20115 November 2012Md. Asaduzzaman Mia5 November 20127 January 2015Mallik Faqrul Islam18 January 201531 October 2016Md. Atiqul Islam6 November 20162 July 2019Mahbubur Rahman17 June 20195 May 2020Md. Delwar Hossain Mia17 October 2024 —
Units List of Highway Region and Police Stations: +Highway RegionHighway Police StationsAdministrative DistrictCumillaMainamati CrossingComillaDaudkandiComillaMahipalFeniRaozanChattogramBaro AuliaChattogramRamu CrossingCox's BazarDohazariCharrogramChandraganjLakshmipurGazipurGoraiTangailBhober CharMunshiganjItakholaNarsingdiBarangailManikganjElengaTangailNawjoreGazipurShyamganjMymensinghSalnaGazipurMawnaGazipurSavarDhakaGolraManikganjNandailMymensinghKanchpurNarayanganjHasharaMunshiganjBakshiganjJamalpurSylhetShaistaganjHabiganjKhatihataBrahmanbariaBhairabKishoreganjSherpurMoulvibazarBograHatikumrulSirajganjBodaPanchagarhBara Dargar HatRangpurKundar HatBograSherpurBograJhalmaliaNatoreMadpurPabnaPakshiPabnaPabaRajshahiBanparaNatoreGobindaganjGaibandhaTentuliaPanchagarhTaraganjRangpurDashmailDinajpurHatibandhaLalmonirhatMadaripurBhangaFaridpurShibcharMadaripurBhatiaparaGopalganjMostafapurMadaripurChaurhasKushtiaNabharanJessoreArappurJhenaidahMollarhatBagerhatRamnagarMaguraKarimpurFaridpurTularampurNarailPangshaRajbariAhladipurRajbariGaurnadiBarishalBarobazarJashoreNoaparaJashoreKatakhaliBagerhatKharniaKhulna
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