Published: 12:07 AM, 09 May 2026
DMP plans four new police stations in Dhaka
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) is planning to establish four new police stations in different parts of the capital to strengthen policing and improve public services.
Acting Commissioner Md Sarwar came up with the information while speaking at the inauguration of the Khilkhet Police Outpost at the Police Officers' Housing Society in the 300-Feet Road area in Dhaka on Friday.
"The proposal for one station is currently at the ministry level, while the process for the remaining three is under way," he said, adding that the new stations will be strategically placed to manage high-density and expanding areas.
Sarwar said accommodation facilities for nearly 8,000 police personnel have been arranged in recent months through Police Headquarters. Around 1,600 police members will stay at Nilkhet Police Outpost and another 1,600 personnel at Demra Police Lines, he said.
He also said a 20-storey barrack at Mirpur Police Lines was inaugurated last month, where around 2,200 personnel can be accommodated up to the sixth floor.
According to him, another 20-storey building at Purbachal under Police Headquarters will house around 800 to 900 members of the Diplomatic Security Division and Traffic North Division.
The acting commissioner said the DMP is also expanding facilities at Diabari Police Lines on 10 acres of land, where traffic police, police station personnel and outpost police members will be shifted soon.
He said the Basila Police Lines has also been expanded in recent months. Around 250 personnel of the Traffic Tejgaon Division are currently operating there.
The DMP's Motor Transport Organisation (MTO) workshop, now located at the Rajarbagh Police Lines, is being shifted to Basila, he added.
Around 150 to 200 police mechanics, along with the deputy commissioner of the MTO workshop, will work there, he said.
Sarwar also said the DMP's motor driving training school, inaugurated at Basila last year, is now operational.
