The cabinet has approved the drafts of Gazipur Metropolitan Police Act and Rangpur Metropolitan Police Act 2015.
The approval came at the regular weekly meeting of the cabinet held at the secretariat chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday.
Additional Secretary of the Cabinet Division Bijay Bhattacharya briefed the reporters after the meeting.
He said the two metropolitan police acts were approved in principal to provide more security and ensure better law and order.
Gazipur City Corporation was formed in 2013 and Rangpur became a city corporation in 2012.