Faruk Ahmed, additional inspector general (additional IGP) of Bangladesh Highway Police, has been appointed as the new director general (DG) of the Special Response Battalion (SRB).
The Ministry of Home Affairs issued a notification in this regard on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Md Ahsan Habib Palash, director general of the Special Response Battalion, has been transferred to the Police Headquarters in Dhaka.
A 17th BCS (Police) officer, Faruk joined the Bangladesh Police as an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) in 1998.
The Special Response Battalion formally begun its operations on September 16 as a specialised unit of Bangladesh Police following the publication of the Special Response Battalion (SRB) Act, 2026 in the gazette.
Besides, Additional Inspector General of Police Md Sayedur Rahman of Police Headquarters has been transferred to the Highway Police.
Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Md Ashique Sayed has been appointed as the commissioner of Gazipur Metropolitan Police (GMP).
Meanwhile, incumbent GMP Commissioner Md Israil Hawlader has been promoted to Additional IGP and posted to the Industrial Police. Additional IGP Gazi Jasim Uddin of the Industrial Police has been transferred to the Police Telecom Organisation, Dhaka.
DIG Mir Ashraf Ali, who was serving in the Railway Police, has been posted to the Rajshahi Range, replacing Ashique Sayed, who was serving as its DIG.
All the transfers and postings would take effect immediately, said the notification.
