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]
| Agencyname: | Highway Police |
| Nativename: | হাইওয়ে পুলিশ |
| Motto: | Disciplined Secured Highway |
| Formed: | 11 June 2005 |
| Country: | Bangladesh |
| Police: | Yes |
| Headquarters: | 34, Shahjalal Avenue, Sector # 4, Uttara, Dhaka-1230 |
| Governingbody: | Ministry of Home Affairs |
| Minister1name: | Jahangir Alam Chowdhury |
| Minister1pfo: | Minister of Home Affairs |
| Chief1name: | Md. Shahabuddin Khan, BPM (Bar) |
| Chief1position: | Additional Inspector General |
| Parentagency: | Bangladesh Police |
| Unittype: | Special Unit |
| Stationtype: | Battalion |
| Vehicle1type: | Armored vehicles |
| Aircraft1type: | Helicopters |
| Footnotes: | Service uniform Yankees Blue, Light French Beige |
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.[5] The Highway Police has jurisdiction over 5,487 kilometre of national highways and 4,165 kilometre of local roads.[6]
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.[7]
| Syed Shahjaman Raj | 11 June 2005 | 20 October 2005 | [8] | |
| Sheikh Mohammad Sazzad Ali | 20 October 2005 | 22 March 2006 | ||
| Md. Amir Uddin | 22 March 2006 | 27 November 2006 | ||
| Mohammad Najibur Rahman | 3 December 2006 | 8 February 2007 | ||
| Md. Saiful Alam | 4 March 2007 | 14 April 2007 | [9] | |
| M. Sadikur Rahman | 12 June 2007 | 31 August 2008 | ||
| Md. Sohorab Hossain | 31 August 2008 | 24 February 2011 | ||
| Md. Humayun Kabir | 24 February 2011 | 5 November 2012 | ||
| Md. Asaduzzaman Mia | 5 November 2012 | 7 January 2015 | ||
| Mallik Faqrul Islam | 18 January 2015 | 31 October 2016 | ||
| Md. Atiqul Islam | 6 November 2016 | 2 July 2019 | ||
| Mahbubur Rahman | 17 June 2019 | 5 May 2020 |
List of Highway Region and Police Stations:
| Highway Police Stations | Hghway Region | Administrative District |
| Mainamati Crossing | Cumilla | Comilla |
| Daudkandi | Comilla | |
| Mahipal | Feni | |
| Raozan | Chattogram | |
| Baro Aulia | Chattogram | |
| Ramu Crossing | Cox's Bazar | |
| Dohazari | Charrogram | |
| Chandraganj | Lakshmipur | |
| Gorai | Gazipur | Tangail |
| Bhober Char | Munshiganj | |
| Itakhola | Narsingdi | |
| Barangail | Manikganj | |
| Elenga | Tangail | |
| Nawjore | Gazipur | |
| Shyamganj | Mymensingh | |
| Salna | Gazipur | |
| Mawna | Gazipur | |
| Savar | Dhaka | |
| Golra | Manikganj | |
| Nandail | Mymensingh | |
| Kanchpur | Narayanganj | |
| Hashara | Munshiganj | |
| Bakshiganj | Jamalpur | |
| Shaistaganj | Sylhet | Habiganj |
| Khatihata | Brahmanbaria | |
| Bhairab | Kishoreganj | |
| Sherpur | Moulvibazar | |
| Hatikumrul | Bogra | Sirajganj |
| Boda | Panchagarh | |
| Bara Dargar Hat | Rangpur | |
| Kundar Hat | Bogra | |
| Sherpur | Bogra | |
| Jhalmalia | Natore | |
| Madpur | Pabna | |
| Pakshi | Pabna | |
| Paba | Rajshahi | |
| Banpara | Natore | |
| Gobindaganj | Gaibandha | |
| Tentulia | Panchagarh | |
| Taraganj | Rangpur | |
| Dashmail | Dinajpur | |
| Hatibandha | Lalmonirhat | |
| Bhanga | Madaripur | Faridpur |
| Shibchar | Madaripur | |
| Bhatiapara | Gopalganj | |
| Mostafapur | Madaripur | |
| Chaurhas | Kushtia | |
| Nabharan | Jessore | |
| Arappur | Jhenaidah | |
| Mollarhat | Bagerhat | |
| Ramnagar | Magura | |
| Karimpur | Faridpur | |
| Tularampur | Narail | |
| Pangsha | Rajbari | |
| Ahladipur | Rajbari | |
| Gaurnadi | Barishal | |
| Barobazar | Jashore | |
| Noapara | Jashore | |
| Katakhali | Bagerhat | |
| Kharnia | Khulna |