PM asks cops to win public trust

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked police to gain people's confidence by ensuring the overall security of public life and property as well as their welfare.

The prime minister gave the directives after inaugurating "Police Plaza Concord," a commercial building of Bangladesh Police Welfare Trust, in the capital's Gulshan area.

She also asked police to be mindful so that people do not suffer in any way and continue to render services. "You'll have to fulfill the aspirations of people."

She said the government would continue necessary supports for the wellbeing of the police force.

Referring to her earlier directives at an Ecnec meeting, Hasina suggested the authorities concerned to come up with a proposal for renovating the dilapidated police stations at upazila and district levels.

Turning to the maritime boundary verdicts over Myanmar and India and the recent Land Boundary Agreement with India, the prime minister said the government has been solving problems one after another with the neighbouring countries.

She said the sooner Bangladesh would be able to become solvent financially, the more it could be able to solve the problems of all, including this police force. "Bangladesh would become a peaceful, terrorism and militancy-free country in South Asia and we're working to that end."