Published on 09:52 PM, March 29, 2018

20 female cops honored with Bangladesh Police Women Award 2018

20 female police officials are honored with the Bangladesh Police Women Award-2018 at Bangladesh Police Auditorium in Dhaka’s Rajarbagh area on Thursday, March 29, 2018. Photo: Jamil Khan

In recognition of their courageous performance, 20 female police officials were honored with the Bangladesh Police Women Award-2018 today.

The award giving ceremony was held at Bangladesh Police Auditorium in Dhaka’s Rajarbagh where Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury was present as the chief guest.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal attended the programme as special guest while Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammad Javed Patwary presided over the event.

The awards were presented to the awardees in six categories: Lifetime Achievement Award, Bangladesh Police Women Leadership Award, Medal of Courage, Excellence in Service, Community Service, and Peacekeeping Mission.

The awardees were: Mili Biswas, deputy inspector general of PHQ; Saheli Ferdous, assistant inspector general of PHQ; Rumana Akther, special superintendent of CID; Mahmuda Afroz Lucky, additional deputy commissioner of  DB; Hasina Begum, officer-in-charge of Baliakanda Police Station of Rajbari; Nurani Ferdous Disha, additional superintendent of Kushtia circle; Kazi Maksuda Lima, additional superintendent of Sreenagar circle; Constable Momtaz Khatun, Bagerhat DB police; Shamsunnahar, superintendent of Chandpur; Shahnaz Parveen, senior ac of Barisal Metropolitan Police; Shamsunnahar Akther, sub-inspector of Barguna district; Ranu Akther, SI of Palang Police Station of Shariatpur; Ismat Ara, SI of Woman and Child Help Desk of Chapainawabganj; Fatiha Yeasmin, SP of DMP; Khandakar Shamima Yeasmin, additional superintendent of PHQ; Shamima Akther, additional superintendent of Pabna; Najmun Nahar, additional superintendent of Traffic (East) of DMP; Maksuda Akter Khanam, additional superintendent of Passport of Special Branch (Dhaka) and Constable Sonia Akther of APBN-8.