Dhaka, Nov. 26 -- The government has appointed Superintendents of Police (SPs) for 64 districts across the country through a lottery system ahead of the national election slated for the first half of February next year.

According to a gazette notification signed by Md Mahbubur Rahman, deputy secretary at the Ministry of Home Affairs, the order was issued on Wednesday, UNB reports.

Earlier in the day, Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said the SPs had been appointed through a lottery after categorising the districts into three groups considering the law-and-order situation.

Talking to reporters after a review meeting of the Annual Development Programme of the Ministry of Agriculture at the Secretariat, he cla...