Dhaka, Nov. 20 -- Police Headquarters has instructed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Special Branch (SB) and Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) to immediately submit lists of honest, neutral and administratively efficient police inspectors for appointment as officers-in-charge (OCs) at police stations across the country ahead of the national election.

The directive, issued on November 16 by the Personnel Management-2 wing of PHQ, says that deploying "competent, impartial and professionally credible" police station chiefs is crucial to ensuring a peaceful and fair parliamentary election scheduled for February next year.

According to the circular, the law-and-order situation at the field level, especially during the election per...