Dhaka, May 11 -- e Minister Tarique Rahman has given a directive to police officers not to consider the political identities of offenders when working to control corruption and violence.

He gave the directive on Monday morning during a guidance speech to police officials at the Shapla Conference Centre of the Prime Minister's Office in Tejgaon.

He said, "Your role is undeniable in building a strong, accountable, lawful, and people-friendly state system. The current government is uncompromising against corruption, violence, and misrule. I said yesterday, and I have said before, that we do not want to compromise with violence and bad governance. We want to work."

"In controlling corruption and violence, we have often seen that you face d...