Dhaka, Aug. 18 -- The government has suspended 18 police officials, including sensational Detective Branch (DB) officer Mohammad Harun-or-Rashid, for their absence in the workplaces for long without permission from the authorities concerned.

A notification, signed by Nasimul Goni, senior secretary to the Police-1 Section under Public Security Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs, was issued on Monday.

Mohammad Harun-or-Rashid, additional police commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) and former DB Chief, Sanjit Kumar Roy, joint police commissioner of DMP, Rifat Rahman Shamim, additional DIG at Chattogram Range DIG Office, Kazi Ashraful Azim, superintendent of police at Chattogram Range DIG Office, Hasan Arafat, additional SP...