Dhaka, Nov. 9 -- Bangladesh and Singapore have discussed strengthening cooperation between their police forces to combat transnational crime, money laundering, cybercrime and terrorist financing.

The issue came up when Philip Ong, Charge d'Affaires of the Singapore High Commission in Dhaka, paid a courtesy call on Inspector General of Police (IGP) Md Ali Hossain Fakir at the Police Headquarters on Monday.

During the meeting, both sides stressed the importance of closer collaboration between the Bangladesh Police and Singapore Police through joint investigations, intelligence sharing and technical assistance.

Philip Ong emphasised the need to develop a standard operating procedure (SOP) for conducting joint investigations into transnati...