Detective Branch
| গোয়েন্দা শাখা | |
Insignia of Detective Branch | |
DMP Detective Branch (DB) members on duty next to the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka in 2023. | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1997 |
| Type | Police intelligence |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Bangladesh |
| Headquarters | Minto Road, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Employees | 34,000 personnel (about) |
| Annual budget | Classified |
| Parent department | |
| Parent agency | Bangladesh Police |
| Website | Preview warning: No official website (P856) found in wikidata. Nothing will be displayed. |
The Detective Branch (Bengali: গোয়েন্দা শাখা, romanized: Gōẏēndā Šākhā; abbreviated as DB) is a specialized unit of the Bangladesh Police. It mostly deals with investigative activities and special operations in sensitive cases and places. The main task of the detectives of this unit is to collect the information behind the news from the grass root level for the purpose of investigating the events of any serious hidden crime or unsolved historical crime. Also, if necessary, they arrest those who are suspicious individuals.