IGP urges students to become honest, humane

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Md Ali Hossain Fakir today (5 September) urged students to build themselves as individuals with honesty, morality and human values.

"Merit helps a person move forward, but honesty, humanity and moral values make a person truly great," he said while speaking as the chief guest at a scholarship distribution ceremony for children of police personnel who secured GPA-5 in the SSC, HSC and equivalent examinations in 2024 and 2025.

Police Headquarters organised the programme  at the Bangladesh Police Auditorium at Rajarbagh Police Lines in the capital. The scholarships were funded by the Bangladesh Police Welfare Trust.

Additional IGP (Administration) A K M Awlad Hossain presided over the programme, while Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Mosleh Uddin Ahmed and AIG Md Ismail Hossain, who delivered the welcome address, also spoke.

Senior police officials, guardians and scholarship recipients attended the event.

The IGP said the recognition was not merely an award but a recognition of the students' merit and hard work, the authorities' confidence in their future and trust in their potential.

Fakir also warned them against drugs, saying they must remain alert against temporary curiosity or provocation that could lead them into addiction.

"Drugs are a deadly trap," he said, adding that excessive addiction to mobile phones, social media and internet games could be as harmful as addiction to other intoxicating substances.

"Use technology, but remain alert so that technology cannot use you," he said urging them to obey the law and encourage others to do the same.

Scholarship recipients Kazi Md Tanan Hossain, Syeda Sabiha Musharrat Mumu, Md Adnan Zawad and Mustaina Manzur shared their feelings at the event.

Among the guardians, Additional DIG Shampa Yasmin and Police Inspector Sheikh Farukuzzaman also spoke.

Congratulating the students, DMP Commissioner Mosleh Uddin Ahmed urged them to work tirelessly to maintain their success and reduce screen time to focus on studies.

Additional IGP Awlad Hossain urged the students to demonstrate their merit in every sphere of life, refrain from wrongdoing and work for the welfare of the country and its people.

A total of 801 students who secured GPA-5 in the 2024 SSC examinations and 272 in the HSC examinations received scholarships. In 2025, 845 SSC and 195 HSC GPA-5 achievers received the scholarships. 2,113 students received Bangladesh Police scholarships in the two years.

Of them, 360 Dhaka-based students were formally awarded scholarships at Saturday's ceremony.

The remaining scholarships will be distributed through the respective district police superintendent's offices.