Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP), is a
metropolitan police
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), formerly and still commonly known as the Metropolitan Police (and informally as the Met Police, the Met, Scotland Yard, or the Yard), is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and ...
unit of
Bangladesh Police
The Bangladesh Police ( bn, বাংলাদেশ পুলিশ) of the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a law enforcement agency, operating under the Ministry of Home Affairs. It plays a crucial role in maintaining peace, and enforcement ...
for the Khulna Metropolitan Area based in
Khulna City
Khulna ( bn, খুলনা, ) is the third-largest city in Bangladesh, after Dhaka and Chittagong. It is the administrative centre of Khulna District and Khulna Division. Khulna's economy is the third-largest in Bangladesh, contributing $53 b ...
. The Unit was established on 1 July 1986 by the Khulna Metropolitan Police Ordinance, 1985.
Stations
Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP) has 8 police stations called
thanas Thanas is an Albanian and Ukrainian (''Танас'') given name and onomastic toponym element. The definite form is ''Thanasi''. It is derived from the Greek ''Athanasios'', with the Latin derived equivalent ''Tanush''. Thanas is also considered to ...
. Three new thanas were created in 2013 for Labanchara, Khulna University and Arangghata.
The thanas are:
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Khulna Sadar Thana
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Sonadanga Thana
Sonadanga ( bn, সোনাডাঙ্গা) is an Upazila of Khulna District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh.
Geography
Sonadanga is located at . It has 23778 households and total area 8.42 km2.
Demographics
In the 1991 Bangladesh ...
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Daulatpur Thana
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Khalishpur Thana
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Khan Jahan Ali Thana
Khan Jahan Ali Thana ( bn, খানজাহান আলী থানা) is a Metropolitan Thana of Khulna Metropolitan Police in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is ...
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Labanchara Thana
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Harintana Thana
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Aranghata Thana
See also
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Khulna City Corporation
Khulna City Corporation ( bn, খুলনা সিটি কর্পোরেশন - in short: KCC), Khulna Municipality, established in 1884, is one of the major divisional city corporations of Bangladesh. Before its establishment as city co ...
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Khulna Development Authority
Khulna Development Authority (KDA) is a governing body in Khulna City, Bangladesh. It was established by an ordinance of East Pakistan government called ''The Khulna Development Authority Ordinance, 1961''. It was established for better planning fo ...
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Metropolitan Police (Bangladesh) Metropolitan Police is a subnational unit of Bangladesh Police. There are eight unit in eight metropolis area in Bangladesh. This unit was formed in 1976 by establishing of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.
Units
*Existing Units
** Dhaka Metropolitan Pol ...
References
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1986 establishments in Bangladesh
Khulna
Municipal law enforcement agencies of Bangladesh