About DNC:

The Department, established under the President's Secretariat in January, 1990 is now placed under the administrative control of the Ministry of Home Affairs. It is charged with the responsibility of implementing the policies formulated by the NNCB. As the designated Nodal Agency of the Government, the DNC is to deal with all aspects relating to drug problem in the country. It has a network of 155 field level offices across the country with its headquarters in Dhaka. The Director General is the head of the Department and he is also the ex-officio Member-Secretary to the National Narcotics Control Board.

The following functions are carried out by Department:

1. Administration of the laws relating to Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances.

2. Regulation of the production of the sale of liquors and alcoholic preparations including   collection of the duties on this accountant.

3. Prevention and control of drug trafficking.

4. Prevention of drug abuse through research, education and training.

5. Running process for treatment and rehabilitation of drug abuse.

6. Co-ordination of the activities of various departments and NGOs involved in treatment and rehabilitation of drug abuse.

7. Maintain liaison with similar agencies in other countries and with the concerned international and regional organizations.

8. To act as the secretariat of the Narcotics Control Board.

STRUCTURE OF THE DNC: [Click for Organizational Structure]

The Department of Narcotics control is the nodal agency for drug control in Bangladesh. It has four functional wings. These are:

The DNC has 4 zonal offices, 4 zonal intelligence offices, 25 regional offices, 25 Range offices, 108 circle offices, 1 Chemical Laboratory, 4 Treatment Center, 4 Distillery, 13 Ware House throughout the country. It has a total of 1277 sanctioned manpower.

Field Administration of DNC and its Jurisdiction:  [Click for PDF Format File]
 

FUNCTIONS OF THE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONAL WINGS

(1) Administration, Training, Finance and Common Service:

The principal tasks are:

(2) Operation, Traffic and Intelligence:

The principal tasks of the Operation, Traffic and Intelligence wing of the DNC are:

(3) Preventive Education, Research and Publication: 

•   Community mobilization against abuse and illicit trafficking of drugs
•   Public awareness generation against drugs
•   Dissemination of anti-drug messages
•   Conducting various preventive education programs on drugs
•   Community intervention against drug abuse
•   Conducting campaign against drug abuse and illicit trafficking
•   Policy formulation for prevention and control of drugs
•   Monitoring and evaluation of programs
•   Survey and data collection
•   Research
•   Networking with NGOs and VAs
•   Coordination and monitoring the activities of the NGOs and VAs
•   Publication
•   Preparation and publication of periodical reports
•   Preparing audio-visual programs aand materials for anti-drug campaign

(4) Treatment and Rehabilitation:

•   Treatment and rehabilitation of the drug dependent persons
•   Coordination and monitoring of treatment services provided by the
     NGOs and VAs
•   Policy formulation for treatment and rehabilitation

Name of Treatment Center:

Name of Range:

Name of Circle