Walkway over a small stream at the Police Academy in Sardah, Rajshahi. The stream is fed by the mighty river Padma. Bangladesh Police Academy (BPA) is a 100-year-old police training institute. It is the Alma Mater of police training in Bangladesh. It is located 20 miles from Rajshahi City. In July 1912, the college was established at Sardah to meet police training requirements in Bengal and Assam, which later in 1962 was declared as Police Academy, by the then president Field Marshal Ayub Khan who was visiting the academy as Chief Guest in its Golden Jubilee. In 2007 it was again renamed Bangladesh Police Academy. Bangladesh.