Dhaka, Sunday, Jun 07, 2026
The government has put in place a comprehensive security framework across the country ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, with a round-the-clock Special Monitoring Cell activated at Police Headquarters, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed announced Tuesday.Briefing journalists at the Ministry of Home Affairs in the Bangladesh Secretariat following a high-level review meeting, the minister said the monitoring cell would remain operational 24 hours a day for seven days before and seven days after Eid day.The review meeting, chaired by the Home Minister, was attended by Religious Affairs Minister Kazi Shah Mofazzal Houssain (Kaikobad), Senior Secretary of the Home Ministry Manzur Morshed Chowdhury, secretaries from relevant ministries, and heads of various law enforcement agencies.The meeting reviewed the overall law and order situation, garment workers' wage disbursement, highway traffic management, and security of sacrificial animal markets ahead of the festival.The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), Police, Ansar, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), Coast Guard, and all intelligence agencies ...
