191 platoons BGB deployed amid tension centring Noor Hossain Day
BGB headquarters confirmed the deployment
File photo of the members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) patrolling a road in Dhaka. Photo: BSS
The government has deployed 191 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh across the country to maintain law and order centring the observance of Shaheed Noor Hossain Day.
The BGB headquarters confirmed the deployment in a short message today, reports BSS.
Alongside the BGB, members of police, Rapid Action Battalion, and other forces have been kept vigilant across the country.
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Tension has mounted after the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement announced a rally to counter programmes announced by Awami League marking the Shaheed Noor Hossain Day at Zero Point in Dhaka's Gulistan.
On Saturday, the AL on its verified Facebook page announced to observe the Noor Hossain Day and urged party men to come to the Zero Point.
