A total of 229 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed across the country including Dhaka.
Md Shariful Islam, Public Relations Officer at BGB Headquarters, confirmed the matter on Thursday morning.
He said a total of 229 BGB platoons were deployed across the country including Dhaka to maintain law and order situation centering the complete shutdown.
Earlier, a total of 16 platoon members of Ansar battalion were deployed in Dhaka to maintain law and order amid ongoing quota reform movement.
However, the students are observing complete shutdown across the country protesting the attacks on anti-quota protesters and demanding quota reform in government jobs.
The Anti-discriminatory Student Movement announced the programme in a Facebook post on Wednesday evening.