181 BGB platoons deployed across the country

A total of 181 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed across the country on the first day of the 48-hour countrywide blockade called by the BNP and other opposition parties.

Md Shariful Islam, Public Relations Officer of the BGB, confirmed the matter to Jago News on Wednesday morning. 

He said a total of 181 platoons of BGB have been deployed across the country to maintain the law and order situation. Among them, 33 platoons have been deployed in Dhaka and its adjoining areas to ensure security at garment factories.  

Earlier on Monday, the BNP announced the 48-hour countrywide blockade to press home their one-point demand to hold the next general election under a neutral government.

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and other political parties and alliances followed BNP to announce that they would also hold the blockade programme simultaneously.