No threat of militant attack centering book fair: DMP chief

Dhaka Metropolitan Commissioner (DMP) Habibur Rahman has said there is no threat of militant attack on the occasion of the book fair.

The DMP Commissioner came up with the remark in response to questions from reporters after inspecting the security measures of Amar Ekushey Book Fair at the Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital on Wednesday. 

“There is no specific threat centering the book fair,” he said. 

The month-long book fair is set to begin on Thursday at Bangla Academy and Suhrawardy Udyan premises as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to inaugurate the country’s largest book fair.

The premier will also confer the Bangla Academy Literary Award-2023 on the winners along with unveiling the covers of some books including ‘Collected Works of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman: Volume-2’, published by Bangla Academy.