191 platoons BGB deployed amid tension centering Noor Hossain Day

The authorities have deployed 191 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) across the country to maintain law and order across the country on Sunday.

Shariful islam, public relations officer of BGB, confirmed the information.

Alongside the BGB, members of police, Rapid Action Battalion and other forces have been kept vigilant across the country.

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 at Gulistan in the capital.

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.