Dhaka, Nov. 13 -- Law enforcement agencies, including police, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), are on high alert across key points of Dhaka on Thursday (13th November 2025) as the Awami League (AL) called a countrywide 'lockdown'.

The movement of people and transport, particularly private vehicles, was notably thinner than usual amid growing public anxiety over safety.

Businesses and educational institutions remained open, continuing their regular activities.

The supporters of BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and allied parties took positions at several points in Dhaka to resist any move by the AL and brought out processions protesting the 'lockdown' programme, called as the International Crime Tribunal-1 ( ICT-1) is...