Dhaka, Aug. 25 -- Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has taken extensive security measures across the capital ahead of Eid-e-Miladunnabi to maintain law and order.

The entire capital has been brought under a stringent security arrangement to prevent any untoward incident and address any potential threat to public safety, says DMP Additional Deputy Commissioner media Niaj Mehedi on Tuesday evening.

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As part of the measures, police pickets and checkposts are being operated across the city, while checks and searches have been intensified at all entry points to Dhaka.

Members of the Detective Branch (DB) and Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit will remain deployed ...