Home Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd.) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury. -File Photo

 
DHAKA, March 25, 2025 (BSS) - Home Adviser Lieutenant General Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (Retd.) today said they have taken every possible security measures across the country as the people can celebrate the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr amid festivity in a peaceful and safe manner. 
  
"The government is working to ensure that the people can celebrate Eid in a smooth and festive atmosphere. We have taken necessary steps to ensure that flawless security, peace and order are maintained during Eid," he said.
 
The adviser made the remarks while briefing newsmen following the 8th meeting of the Advisory Council Committee on Law and Order at the Bangladesh Secretariat here this afternoon. 
 
Members of the committee participated in the meeting under the chairmanship of the Home Adviser.
 
The Adviser said that today's meeting mainly discussed the overall law and order situation. 
 
"We have given utmost priority to ensure that the law and order situation remains normal and under control on the occasion of Independence and National Day tomorrow and the upcoming holy Eid-ul-Fitr," he said. 
 
Jahangir said that they have also asked the authorities concerned to arrest those involved in criminal activities and instigating anti-national and destructive movements and gatherings. 
 
The Home Adviser said they have asked to enhance patrol alongside intelligence surveillance across the country to improve the law and order situation and prevent criminal activities. 
 
The instructions, he said, have also been given to set up check posts at entry and exit points of Dhaka and increase operations in various residential hotels and slums to ensure a safe and smooth Eid.
 
The Home Adviser said they have decided to deploy members of the intelligence agency along with the uniformed police, set up check posts on specific roads and intersections, provide money escort for money transfers, and take necessary measures to prevent and identify the spread of fake money.

He said they have also requested all concerned to ensure the payment of salaries and bonuses to garment/industrial workers before the Eid holidays.

"Legal action will be taken against the owners, workers and outsiders who create and fuel instability in various institutions including industrial units," he warned.
 
Jahangir said they have already issued a set of instructions to maintain the law and order elsewhere in the country during Eid. 
 
In addition, he said that control rooms have been set up by the concerned authorities including police and other law enforcement agencies to maintain law and order and discipline on the road. 
 
 All control rooms have been asked to maintain communication with the central Joint Operation Center (01320001223) of the Ministry of Home Affairs, he said. 
 
Stating that necessary steps have been taken to control traffic and congestion during Eid, he said, the authorities have been directed to take effective measures to collect tolls quickly at the toll plazas of the Jamuna Bridge, Padma Bridge and flyovers to ease traffic congestion.
 
Necessary measures have been taken to ensure that construction materials and long vehicles leaving from any place, including land ports and sea ports, except for vehicles transporting essential goods or passengers, can't ply on highways or ferry on water routes for six days, for three days before Eid and three days after Eid, he said. 
 
 The Home Adviser continued that instructions have been given to the concerned departments/offices/organizations so that no additional passengers are loaded on roads, rivers and railways and no additional fares are collected in order. 
 
He asked the people to be aware in this connection.