229 BGB platoons deployed nationwide for security measures

To maintain law and order, a total of 229 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed across the country to maintain law and order amid the ongoing blockade.

Thirty-two BGB platoons have been deployed around garment factories in Dhaka and adjacent areas while the rest of 197 platoons were deployed across the country to ensure security during the blockade, said Shariful Islam, public relations officer at BGB headquarters, as per UNB reports.

The 48-hour blockade was called by BNP, Jamaat and like-minded opposition parties to press home their one-point demand, is underway.