Rallies, protests banned near State Guest House Jamuna, Secretariat

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police is instituting a ban on all forms of rallies, gatherings, public meetings, marches, and processions at the Bangladesh Secretariat, the chief advisor’s official residence, the State Guest House Jamuna and nearby areas.

The decision was announced in a public notice signed by DMP Commissioner Sheikh Md Sazzat Ali on Thursday. The ban will continue indefinitely until further notice, as per a UNB report.

The public notice said, "In the interest of maintaining public order, in accordance with the powers conferred under Section 29 of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police Ordinance (Ordinance No. III/76), any kind of meeting, gathering, march, procession, etc., has been banned at the Bangladesh Secretariat and the official residence of the honourable chief advisor, Jamuna, and the surrounding areas from today, March 13, until further notice."

The designated areas also include the Inter Continental Dhaka intersection, the Shahbagh intersection, the Kakrail intersection, and Minto Road, the notice said.