DHAKA, Aug 6, 2025 (BSS) – The Dhaka Metropolitan police (DMP) has imposed a ban on holding all kinds of gatherings in Bangladesh Secretariat and the Jamuna official residence of the Chief Adviser and the surrounding areas until further order, effective from Friday.

The DMP in a public order signed by its Commissioner SM Sazzat Ali imposed the restrictions in pursuance of the powers vested in Section 29 of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police Ordinance (Ordinance No. III/76), citing the sake of security to the public and Chief Adviser.  

According to the order, any kind of meeting, mass gathering, procession, human chain, sit-in strike, procession, has been banned from Friday, (August 8, 2025), until further orders, in Bangladesh Secretariat and its adjoining areas and the Jamuna official residence of the Chief Adviser and the surrounding areas (the area between Hotel Intercontinental Crossing, Kakrail Mosque Crossing, Sambhal, Officers Club Crossing and Mintu Road Crossing).