Staff Reporter :
The Election Commission has deployed 50,000 members of different law enforcement agencies to ensure security for the upcoming polls to Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC).
Ansar-VDP personnel have been deployed for polling stations, while BGB, RAB and naval police will ensure security in the voting areas.
As per directives of EC, all the deployed forces have taken their positions at designated areas respectively from Thursday morning.
Besides, a ban on motorcycle movement inside Dhaka city has been imposed ahead of the Dhaka South and Dhaka North City Corporation elections on February 1.
A 54-hour ban imposed by the Election Commission (EC) on the movement of motorcycles in the capital ahead of the Dhaka city elections will come into effect from Thursday midnight.
Movements of motorised vehicles have also been restricted for 18 hours, but it will come into effect from Friday midnight in the election areas.
Motorcycles and vehicles with EC’s stickers, vehicles of emergency services, including ambulance, fire service and Postal Department, will remain out of the ban’s purview.
The plying of baby-taxi or auto-rickshaw, taxicab, microbus, jeep, pickup, car, bus, truck and other motor-driven vehicles will be restricted from January 31 midnight (12am) to February 1 evening (6pm).
The Election Commission has deployed 50,000 members of different law enforcement agencies to ensure security for the upcoming polls to Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC).
Ansar-VDP personnel have been deployed for polling stations, while BGB, RAB and naval police will ensure security in the voting areas.
As per directives of EC, all the deployed forces have taken their positions at designated areas respectively from Thursday morning.
Besides, a ban on motorcycle movement inside Dhaka city has been imposed ahead of the Dhaka South and Dhaka North City Corporation elections on February 1.
A 54-hour ban imposed by the Election Commission (EC) on the movement of motorcycles in the capital ahead of the Dhaka city elections will come into effect from Thursday midnight.
Movements of motorised vehicles have also been restricted for 18 hours, but it will come into effect from Friday midnight in the election areas.
Motorcycles and vehicles with EC’s stickers, vehicles of emergency services, including ambulance, fire service and Postal Department, will remain out of the ban’s purview.
The plying of baby-taxi or auto-rickshaw, taxicab, microbus, jeep, pickup, car, bus, truck and other motor-driven vehicles will be restricted from January 31 midnight (12am) to February 1 evening (6pm).
