Commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Md Shafiqul Islam on Thursday said no outdoor celebration will be allowed on the 31st night like previous years. “No one can even apply for holding events outdoors. Besides, those hotels who have applied to us will be allowed to hold programmes but those must be held as per our culture. No DJ party will be allowed,” the DMP commissioner said. Read: Victory Day programmes: DMP commissioner stresses onus on security Wishing the city dwellers a Happy New Year, the Commissioner said this at a press conference held at the DMP Media Centre in the afternoon. He said although there is no threat centering the New Year celebrations, the members of the Counter Terrorism Unit and the detectives will be on high alert all over Dhaka. The DMP has taken special security measures in several areas, including Dhaka University, Hatirjheel, Banani and Gulshan, on the eve of English New Year. The DMP Commissioner said outsiders and vehicles will not be allowed to enter the Dhaka University campus after 8 pm. Vehicles of teachers, officers and employees residing in the residential areas of Dhaka University will be able to enter through Shahbagh Crossing subject to identification after the stipulated time. “We’ll have a security cordon all around the university area. Anyone who wants to enter the area can do it with permission from the university authorities,” he added. The Commissioner said the same guidelines are applicable for Hatirjheel and Banani and Gulshan areas. No one will be able to stay at Hatirjheel after 8 pm. Even bikes will not be allowed to enter. No one except the residents of Gulshan area will be allowed to enter the area, he added. Read: Tenure of DMP Commissioner extends for another year All bars will remain closed from the morning of December 31 to January 1, the Commissioner added. Earlier, the government urged people to celebrate the 31st night on the eve of New Year on a very limited scale due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a press release issued by the Home Ministry on December 14.

There will be no event to welcome the year 2022 held anywhere outdoors in Cox's Bazar. This time, the law enforcement agencies have taken extra precaution to ensure the safety of the tourists in Cox’s Bazar. Besides, the district administration has formed a special monitoring cell to maintain discipline in the tourism hub. The tourist police have also taken several security measures to ensure the safety of tourists. However, people from different parts of the country will visit Cox's Bazar to enjoy the last sunset of 2021, as well as the first sunrise of 2022, and there will be various events arranged indoors in different hotels to welcome the New Year 2022. Meanwhile, Abul Kashem Sikder, general secretary of Cox's Bazar Hotel Motel Guest House Owners' Association, said that 70 to 80 percent rooms have been booked so far this year on the occasion of ‘31st Night’. No event will be arranged on the beach as there is a government ban on holding events outfoors. So this time, tourist arrivals in Cox's Bazar will not be as expected, said Abul Kashem.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Shahidul Islam on Tuesday urged the city dwellers to refrain from any kind of misconduct and illegal activities including fireworks, reckless driving of cars and motorcycles on the 31st night . 

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam on Monday said that highest security measures would be taken to ensure smooth celebration of the Christmas Day and the New Year.

Police in a drive arrested eight people, including two foreigners, from Panchaboti in the city on Tuesday night on charges of buying and selling drugs.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Monday said the government has taken adequate security measures to prevent any kind of anarchy centering the celebration of New Year or the 31st night.

The government has imposed a restriction on any kind of outdoor celebration of the 31st night on the eve of New Year 2020 to maintain law and order.