The national emergency hotline 999 was inundated with 971 calls from across Bangladesh reporting loud music and noise pollution during New Year celebrations late on Sunday and well into Monday.
Inspector Anwar Sattar, public relations officer of the service, said 237 of these complaints had originated from residents in the Dhaka metropolitan area alone.
The surge in complaints saw 526 calls by midnight, with an additional 445 coming in between midnight and noon on Monday.
In response to the complaints, police went to the reported locations, taking action to halt the music blaring from loudspeakers.