Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Sheikh Md Sajjad announced that necessary security arrangements have been planned to ensure the Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025 is held in a peaceful and festive manner on Wednesday.
“The Book Fair is organized by the Bangla Academy authorities every year. The Amar Ekushey Book Fair will be held at the Bangla Academy and Suhrawardy Udyan premises throughout the month of February. The Dhaka Metropolitan Police has taken adequate security measures for this book fair,” he said.
He made these remarks while addressing the DMP coordination meeting on overall security, law and order and traffic management for the upcoming book fair at the conference room of DMP Headquarters on Wednesday.
At the beginning of the program, DMP Deputy Police Commissioner (Operations) AFM Tariq Hossain Khan presented the overall security plan for the book fair through a PowerPoint presentation.
The DMP Commissioner expressed hope that this year's book fair will be held in an orderly environment with the cooperation and coordination of everyone.
Regarding the security measures, the DMP Commissioner said that a sufficient number of policemen, both in plain clothes and uniforms, will be on duty inside and outside the book fair.
Necessary CCTV cameras will be installed to monitor the inside and outside of the book fair venue around the clock, and there will be a watchtower and fire tenders to ensure flawless security, he said.
He continued that there will be adequate first aid facilities, alongside other security measures including sweeping the venues, deploying special teams in plain clothes, providing directions through billboards and banners, monitoring social media, using drones to monitor the fair premises and keeping SWAT and bomb disposal teams on standby.
The commissioner said that every visitor will be required to enter the fair premises through the archway.
“No one will be allowed to enter the fair with large bags, cartons, or flammable materials,” he added.
As in previous years, there will be a lost-and-found center, help desk and childcare center at the fair.
Later, in a coordination meeting to ensure the overall security of the Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025, representatives from various intelligence agencies, the Book Publishers and Sellers Association, Public Works Department, Dhaka South City Corporation, Dhaka WASA, Bangla Academy, Fire Service, DPDC, Department of Health, Ministry of Culture, various government service organizations, and senior officials of DMP shared their concerns.
