Shawdesh Desk:

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam has said that security has been beefed up in Dhaka following a bomb attack threat by radical group Islamic State (IS) over new year celebrations in Muslim majority countries.

He revealed the information while talking to journalists at Dhaka’s Gulshan area on Friday night.

“They threatened to blow up celebratory events of English New Year in Muslim majority countries. Although the IS has “no base” Bangladesh, the authorities took security measures as extra precaution,” he said.

The authorities received the message containing the threat from the IS on Thursday night, he said.

“This is a global threat. I don’t think it is important for Bangladesh. But we strengthened security out of fear that someone might get inspired by their message and carry out attack as a lone wolf,” the DMP boss said.