Shawdesh desk:

A total of 189 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh were deployed across Bangladesh on Monday to maintain law and order as the fourth countrywide blockade, called by Bangladesh Nationalist Party, its allies in the ongoing movement and Jamaat, was underway.

Shariful Islam, public relations officer at BGB headquarters, confirmed the development in the morning.

On Monday, the second day of the 48-hour blockade, 25 BGB platoons were deployed in Dhaka and adjoining districts to avoid any untoward incident.

Moreover, an adequate number of BGB personnel were kept standby to promptly respond to any emergency in the country, he added.

Like the previous blockades, members of the frontier battalion have been performing their duties alongside police, Rapid Action Battalion and Ansar to ensure public safety and security in Dhaka and other parts of the country.