The New Nation - Internet Edition

Barisal Correspondent

Barisal city is getting ready for the second meeting of the Advisory Council of the Caretaker Government outside Dhaka scheduled to be held on Thursday at Barisal Circuit House.

More than 1500 extra force in uniform and plainclothes from different law enforcing agencies including special security forces and Presidential Guard Regiment has been deployed in sensitive and key points of the city routes, meeting places and residences of the Advisory Council members.

Law enforcing agency members from outside Barisal city have been accommodated at Zilla, Udayan, Nuria Boys and Halima Khatun Girls Schools of the city. Checkposts have been set up at different entrance points of transports on the roads and highways and residential hotels and public gathering places have also been placed under vigilance.

All types of public gatherings, functions, indoor and outdoor meetings in the city and surrounding areas of the CA's travel route has been banned for Thursday and Friday.

The Chief Adviser will land at Barisal Airport on Thursday and after attending a meeting at Barisal Circuit House will go to Rajapur Upazila of Jhalakathi district. He will spend the night at Barisal Circuit House and leave Barisal on Friday morning.