Wrap up Pahela Baishakh celebrations by 6pm: DMP

Dhaka Metropolitan Police have urged the city people to finish tomorrow's Pahela Baishakh celebrations in the capital by 6:00pm.
DMP Commissioner Benazir Ahmed has also requested the organisers of different socio-cultural fronts, which are going to celebrate the day amid festivity at different city venues including Ramna Park, Suhrawardi Udyan and Rabindra Sarobar, to follow the same "to avert any untoward incident".
Last year, the concluding time for programme at Ramna Batamul was 5:00pm, whereas it was 7:00pm for the programmes elsewhere in the city.
The DMP organised a press conference yesterday at its Media Centre on Minto Road in the capital to brief journalists about the security measures.
“Security measures have already been beefed up in the capital to celebrate the first day of the Bangla New Year in a peaceful manner,” Benazir said.
Check posts will be set up at 22 strategic points in the capital so that none could create any chaos during the celebrations, he added.
The festival venues will be smoking-free zones, and people have been requested not to bring handbags, flammable substances, knives and other weapons to the venues for the sake of security, he added.
People will be allowed to enter Ramna Park through Arunaday Gate (opposite state guesthouse Padma), Ramna Restaurant Gate, Ostachal Gate (opposite Shishu Park), and Natun Gate (opposite Shikha Chirantan).
They will have to leave the park through Uttarayan Gate (on Minto Road) and Baishakhi Gate (opposite the Engineers' Institute), while Shamolima Gate (beside Kakrail mosque) and Star Gate (near Matsya Bhaban) can be used for both entry and exit.
For those who want to enter the Suhrawardi Udyan have to use the Engineers' Institute Gate, TSC Gate and Tin Netar Mazar Gate, while the exit ways are Shikha Chirantan Gate, Chhobir Haat Gate (opposite the DU Faculty of Fine Arts) and Ramna Kali Mandir Gate.
On the day, from 5:00am to 9:00pm, vehicular movement will be restricted on roads from Bangla Motor to Old Elephant Road, from Ruposhi Bangla Hotel crossing to Kakrail mosque crossing, from Shahbagh to High Court via Matsya Bhaban, from Nilkhet crossing to Teacher-Student Centre of Dhaka University, from Plassey intersection to Doyel Chattar via Shaheed Minar and from Bakshi Bazar intersection to TSC crossing via Jagannath Hall.