Staff Correspondent: Security measures have been beefed up across the capital to avert any untoward situation during celebration of the thirty-first night, the last spell of time approaching January 1, 2017.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) sources said that check posts have been set up in key points in the capital.

The whole capital has been brought under security blanket with the deployment of law enforcement agencies both in uniform and plain cloth.

There is no fear of any terrorists or militant attacks on the eve of the occasion, but the concerned security authorities are alert about this.

DMP Deputy Commissioner Masudur Rahman told risingbd.com that special security measures were taken for the foreigners.

Earlier, DMP Commissioner Mohammad Asaduzzaman Miah said that 10,000 police forces will be deployed across the city.

risingbd/Dhaka/Dec 31, 2016/Ahmed Nur/Nasim