DHAKA: Police said that tight security measures will be taken during the upcoming visit of Pope Francis in Bangladesh.

The issue of security measures was discussed in the meeting of the traffic management section of police on Wednesday (November 22). Inspector general of police (IGP) AKM Shohidul Haque chaired the meeting at the Police Headquarters in the city.

Pope Francis will make the official three-day visit to Bangladesh on November 30. He will stay there till December 2.

Huge number of police and members of other law enforcing agencies will be deployed in the city to ensure the security of Pope Francis. The intelligence forces will assist the law enforcers.

Pope Francis will visit Dhaka at the invitation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Catholic Archbishop of Dhaka Cardinal Patrick D’Rozario. President Abdul Hamid will receive Pope at the airport.

An advance team from the Vatican recently visited Bangladesh to coordinate preparation for the visit with the protocol wing of the Foreign Ministry.

The pope will also make an apostolic visit to Myanmar from November 27 to 30 before coming to Dhaka.

On November 26 in 1970, the sixth Pope was the first person who visited Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) during an hour-long stopover here on his way to Manila. Pope John Paul II visited Bangladesh in 1986.

BDST: 1900 HRS, NOV 22, 2017
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