Bangladesh, Aug. 4 -- Home Advisor Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has shrugged off concerns over security threats ahead of the anniversary of the fall of the Awami League government, but added that authorities remain on alert.

"We are alert, there is no security concern," he said after a meeting at the Secretariat on Monday.

"I hope that all kinds of events and programmes will be held peacefully with everyone's cooperation. You [journalists] can say for sure whether the law and order situation has improved from what it was like at that time after the Awami League government left."

The Sheikh Hasina-led government was toppled in a mass uprising on Aug 5 last year. An interim government, led by Muhammad Yunus, then took over on Aug 8, 2024.

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