Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- The government has implemented comprehensive security arrangements to ensure peaceful and festive celebrations of Christmas Day and New Year's Eve, Home Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said on Monday.

"Christmas Day is the largest religious festival for the Christian community. Necessary security measures have already been put in place to ensure celebrations are conducted peacefully and with due religious fervor," he said while briefing reporters after the 18th meeting of the Advisory Council Committee on Law and Order and preparations for the Jagannath University Central Students' Union (JnUCSU) polls.

Jahangir added that appropriate security arrangements have been deployed at all churches...