The home affairs ministry on Friday suspended journalists' entry into the secretariat using their accreditation cards and cancelled all temporary entry passes for common people due to security concerns following the recent fire incident.
A massive fire at the Bangladesh Secretariat gutted office of five ministries early Thursday.
A press release issued by the ministry Friday night read that the initiatives were taken to increase the overall security measures in the secretariat area.
It said that the temporary secretariat entry passes鈥攅xcept for those issued to government officials and employees working in the Secretariat鈥攈ave been canceled.
Holders of different categories of secretariat entry passes that have been canceled can apply for new temporary entry passes through the special cell located at Bangladesh Police, Crime Command and Control Center, DMP, 15 Abdul Gani Road, Dhaka within the next 15 days, the release said.
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