<div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury today affirmed that Durga Puja, a religious festival of the Hindu community, will be held smoothly and peacefully across the country.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“Different law enforcing agencies including the RAB, police, army, air force and the navy units have been deployed for ensuring security,” he told journalists after visiting the Dhakeshwari Mandir here.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Highest security will be ensured across the country on the occasion of Durga Puja, he said, seeking all-out cooperation from everybody in this regard.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Home Adviser said, the government has made first ever highest donation of Taka four crore for celebrating the puja this year.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;He urged the law enforcing agencies to follow the eight-point instructions given by the Ministry of Home Affairs to maintain security during Durga Puja.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mahanagar Sarbaoanin Puja Committee president Jayanta Kumar Deb and Bangladesh Puja Celebration Parishad general secretary Santos Sharma also spoke on the occasion.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>