Four trains are currently stranded at both ends of the Bangabandhu Bridge
Police say they have considered recent violent incidents in different countries, including the mosque shootings in New Zealand, and Mar 26 Independence Day to beef up security in the areas.
Law enforcers were checking vehicles at the posts.
Surveillance surrounding the clubs and foreign missions has also been heightened, Gulshan Police Station OC Abdu Bakr Siddique said.
“We’ve taken additional measures alongside routine security after the terrorist attack in New Zealand,” Moshtaque Ahmed, a deputy commissioner at Dhaka Metrpolitan Police, told bdnews24.com.
On Saturday, gunmen killed at least 134 Fulani herders in central Mali, the deadliest such attack of recent times in a region reeling from worsening ethnic and jihadist violence.