One of the three tiers of the security blanket around Hasina's house was removed after several days of heightened watch ahead of the AL chief's planned visit to the United States to see her expecting daughter. Hasina postponed the tour as the government did not allow her to leave the country.

Earlier on Thursday, the government imposed restrictions on Hasina's leaving the country for "the sake of investigation" into the graft cases filed against her.

A total of 12 platoons of police were deployed around Sudha Sadan.

Hasina's Political Secretary Saber Hossain Chowdhury, AL Women Affairs Secretary Dr Dipu Moni and Workers Affairs Secretary Habibur Rahman went to meet Hasina yesterday morning.