Eminent singer Kabir Suman was supposed to perform in Dhaka after almost 13 years, and the tickets for the three-day musical event have already been sold out.

However, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) informed The Daily Star that no permission from their side was given for the event, as the venue is a Key Point Installation (KPI). 

"The Bangladesh National Museum is a Key Point Installation, and this is why we did not grant permission for the event", said DMP Commissioner MD Shafiqul Islam, to The Daily Star.

In response to a question regarding if the organisers had applied for another venue, he informed that no such request was made.

The organisers had previously arranged a press conference on Wednesday at Bishwa Shahitya Kendra, to reveal the last-minute preparations for the event.

Mir Arif Billah from Peephole, one of the organisers of the event, told The Daily Star that they are trying to get the permission for the event at the moment. "We hope that we will get the permission soon".