On the first day of the nationwide police crackdown on militants, two Jamaat-e-Islami activists and 48 criminals were arrested from Satkhira and Natore in separate drives.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina accuses the BNP-Jamaat clique of carrying out killings like Kalabagan double murder saying they are doing this to destabilise the country.

Police detain 35 local leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student body Islami Chhatra Shibir and recovered petrol bombs from them in Lalmohon upazila of Bhola.

Tribunal in Dhaka issues death warrant against Jamaat-e-Islami leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman in war crimes case