Three people, including former state minister for liberation war affairs Captain (retired) AB Tajul Islam and Awami League Organising Secretary Ahmad Hossain, have been arrested in Dhaka last night

The US has urged the Bangladesh government to ensure a fair and transparent legal process for political activists arrested ahead of the national elections

A spree of arrests continues as police have been picking up BNP leaders and activists across the country despite an assurance by the government that there will be no political arrests.

THERE has been a surge in the number of prison inmates in the recent time, with the escalation of political violence and intensification of law and order operations. In the last 37 days alone, 13,000 people have been arrested in 700 cases, with 8 percent of cases being of a political nature.

ACCORDING to information received form the Dhaka Metropolitan Police, the DMP has arrested more than a thousand people on political grounds between January 5 and February 6. 76 percent of those are BNP cadres and the rest Jamaat's.