In Bangladesh, the army, police and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) continued their anti-crime crackdown across the country.
In Chittagong, army personnel arrested Dastagir Chowdhury, former deputy mayor of Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) and Sheikh Nurullah Bahar, GS of BNP-backed Bandar CBA.
Matiur Rahman Choudhury has more on the story.