At least six more people were killed and more than 100 injured in clashes ahead of Bangladesh's general election tomorrow.
The deaths push the fatality count to more than 130 during campaigning that has been marred by bloody exchanges between the two main parties.
In the notoriously violence-prone southern Bhola island district, three more deaths were reported overnight following an attack by masked gunmen on a village in the Daulatkhan area, the Independentnewspaper said. Two people were reported killed in the district yesterday.
The Independentsaid three others were killed in political violence in western Rajshahi, northeastern Sylhet and southeastern Feni districts late Saturday.
Security forces were on alert as a 48-hour ban on political meetings and protests came into force at midnight last night.
AFP