Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told a meeting of her ruling Awami League party that police would stamp out the violence. Sheikh HasinaThe militants arrested were operatives of the outlawed Jamaat-ul- Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), the outfit believed to have carried out most of the attacks on secular and liberal activists and minorities. Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party accused the government of using the crackdown to suppress political dissent. It rejected the allegation that the party and its fundamentalist ally Jamaat-e-Islami were patronising the attacks. "Where will they hide in Bangladesh," she said.

Source: Mid-Day June 12, 2016 08:48 UTC