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Bangladesh imposed tight security throughout Dhaka and several other regions overnight as sporadic arson attacks and crude bomb blasts stirred tension ahead of Monday’s ruling by the special tribunal trying deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for alleged crimes against humanity.

Security forces from the military, paramilitary units and police were placed on high alert after word spread that the dissolved Awami League had called a two-day shutdown to coincide with the International Crimes Tribunal–Bangladesh (ICT-BD) verdict.

On Sunday night, unidentified groups torched the vehicle dumping section of a police station complex and set off two crude bombs outside the residence of an advisory council member serving interim government chief, Professor Muhammad Yunus.

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