In a notable development, Bangladeshi police have arrested at least nine individuals linked to the murder of a lawyer during recent unrest in Chattogram, a southeastern port city. Authorities revealed that the suspects are among 46 individuals named in the case, predominantly sanitation workers from the Hindu minority community.

Lawyers in southeastern Bangladesh are boycotting courts to protest the killing of a colleague in a daylong violence over the arrest of a prominent minority Hindu leader.

Bangladesh stepped up security in the port city of Chittagong on Wednesday as police arrested six people in connection with the murder of a lawyer, who was killed during clashes following the arrest of a leader of the country's Hindu minority.