At least four people have been killed in violent clashes following the execution of Islamist leader Abdul Quader Mollah for war crimes committed more than four decades ago.
The decision to hang Mollah, dubbed the 'Butcher of Mirpur' in Bangladesh for his part in hundreds of killings during the 1971 war of independence from Pakistan, drew widespread condemnation from political allies and international human rights groups.
But many people celebrated the first ever execution of a Bangladesh war criminal, which took place at the Dhaka Central Jail in the capital late on Thursday.
Mollah, a senior figure in the opposition Jamaat-e-Islami party, was buried in the early hours of Friday in his home village in the southern district of Faridpur.
In the latest violence, his supporters set fire to vehicles and houses, looted shops, set off crude bombs and blocked roads in several parts of the country.
Describing the violence in Dhaka, resident Mohammad Khokon said: "They (the protesters) came with boxes full of bombs and they wore helmets and started throwing many handmade bombs on the street and ran away."
Police said two people were hacked to death in Satkhira, in the southwest, early on Friday.
One person died in clashes with police in the southern district of Noakhali, and a driver was killed after being chased down by protesters.
Mollah's execution has added to tensions that were already running high, threatening to cripple Bangladesh's economy, most notably its £13.5bn clothing industry.
There has been almost daily unrest in the poverty-stricken country of 160 million people since last month's announcement of parliamentary elections on January 5.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her ruling Awami League are determined to go ahead with the vote, but the opposition says it will not participate unless an interim government is installed and she steps down.
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