Deputy commissioners have been instructed to recover and seize the nearly 10,000 firearms that have not yet been surrendered despite directives, and to take legal action against those concerned, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said.

The government must take urgent measures to maintain poll-time law and order

He also apologised for his comment yesterday about shutting down media outlets engaging in sycophancy.

Law enforcers claim to have arrested a man from Mohakhali Bus stand of Dhaka for carrying illegal firearms.