At least 150 people died so far in the recent violence over the quota reform protests, said a government report on Sunday.
It was placed by Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan before the cabinet meeting held on Monday.
Cabinet Secretary Mahbub Hossain informed journalists of the development at a press conference after the cabinet meeting held at the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on Monday afternoon.
Earlier on Sunday, the home minister said at least 147 people died during the violence.
However, the death toll from the violence between agitators, law enforcers, Border Guard Bangladesh members, and ruling party activists, could be higher.
Also, many families reportedly collected the bodies of their loved ones from the scene, and this newspaper could not contact those families.
At first students and job seekers launched a movement demanding reforms in the quota system in the
government jobs. Later, cadres of BNP and Jamaat infiltrated into it and launched sabotage activities through violence like arson attacks and vandalism in the capital and across the country.
They set fire to many government offices and important establishments like metro rail, BTV, Data Centre and Narsingdi jail. They also set fire to hundreds of vehicles and damaged hundreds other vehicles.
In the circumstance, personnel from different law-enforcement agencies went into action to bring the4 situation.
