DHAKA: Police in Bangladesh have arrested the acting editor of a pro-opposition newspaper on various charges.  

Dhaka police official Masudur Rahman says they arrested Mahmudur Rahman on Thursday in a raid on the office of the Bengali-language Amar Desh newspaper.

He would not immediately say what charges would be brought against Rahman. The Ekattor TV station says he will face eight charges, including sedition and cybercrime.

Leaders of the government's ruling party have recently accused the daily of inciting violence during recent political unrest.

Bangladeshi police officers stand guard in front of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) office during a nationwide strike in Dhaka,

Earlier on Tuesday, police said one person was killed and several injured by rock-throwing protesters during an anti-government strike in Bangladesh.