"People want to know who ordered unloading of the arms at the government-owned Chittagong Urea Fertiliser Limted (CUFL) jetty," she told a public meeting at the local stadium on the fourth day of her five-day tour of the southern districts.

The meeting was organised by the district Awami League protesting the killings, corruption and price hike of essentials and demanding resignation of the coalition government.

Hasina wondered how the illegal arms and ammunition could be brought in and unloaded at a government-owned jetty in Chittagong.

"Who has given the order?" she asked, saying that either the prime minister, or her son Tarique Rahman, or Industries Minister Motiur Rahman Nizami or Prime Minister's Adviser Salauddin Quader Chowdhury will have to answer this.

The AL chief renewed her allegation that 26,000 people were killed after the BNP-Jamaat alliance came to power and they have plans to kill more people. "We want an international probe into the largest-ever arms haul. We cannot allow anyone to play ducks and drakes with the people's fate."

Referring to an allegation by some pro-opposition lawyers of the Supreme Court on Sunday, she said: "The BNP-Jamaat terrorists had taken away doors of the office rooms of the president and general secretary of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA)."

"Earlier, with direct patronisation of the incumbent communication minister, terrorists also kicked the door of the chief justice's chamber," she added.

However, SCBA president Barrister Rokanuddin Mahmood informed newsmen Sunday evening that the doors of their office rooms had been taken away for repairing

The opposition leader further alleged that more than 750 journalists faced torture under the BNP-Jamaat government while eight of them died.

"Many journalists in the southern districts are fleeing homes to save their life," she said and accused the government of 'torturing journalists, corruption and violation of human rights.'

The former prime minister said this government had come to power to bask in its glory, "not to perform their responsibilities."

But the previous Awami League government, she said, took power as a responsibility. "Awami League will again come to power if there is no conspiracy," she added.

Acting President of Jhalakathi district AL Sarder M Shah Alam, AL leaders Amir Hossain Amu, Tofail Ahmed, Obaidul Kader and Mahmudur Rahman Manna, Jubo League Chairman Jahangir Kabir Nanak and General Secretary Mirza Azam MP and Pourasabha Chairman Belayet Hossain also addressed the meeting.

Our Barisal Correspondent reported that at the end of the rally Hasina announced the name of Belayet Hossain the Al chairman candidate for the coming Jhalakathi municipal election.

She introduced Belayet and other AL commissioner candidates to the audience. But the announcement of AL chairman candidate angered a faction of the party led by Fatal Hossain, panel chairman of Jhalakathi Municipality.

The agitating supporters of Fatal Hossain, also social welfare secretary of district Awami League, attacked Belayet's men and damaged the dais. They also attacked the house of AL central leader Amir Hossain Amu in the town.

Earlier in the morning, Hasina started her journey from Barguna and addressed rallies at Patharghata College ground, Shaheed Mujtaba playground in Mathbaria of Pirojpur, and at Bamna in Barguna, Betagi and Kathalia.