The list, which is being prepared on the basis of reports by intelligence agencies, will include among others drug barons, tender manipulators, and godfathers of criminals. Intelligence agencies have started working on the ground to gather information in this regard, added the source.

Intelligence reports have it that extremists, who had gone into hiding in the face of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) operations, have started regrouping lately. They had already held a number of secret meetings to this end at different shrimp enclosures and hotels.

The new list will also include four ward commissioners of Khulna City Corporation (KCC) and several leaders of BNP, Awami League, and their front organisations, two leaders each from KCC Contractors' Association and Khulna Bazar Shop Owners' Association, the source said.