Sources in the police headquarters said 229 cases have been filed so far for bomb attacks since the countrywide bombing. Of those, 154 were filed for 459 bomb blasts in 63 districts on August 17 and the rest were filed for bomb attacks that took place later.

Law enforcers have so far arrested 631 people and submitted charge sheets of 125 cases.

The investigators pressed charges against Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) chief Abdur Rahman in 52 of the 125 cases, Rahman's closest aide and JMB second-in-command Bangla Bhai in 48 cases and Rahman's brother and JMB's military wing chief Ataur Rahman Sunny in 28 cases.

Death penalties have been handed down to 21 for bomb attacks in Jhenidah, the highest punishment given in any such case so far. A Sylhet court sentenced to death suicide bomber Akhteruzzaman for the Sylhet blasts.

Meantime, eight including Rahman, Bangla Bhai, Sunny, Rahman's son-in-law and Majlish-e-Shura member Abdul Awal Sarker and suicide bomber Mamun were awarded life term imprisonment in a case filed under Explosive Substances Act after the suicide bomb attack in Jhalakathi that killed judges Jagannath Pandey and Sohel Ahmed.

Charge sheet in the other case filed for murder of the two judges was submitted Tuesday.

A court in Pirojpur awarded life term imprisonment to absconding militant Faruk Hossain and five year more in failure to pay Tk 50,000 fine.

A Kishoreganj court awarded 15-year imprisonment to one for bombing at Nikli.