Police said there had been no violence on Saturday night after more than 70 people were reported injured in daytime clashes between strikers and law-enforcement agents and political rivals in Dhaka and elsewhere.
The main opposition party, the Awami League, called a three-day national strike after an explosion at a rally in the country's northeast on Thursday killed a senior party leader and four other people.
Police said the explosion, which also wounded around 70, was caused by a grenade thrown by an unknown assailant.
"We are expecting a response by Monday," Babar said.
He added that the government had also sought help from Interpol and Scotland Yard.
Thursday's blast -- the latest in a series to rock the country over the last year -- killed key Awami leader Shah Abu Mohammad Shamsul Kibria, 73, a former finance minister, U.N. official and diplomat. Kibria's nephew was among four others killed.
Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia condemned Kibria's death and vowed to bring his killers to justice.
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