BNP Joint Secretary General Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie was held on Thursday by the law enforcement agencies from Elephant Road area in Dhaka.
Shamsuddin Didar, a senior member of the BNP chairperson's press wing, confirmed the development.
Earlier in the day, Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP) Chairman and former MP Barrister Andaleeve Rahman Partho, BNP Vice-chairman Barkatullah Bulu's son Saniat, and two other BNP leaders were arrested from Dhaka.
In the statement on Thursday, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir claimed that law enforcers picked up Barrister Andaleeve from his residence in Baridhara rea at 1am on Thursday.
Besides, BNP’s Health Affairs Secretary Dr Rafiqul Islam, standing committee member Tariqul Islam Tenjing, and Barkatullah Bulu's son Saniat, who is not involved in politics, were arrested from different parts of the capital as part of arrest spree across the country over quota movement, said Mirza Fakhrul.
He issued the statement condemning the recent mass arrest of BNP and other opposition leaders and activists.