Graeme Swann and debutant Steven Finn shared two early wickets as England tightened the screws on Bangladesh in the opening Test on Monday.
The hosts, chasing an improbable 513-run target, lost openers Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kayes before reaching 45-2 in their second innings at lunch on the penultimate day.
Bangladesh's highest fourth-innings total is 413, against Sri Lanka in Dhaka in 2008.
Tamim, top-scorer in the first innings with 86, contributed only 14 this time before being bowled in off-spinner Swann's second over.
Kayes fell in the last over of the morning session, caught by wicket-keeper Matt Prior off paceman Finn after making 23 with four boundaries.
England batted for 50 minutes in the morning, adding 78 runs to their overnight total of 131-5 before declaring their second innings closed at 209-7.
Left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan bagged both the wickets, removing Prior (seven) and Swann (32) to finish with 4-62.
Swann hit three fours in his brisk 25-ball knock, while middle-order batsman Ian Bell cracked one six and four boundaries in a 55-ball 39 not out. They put on 65 for the eighth wicket.
Bangladesh were bowled out for 296 in their first innings in reply to England's mammoth 599-6 declared.
| England 1st innings | 599-6 decl | A. Cook 173, P. Collingwood 145 |
| Bangladesh 1st innings | 296 | T. Iqbal 86, M. Rahim 79, G. Swann 5-90 |
| England 2nd innings | overnight 131-5 |
| A. Cook | c Aftab b Mahmudullah | 39 |
| M. Carberry | lbw b Razzak | 34 |
| J. Trott | c Siddique b Shakib | 14 |
| K. Pietersen | lbw b Shakib | 32 |
| P. Collingwood | c Mahmudullah b Razzak | 3 |
| I. Bell | not out | 39 |
| M. Prior | c Shahadat b Shakib | 7 |
| G. Swann | c Siddique b Shakib | 32 |
| Extras | b5, lb2, nb2 | 9 |
| Total | for 7 wkts decl, 49.3 overs | 209 |
| Fall of wkts | 1-65, 2-87, 3-126, 4-130, 5-131, 6-144, 7-209 |
| Shahadat 6-0-19-0, Rubel 6-1-28-0 (nb2), Mahmudullah 8-0-26-1, Naeem 3-0-14-0, Shakib 16.3-1-62-4, Razzak 10-2-53-2 |
| Bangladesh 2nd innings | target 513 |
| Tamim Iqbal | b Swann | 14 |
| Imrul Kayes | c Prior b Finn | 23 |
| Junaid Siddique | not out | 7 |
| Extras | lb1 | 1 |
| Total | for 2 wkts, 14.3 overs | 45 |
| Bowling | Broad 4-2-7-0, Bresnan 4-0-18-0, Finn 3.3-0-15-1, Swann 3-0-4-1 |
