Bangladesh's spinners continued to torment the West Indies' batsman in an afternoon session truncated by the weather and left the home team scrambling on 192 for eight at tea in the second and final Test on Sunday.
At the break, Dave Bernard Jr was unbeaten on 61 and Tino Best was not out on four, after the Tigers' spinners continued to apply the pressure on the West Indies batsmen and restricted the home team's lead to 197 on the third day at the Queen's Park Stadium Complex.
Shakib Al Hasan has been Bangladesh most successful bowler with four wickets for 61 runs from 22 overs, and fellow left-arm spinner Enamul Haque Jr has taken two for 42 from 15 overs.
But the Bangladeshis have found Bernard hard to dislodge, and the West Indies all-rounder reached 50 for the third time in the series, when he swung his 56th ball from Enamul over mid-wicket for his sixth four.
Play started after lunch an hour and 10 minutes later than scheduled because of rain before and during the interval.
When play resumed, the Bangladesh spinners wheeled away, and Bernard and Darren Sammy spent the first 40 minutes putting up their best defence.
But things became undone, when Enamul had Sammy caught at mid-wicket for 22 to trigger a decline which saw West Indies lose three wickets for 21 runs in the space of 43 balls.
Shakib, leading Bangladesh in the absence of the injured Mashrafe Mortaza, had Chadwick Walton caught at slip for one edging a loose drive at a wide ball before Shahadat Hossain returned for a second spell and had Ryan Austin caught in the mid-wicket region for three.
Rain had also prompted an early lunch and stalled Bangladesh's progress, after their spinners, led by Shakib, bowled them back into contention, when they reduced West Indies to 124 for five at the interval.
The weather intervened about half-hour before the interval to set Bangladesh back in their efforts, after West Indies continued from their overnight total of 56 for one.
Shakib made the breakthrough in the eighth over of the morning, when left-handed opener Omar Phillips swung at a shortish delivery, and was caught at deep square leg for 29.
Four overs later, Shakib had Ryan Hinds caught at leg-slip for two, when the left-handed batsman gloved a sweep shot.
Off-spinner Mahmudullah, who has been the most successful bowler for Bangladesh in the series, then removed West Indies captain Floyd Reifer for three to a questionable lbw decision from New Zealand umpire Tony Hill.
Video replays suggested that Reifer was struck just outside the off-stump and the ball would have spun away from lanky left-hander.
Enamul Haque Jr then added to West Indies' pain, when he scalped Travis Dowlin for 49 to an incredulous lbw verdict from Hill to leave West Indies 110 for five.
The TV replays again suggested that the batsman was struck just outside the off-stump and the ball would have spun away past the stumps. Bangladesh lead the two-Test series 1-0, after they won the opening Test which ended last Monday in St. Vincent by 95 runs.
The Tigers need only to draw the match to clinch their first-ever Test series victory overseas.
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