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Police have recovered a specially constructed improvised explosive device (IED) from a travel bag left at a grocery shop in Ashulia, Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka. The device was later safely defused by the Bomb Disposal Unit of the police’s Read More …
The improvised explosive device (IED) recovered from an abandoned umbrella beneath Motijheel Metro Rail Station on 24th July was designed to explode if the umbrella was opened, according to Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) sources. Investigators suspect the device may have Read More …
At least four people were injured in a crude bomb explosion during a National Citizen Party (NCP) rally in Savar on Monday night, with three of them undergoing surgery at Enam Medical College Hospital, according to hospital authorities. “Four injured Read More …
Six crude bombs (cocktails) have been recovered from beside the main entrance used by judges at the Supreme Court in the capital, Dhaka. The bombs were recovered today, Sunday, around 1:30 pm. Police said six unexploded black-coloured crude bombs were Read More …
Three people have been arrested and a cache of bomb-making materials seized following an explosion at Ummal Kura International Madrasa in Hasnabad area of South Keraniganj, Dhaka, that injured four people, including women and children on Friday, authorities said. Police Read More …
A crude bomb was exploded near Malibagh intersection in the capital Dhaka on Thursday, a day after a youth was killed in a crude bomb explosion at Moghbazar on Wednesday. A case has been filed in connection with the murder Read More …
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have recovered seven petrol bombs, four crude bombs, and various bomb-making materials from a bush inside a park in the capital’s Mohammadpur area. The explosives were found abandoned during a special operation conducted Read More …
Dhaka police have arrested a 28-year-old man in connection with homemade bomb attacks that targeted a Catholic cathedral and a Church-run school in Bangladesh’s capital this month. Police investigators identified the suspect as a member of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the Read More …
A crude bomb exploded on the road in front of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in Dhaka this morning (16 June). Meanwhile, seven more unexploded crude bombs were recovered from the Dhaka University campus this morning, raising concerns over security Read More …
Three people have suffered injuries after an abandoned improvised explosive detonated near the Geneva Camp in Dhaka. The incident occurred around 10:45am on Wednesday, said Ali Iftekhar Hasan, chief of the capital’s Mohammadpur Police Station. Iftekhar said the explosion took Read More …
Police have recovered 16 crude bombs from a flat in Mizan Tower of Kalyanpur in the capital. A team of police from Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) raided the flat and recovered the bombs. DMP Mirpur Division Additional Deputy Commissioner of Read More …
At least six crude bombs exploded near Shahidullah Hall at Dhaka University on Monday evening. The clashes spread from in front of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) to Doyel Chattar on DU campus. Some students reported that they heard gunshots Read More …
At least three people have been reportedly injured in multiple crude bomb explosions in front of the BNP head office in the capital’s Naya Paltan Tuesday afternoon, BNP officials said. However, police have said there have been no casualties. Meanwhile, Read More …
A man died and over a dozen people fell sick after inhaling toxic gas in Dhaka’s Adabar area on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Kabir Hossain, a day labourer by profession. Jakir Hossain, who brought Kabir to Dhaka Medical Read More …
Police have arrested four people accused of detonating crude bombs across Dhaka, including the offices of the deputy commissioner and returning officer, and engaging in sabotage and arson. The suspects have been identified as Ashiqur Rahman Panna, former Swechchha Sebak Read More …
At least two on-duty traffic police sergeants were injured after a crude bomb exploded in Gulistan, just an hour after a bus was set ablaze in the same area. The incident took place near Paltan traffic police box at around Read More …
A person was injured tonight in a crude bomb blast near Baitul Mukarram area of the capital’s Paltan. Paltan Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md Salauddin Mia said miscreants hurled two crude bombs in the area. One exploded and the other one Read More …
Two crude bombs were denoted by unidentified individuals in the Panthapath area of Dhaka on Thursday. The incident took place in front Hotel Olio International around 2:40pm. According to witnesses, crude bombs were hurled from above — one fell on Read More …
Three crude bombs were recovered from the Nilkhet area of Dhaka on Thursday morning, on the last day of a three-day blockade enforced by the BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and their allies. The bomb disposal unit of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Read More …
Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested four persons from Dhaka’s Uttara and Turag areas in connection with recovering 31 crude bombs from Uttara. The arrestees are: Sohrab Hossain (21), Tawhidul Islam (22), Selim Mia (32), and Uzzal Mia (24). Read More …