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bangladesh Crude is at risk again after a series of bombings arson There were attacks in its capital and several other cities this week.
The series of attacks over the past three days have put the entire South Asian country on high alert, which is still returning to normal a year after the bloody revolution that ousted then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
at least 17 crude Bomb were thrown at many places in Dhaka on Monday, while more than 10 vehicles were set on fire in other parts of Bangladesh by early Wednesday.
The first blast occurred at around 3.45am local time on Monday near the headquarters of Grameen Bank, which was established Muhammad Yunus, Interim Leader since the ouster of Ms Hasina.
Dhaka police said a motorcyclist threw a crude bomb at the building before fleeing. There is no information about any casualty.
Mr. Yunus won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for helping lift millions of people out of poverty by providing microloans of less than $100 through Grameen Bank to rural poor who were too poor to be lent to by traditional banks.
Within hours, people riding on another motorcycle hurled crude bombs at a business establishment owned by Farida Akhtar, the government’s fisheries and livestock advisor in the capital.
A school was attacked with petrol bombs on Tuesday night, three days after twin bomb blasts on the premises of St Mary’s Cathedral and St Joseph’s School, run by the Catholic Church.
Dhaka police claimed the attacks on establishments linked to the advisers were meant to alarm people ahead of a “lockdown” announced on Thursday by Ms Hasina’s banned Awami League party. “We have increased security everywhere,” an official said. Independent“These miscreants are trying to create tension again in Bangladesh,”
Bombs were also thrown outside the office of the investigating agency of the International Criminal Tribunal in Dhanmondi.
The tribunal is expected to set a date for the verdict soon The case against Ms Hasina. Former leader accused of crimes against humanity For his alleged involvement in launching a brutal police crackdown on protesters last monsoon. The United Nations estimates that 1,400 people were killed between July and August last year.
“Several units of our police forces are patrolling important areas and we have increased surveillance across Dhaka. We will not let these miscreants get away with arson and explosions. We have launched a city-wide operation to arrest them. Our forces are very active on the ground,” the officer said.
The attacks prompted many English-medium schools, mostly run by convents, to move to online classes, citing security concerns. The Daily Star Informed.
In the northern city of Mymensingh, a driver who was sleeping inside a bus died after the vehicle caught fire.
At least four other parked buses were set on fire in Ghazipur district between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.
“It’s a never-ending nightmare in this country,” said Muhammad Hasan, who runs a grocery store in the city of Ghazipur. “We are afraid to step out of our homes, but I run a shop, so how can we stay indoors for fear of an explosion or attack.”
Home affairs adviser Muhammad Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said on Tuesday that law enforcement agencies were on high alert ahead of the “Dhaka lockdown” called by the Awami League in protest against Ms Hasina’s trial.
“They will remain in a strong position to ensure normalcy,” he said. “There is no cause for concern.”
The army has been deployed across the country for the past 15 months to support civil authorities. Last week, about half of the 60,000 troops on police duty were pulled back to barracks for rest and retraining.
The security situation has worsened since the Yunus administration set a seven-day deadline for political parties to reach a consensus on holding a national referendum on 84 reform proposals, some of which contradict the current constitution, and the implementation of the July Charter, which was drawn up with the help of movement leaders following Ms Hasina’s ouster.
The Awami League has not engaged in political dialogue since the party was dissolved by the interim government.
Ms Hasina fled India by helicopter after a student protest against her 15-year authoritarian rule turned into a large-scale rebellion.
Since then she has been living in Delhi, close to the corridors of power in the Indian capital.
Bangladesh is due to hold its first national elections since Ms Hasina’s ouster in February 2026.