Two crude bombs exploded near Dhaka airport on Thursday night, heightening tension as Bangladesh braces for Monday’s verdict in a war-crimes trial against ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Police said the explosions caused no casualties but added to anxiety in a capital unsettled by days of political violence. The blasts follow a surge in attacks ahead of the verdict in Hasina’s trial, which is being held in absentia.
Hasina, 78, faces charges of crimes against humanity over an alleged crackdown on student protests in mid-2024. She has remained in India since fleeing Bangladesh after her ousting in August last year.
Authorities recorded 32 crude bomb explosions across Dhaka on 12 November, while dozens of buses were torched in the capital and several other districts, police said. A branch of Grameen Bank — founded by interim government leader Muhammad Yunus — was also targeted, and a train carriage at Dhaka railway station was set ablaze.
Dozens of activists from Hasina’s Awami League have been detained in recent days over alleged involvement in explosions and sabotage, according to police.
Security across Dhaka has been tightened ahead of Monday’s ruling. Officials said more than 400 soldiers from the paramilitary Border Guards have been deployed, checkpoints reinforced and public gatherings heavily restricted.
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