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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French naval forces opened fire on a swarm of unidentified drones that flew over one of the country’s most sensitive military installations, the Île Longue submarine base in western Brittany, officials confirmed on Friday.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup draw is underway at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., where world leaders, sports stars and FIFA officials have gathered for a ceremony shaping next summer’s expanded 48-team tournament.
Thousands of students across Germany walked out of classrooms on Friday to protest a newly approved military service law.
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