Published : 01 Aug 2026, 08:04 PM
Updated : 08 Sep 2026, 09:29 AM
Two bomb-like objects have been found at separate locations in Dhaka on Saturday, triggering panic and security alerts.
One was spotted beneath Mirpur-10 Metro Rail Station and the other at Farmgate.
Police cordoned off the Mirpur site and called in the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) bomb disposal unit.
DMP Mirpur Division Deputy Commissioner Mostak Sarker told bdnews24.com around 12:50pm on Saturday that police had just received the report and CTTC was examining the object.
“It is too early to say whether it is an improvised explosive device (IED),” he said.
CTTC Additional Commissioner Shamsul Haque said reports had come in of suspicious objects at two locations -- Mirpur and Tejgaon.
“Our teams are working at both sites,” he said.
DMP Tejgaon Division Deputy Commissioner Ibne Mizan said a sack had been found beside a pillar beneath Farmgate Metro Rail Station.
“As it appeared suspicious, we called in the bomb disposal unit,” he said.
A police team, along with Tejgaon Police chief Kyashainu Marma, was at the scene.
"There may or may not be something inside. But we cannot afford to ignore it. That's why we informed the bomb disposal unit," he said.
Around 1:30pm, a DMP bomb disposal team arrived at the Farmgate site and inspected the object.
The team later confirmed it was an empty sack.
On the night of Jul 24, police recovered a pipe bomb from beneath a metro station in Motijheel.
The discovery came on the day of the Hindu community's Rath Jatra, with the device concealed inside a discarded umbrella.
On Thursday night, DMP also reported recovering a "powerful bomb" from outside a tea stall in Ashulia’s Charabag on the outskirts of the capital.
The device was later defused.
