Overview
- A crude bomb exploded outside Grameen Bank headquarters in Mirpur around 3:45 a.m., with no injuries reported, according to police.
- Two motorcycle-borne assailants hurled devices at Prabartana, a business linked to adviser Farida Akhter, around 7:10 a.m., with one bomb landing inside the premises.
- Police reported additional blasts in Dhanmondi and said two buses were set on fire the same morning in separate incidents across the city.
- Dhaka Metropolitan Police said they arrested a 28-year-old suspected member of the outlawed Awami League’s student wing over a series of petrol-bomb attacks and are interrogating him.
- Authorities have stepped up citywide vigilance ahead of a November 13 International Crimes Tribunal scheduling, as a separate fatal shooting in Old Dhaka is being investigated.