Assailants hurled a cocktail, a crude homemade bomb, at a police patrol vehicle in Dhaka’s Shahbag area on Friday night. A second one exploded near July Chattar a few hours later. Police said no one was hurt in either incident.
Bangladesh is observing National Revolution and Solidarity Day today, the 51st anniversary of the 1975 soldiers-and-people’s uprising, with the government and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) holding separate events. A general holiday is being observed across the country.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have arrested 544 people in special operations across the capital over the past 24 hours, filing 62 cases on various charges. Police also seized a large quantity of drugs and locally made weapons during the operations.
A covered van belonging to AJR Courier Service was set on fire in the capital’s Rayerbazar area amid a series of alleged attacks on the company over extortion demands. Most of the goods inside the vehicle, including customers’ parcels and important documents belonging to various organisations, were destroyed in the blaze. The company estimates its initial losses at Tk 1 crore to Tk 1.5 crore.
Gold prices have been reduced again in the domestic market following two consecutive hikes. Under a new decision by the Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS), the price of 22-carat gold has been cut by Tk 2,741 per bhori, including VAT, bringing the new rate to Tk 226,923.
Bangladesh's garment exports to the United States fell 4.57% in the first nine months of this year from a year earlier, but by less than the drop in overall U.S. apparel imports, official U.S. data showed.