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Tuesday | November 10, 2026 | Dhaka

Bomb blasts rock DU campus

Eight to nine explosions reported at six to seven locations; three men detained
 Staff Reporter
 Published: 12:01 AM, 09 November 2026
DU students detain three unidentified individuals allegedly involved in cocktail explosions on the campus in the capital on Sunday night.

A series of crude bomb explosions rocked Dhaka University and its adjoining areas on Sunday evening, triggering panic on the campus and prompting students to detain three men suspected of involvement in the incidents before handing them over to police.

Eight to nine explosions were reported at six to seven locations between 6:15pm and 6:45pm, targeting different parts of the university, including the Teacher-Student Centre (TSC), the Senate Building gate, Nilkhet and areas near several residential halls.

Dhaka University Proctor Associate Professor Israfil Ratan confirmed the explosions, saying they appeared to have been carried out in a coordinated manner.

“To my knowledge, explosions occurred at TSC, in front of the Nilkhet gate, at Madhur Canteen, at the gate of the Senate Building, and on the road between Bangladesh-Kuwait Maitree Hall and Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Hall,” he said.

He added that blasts were also reported beside the Mohsin Hall field and on roads in front of Bangladesh-Kuwait Maitree Hall and Fazlul Huq Muslim Hall.

The proctor said the objects recovered from the sites did not appear to contain ingredients that could make the explosions particularly dangerous.

“We do not know who carried out the explosions. From what I have seen, the objects found were only fragments of the shells and did not contain the ingredients that would make them highly dangerous.

Perhaps this was an attempt to create panic. We have informed the police administration,” he said.

Police said three men had been detained in connection with the incidents. They were identified as Rezaul Karim, 42, from Natore; Sohel Rana, 33, from Rajshahi; and Najmus Saad, 33, from Gopalganj.

According to a eyewitness, students caught the three men in the TSC area as they allegedly attempted to flee. The agitated students beat them before handing them over to police, he added.

The university’s proctorial team also detained a suspected person at TSC and handed him over to Shahbagh Police Station, Israfil Ratan said, adding that his identity could not immediately be established.

However, Shahbagh Police Station Officer-in-Charge Moniruzzaman said one person had been detained in connection with an explosion beneath the metro rail station at TSC.
“He is being questioned. Details will be shared later,” he said.

Assistant Commissioner of Police (New Market Zone) Md Nasim A-Gulshan also confirmed an explosion in front of the Mukti O Gonotantra Toron at Nilkhet, saying he was on his way to the scene.

Sub-Inspector Mainul Islam of Shahbagh Police Station said materials recovered from the explosion sites appeared, during preliminary examination, to be similar to “chocolate bombs”.

Police were investigating the incidents to establish who was behind the explosions and whether the attacks were intended to create panic on the campus.