Law-enforcement agencies are investigating a series of bomb recoveries and explosions in Dhaka and other districts of Bangladesh, following what the report describes as a renewed pattern since an explosion at Al Kura Madrasa in South Keraniganj on December 26, 2025. Police recently arrested two people with cocktails in Demra’s Sanarpara area, while officers have also seized chemicals, gunpowder, electric wires, bearing balls, nitric acid and plastic containers in related operations.

Authorities believe incidents in different locations may be connected, although police say there is no militant activity in Bangladesh and no indication of major sabotage. Dhaka Metropolitan Police counterterrorism chief Mohammad Shamsul Haque said recovered bombs in Dhaka were under investigation and extremism remained under government control. Criminologist Touhidul Haque urged intelligence agencies to examine whether domestic or foreign conspiracies or deeper political motives were involved.

Police and counterterrorism units are reviewing the online and offline activities of people arrested in past extremism cases. They are also focusing on weapons looted from police stations and barracks after the 2024 mass uprising. Police said 1,320 weapons, including SMGs, China rifles and pistols, remain unrecovered, describing their recovery as a major challenge.