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Shiromoni police outpost in Khulna district came under bomb attack early Thursday, report agencies.
Sources said unidentified terrorists hurled a bomb that hit the wall of the police outpost at 1.0 am and it exploded with a big bang. At the moment a white car allegedly carrying the bombers left the spot.
In a separate incident, on Wednesday Sheikh Eunus Ali, commissioner of Khulna City Corporation ward no 2 narrowly escaped a bomb attack at 9.0 pm.
None has yet been arrested in these twin bomb attacks.
The inhabitants of the city have been panicked following the incidents.
Meanwhile, a charge sheet against four accused including JMB kingpin Shaikh Abdur Rahman and Dr Galib was framed Wednesday in the case relating to bomb attacks at a drama function at Laxmikola village in Bogra.
The two other accused in the case are Shafikullah, member of the Jama'atul Mujahideen-Bangladesh (JMB) bomb squad, and Joynal Sarkar, member of the banned militant outfit.
After the charge sheet was framed, the judge fixed the date for hearing on March 13.
Police and RAB members nabbed eight youths from the poura park and the court premises in the town Wednesday morning on suspicion of their links with JMB.
The law enforcers also seized booklets of Ahle Hadith and documents from them.
In Jessore, Kotwali thana police arrested two members of JMB from Bivagdi village under Avoynagar upazila in Jessore, police said Thursday.
The arrestees were identified as Akramzzaman, 32, son of Mozahar Uddin of Bivaghi village and Alauddin, 40, son of Afsar Uddin of the same village.
In Chittagong, activities remained suspended for nearly two and a half hours at Anwara upazila health complex after a bomb like object was found at the stair of hospital on Thursday creating panic among the staff and visitors.
An employee of the health complex first saw the object at the stair of the first floor of the two-storied building around 9.0 am and informed Anwara thana, police said.
On information police rushed to the spot and vacated the ground floor.
An explosive team of RAB also rushed and defused the bomb like object wrapped in red tape, wire and a time device at about 11:30am.
"But, no explosive and detonator was found," said a member of the explosive team.
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