Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has launched an extensive security and search operation across the capital, setting up 250 checkpoints a day after a series of crude bomb explosions at multiple locations.
Additional police personnel have been deployed at major roads, intersections and other key locations to search motorcycles, CNG-run auto-rickshaws and private cars.
DMP Deputy Commissioner (Media) Aktar Hossain told reporters that police had arrested 15 people in connection with Sunday's explosions.
"Security across the capital has been strengthened, and search operations are underway," he said.
Checkpoints and searches are being conducted in Tejgaon, Mohakhali, Mirpur, Gabtoli, Jatrabari, Paltan, Shahbagh, Karwan Bazar, Badda, Rampura, Uttara and Bhatara, among other areas.
Rampura Police Station Officer-in-Charge Jahangir Hossain said a checkpoint had been set up in front of Bangladesh Television (BTV), where police were searching suspicious motorcycles, CNG-run auto-rickshaws and private cars.
He added that two people had been arrested following a crude bomb explosion on a road in Banasree on Monday morning.
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station OC Monirul Islam said searches were underway beneath the Agargaon metro station.
Ramna Division Deputy Commissioner Sheikh Zahidul Islam said security had been tightened and all police stations under the division had been instructed to conduct searches and set up checkpoints.
Tejgaon Division Deputy Commissioner Ibn-e-Mizan said officers-in-charge of all police stations had also been directed to establish checkpoints.
Police are conducting operations to arrest those responsible for setting off crude bombs and spreading panic, he added.
A series of crude bombs explosions has rocked different parts of the capital since Friday with police stations also being targeted.
On Sunday night, explosions were reported simultaneously at at least 15 locations, including areas under five police stations across Dhaka.
A school bus was also set on fire in front of Bhatara Police Station. Earlier, miscreants had set fire to a passenger bus in the same area.
On Saturday night, four to five crude bombs exploded in front of Jatrabari Police Station.
The repeated incidents, occurring from evening until midnight, have heightened anxiety among residents across the capital.
