Bangladesh Air Force defusing and preparing the 250kg bomb to transport from the terminal number three of Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Monday, December 14, 2020 CourtesyThe bomb has been primarily deactivatedAnother wartime bomb, weighing about 250kg, has been found while digging for the third terminal of Shahjalal International Airport, which is under construction. The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Directorate published the press release in this regard which said the authorities Air Force Base - Bangabandhu's Bomb Disposal Unit rushed to the spot and defused the bomb. Also read - 250kg war-time bomb found under the ground at Dhaka airportLater, the bomb was carefully carried to a safe place for demolishing it, Director ISPR Lt Col Abdullah Ibn Zaid confirmed. Bomb experts are speculating that this bomb was dropped to the ground during the Liberation War of 1971. On December 9, the first wartime bomb was found about three metres deep in the ground at the construction site of the third terminal of the airport.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 14, 2020 08:15 UTC