OUR CORRESPONDENT, Benapole

Three employees were injured in separate crude bomb attacks on two business establishments in Nawapara of Abhaynagar upazila in Jashore on Wednesday night.

Witnesses said unidentified assailants hurled two crude bombs at the office of Biswas Trade International near Nawapara Rail Station Bazar around 9:30pm. One exploded inside the office and the other outside, injuring three staffers -- Masum, 32, Shawon, 30, and Jahangir, 28.

Soon after, another crude bomb went off in front of Tarafder Traders near the ferry ghat area, though no casualties were reported in that blast.

On information, army personnel and police visited the scene.

Abhaynagar Police Station Officer-in-Charge Robiul Islam told The Daily Star that bomb fragments were recovered.

He said they have launched an operation to identify and arrest those responsible.