In Faridpur, police yesterday recovered three bombs from City College premises where Minister for Food and Disaster Management Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf was scheduled to address a meeting as the chief guest at 4:00pm, according to a correspondent.

The meeting was organised to accord reception to the students who secured GPA-5 in this year's SSC Examinations from different schools of the district.

Police said they found three bombs near the dais while conducting routine check at around 12:30pm. They recovered the bombs and kept them in a bucket filled with water at Sadar Police Station.

Explosives experts have been called in to defuse the bombs. Security has been tightened in the district town.

Our Satkhira correspondent reported that Kolaroa police recovered five bombs from a house at Chandanpur village at around 8:00pm on Thursday.

Acting on a tip-off, the law enforcers raided the house of Rafiqul Islam and retrieved the bombs from a heap of straw.

Police picked up Rafiq, son of Akher Sardar, for quizzing.