In response to a series of recent crude bomb (cocktail) explosions across the campus, Dhaka University (DU) authorities have announced strict controls on vehicular movement and the entry of outsiders. According to a notification issued by the DU Proctor’s Office on Saturday, November 14, 2026, the entry and movement of all vehicles other than those belonging to university teachers, students, officers, and employees will remain restricted in the interest of overall campus security. While DU-stickered vehicles, ambulances, doctors, patients, journalists, ride-sharing vehicles, food delivery vans, online shopping couriers, and government vehicles are exempted, authorities reserved the right to search any person or vehicle on campus.

The security tightening follows more than ten cocktail explosions across various campus locations over three consecutive days starting last Sunday, culminating in panic on Tuesday when a hand bomb exploded on a parked car at the Faculty of Business Studies, injuring two people including the driver. University authorities have temporarily suspended three individuals—one student, one officer, and one employee—over alleged involvement in the blasts, and established joint security checkposts at campus entry points comprising law enforcement personnel, the Proctorial Team, and the Bangladesh National Cadet Corps (BNCC).