Home Affairs Adviser Jahangir Alam announced a reward scheme for the recovery of missing firearms. Authorities will offer Tk 50,000 for pistols or shotguns, Tk 100,000 for Chinese rifles, Tk 150,000 for submachine guns, Tk 500,000 for light machine guns, and Tk 500 per bullet recovered. He assured that informants’ identities will remain confidential. Alam also pledged strict measures against corruption in law enforcement recruitment and called for public reporting of irregularities. Speaking in Gazipur, he confirmed disciplinary action against a police commissioner over traffic disruptions and said a Bangladeshi officer detained in India would be brought back via Interpol or existing border agreements. He stressed that election fairness ultimately depends on the people and political parties.