Three judges of International Crimes Tribunal-1 visited the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence's Joint Interrogation Cell, known as Aynaghar, on Saturday afternoon as part of a judicial process. Tribunal-1 Chairman Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder, Justice Md Shafiul Alam Mahmud and Judge Md Mohitul Haque Enam Chowdhury took part in the inspection of the facility in a former two-storey building inside Dhaka Cantonment's Kafrul police station area.

The prosecution confirmed that the facility contained 26 permanent cells of varying sizes. Two larger rooms were known as VIP cells and had no windows, the report said. The complex also had cells with one or two exhaust fans, iron-barred doors with wooden doors, toilets and bathrooms. It included two soundproof rooms for interrogation, described as specially equipped with various materials for questioning and torture of victims.

Chief Prosecutor Md Aminul Islam, other prosecution members and defence lawyers attended the visit. The report alleges that important figures and Islamists were unlawfully detained and tortured there between 2009 and 2024. A crimes-against-humanity case over the alleged disappearances and torture is being tried at Tribunal-1 against Hasina and 12 military officers; three officers are in custody.

Three Bangladeshi fishermen were reportedly taken along with their trawler by Myanmar’s armed Arakan Army group from the Naf River estuary in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar. The incident occurred around 11:30am on Saturday, August 8, in the Naikhyangdia area, where the Naf River meets the Bay of Bengal. The report said the group crossed Bangladesh’s waters before detaining the fishermen.

The fishermen were identified as 30-year-old Jasim Uddin, son of Leda Mia, and 27-year-old Mohammad Ismail, son of Momtaz Mia, both from Jaliapara in Shahporir Dwip. A third detainee was described as an unidentified teenager. Abdul Gani, president of the Jaliapara boat terminal committee, said the fishermen had gone fishing that morning when Arakan Army members detained them.

Gani said 20 to 25 fishermen had previously been taken from the area and that fishing in the river and sea had become highly risky. Acting chairman of Sabrang Union Parishad Abdul Mannan said local authorities were being informed. Teknaf Upazila Nirbahi Officer SM Anik Chowdhury said contact was being made with Border Guard Bangladesh and necessary steps would be taken to bring the fishermen back.

International Crimes Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Md Aminul Islam said substantial evidence at the Joint Interrogation Centre, or JIC cell, was destroyed after 5 August. He made the allegation on Saturday at about 11:15am while visiting the centre at the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence headquarters.

International Crimes Tribunal-1 visited the defence JIC centre as part of an investigation into a crimes-against-humanity case over alleged enforced disappearances and torture during the Awami League government. Aminul Islam also said that during the One-Eleven period, current Prime Minister Tarique Rahman was detained and tortured in a DGFI “Aynaghar”.

The chief prosecutor alleged that the previous government led by Sheikh Hasina had established an inhumane state. He said the torture cell known as “Aynaghar” had been set up with dishonest intent and that many dissenting individuals were held in such cells for months and years.

Police Bureau of Investigation rearrested retired army member Hafizur Rahman in the Sohagi Jahan Tanu murder case on August 8. PBI detained him from his home in Keraniganj, Dhaka, after he did not surrender within the court-set deadline following the suspension of his High Court bail. Sources said arrangements were under way to send him to a court in Cumilla.

According to PBI, Rahman was first arrested in the case on April 22 and was sent to jail through a court order. He was released from prison on August 4 after receiving bail from the High Court. On August 6, however, the Appellate Division’s chamber judge court suspended that bail following an application by the state side.

The court ordered Rahman to surrender within 24 hours and directed police to arrest him if he failed to do so. PBI said it began efforts to locate him after the order, received information that he was at his Keraniganj residence, and carried out the arrest there. PBI cited non-compliance with the court order and concern that the accused might flee. Tanu’s body was recovered in the Cumilla cantonment area in March 2016.

International Crimes Tribunal-1 judges and prosecution team members inspected the Joint Interrogation Centre at the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence headquarters on Saturday, 8 August 2026. The visit is part of an investigation into a crimes-against-humanity case filed over alleged disappearances and torture during the Awami League government’s tenure. The delegation arrived at about 11:15am.

According to prosecution sources, the step was taken as part of judicial proceedings concerning various inhumane incidents that occurred during the previous government’s term. Tribunal-1 Chairman Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder joined the inspection, along with member Justice Md Shafiul Alam Mahmud and judge Md Mohitul Haque Enam Chowdhury.

Chief Prosecutor Md Aminul Islam was also in the delegation, alongside prosecutors Gazi MH Tamim, Faruk Ahmad, Shaikh Mahdi and Tasmirul Islam, as well as other prosecution team members. Lawyers representing the accused were permitted to be present during the inspection.

The parents of July martyr Abdullah Al Roman say they have left their home area and are living in fear because of alleged public death threats and harassment by Awami League leaders. Roman’s mother, Rozina Begum, said police had not filed a chargesheet two years after a murder case was lodged at Rupganj police station on 21 August 2024. She asked the government to ensure justice for her son and allow her to handle the case.

According to the family, Roman, a 17-year-old tenth-grade student, joined a student-public victory procession in Chanpara, Rupganj, Narayanganj, on 5 August 2024 after the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government. Gunfire at the procession injured at least 15 people and killed six, including Roman. He was struck by 18 pellet shots and was declared dead by doctors after being taken to hospital.

Roman’s aunt Rina Begum filed the case naming 105 people, including Sheikh Hasina, Obaidul Quader and Ghulam Dastagir Gazi, along with 60 unidentified accused. Rozina alleged that Rina received death threats and could not attend court dates. Roman’s father, Anwar Hossain, also demanded justice for the killing.

The abduction case linked to the disappearance and killing of former Jhenaidah lawmaker Anwarul Islam Anar has not been converted into a murder case after two years, the report said. Anar’s daughter, Mumtarin Ferdous Dorin, filed the abduction case at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police station in Dhaka. The report said Anar was killed in Kolkata, India, on May 13, 2024.

According to the report, six arrested suspects gave confessional statements, but the case classification was not changed and a DNA report was not collected. Detective police detained several people, including Shimul Bhuiyan, Tanvir Bhuiyan, Shilasti Rahman, Saidul Karim Mintu and Kazi Kamal Ahmed. Faisal and Mostafiz were detained in Khagrachhari, while Jihad and Siam were arrested in India and Nepal and remain in custody.

Anar travelled to India for treatment on May 12 and stayed at a friend’s home in Baranagar, Kolkata, before going missing. Reports of his killing emerged on May 22 from a residential building in New Town, though no body was found there. The article cited Indian media and West Bengal CID statements saying DNA from recovered human flesh matched Dorin. Jhenaidah court public prosecutor Mashiur Rahman said police must eventually submit an investigation report to court.

Pakistan’s military said seven India-backed militants were killed in an intelligence-based security operation in Hangu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on Friday. The Inter-Services Public Relations agency, or ISPR, identified them as Fitna al-Khawarij militants. A 27-year-old army officer, Captain Hamza Akram of Narowal district in Punjab, was killed during the exchange of fire.

According to the ISPR statement, security forces launched the operation after receiving information about the militants’ presence in the area. The military said troops effectively engaged the militants, who at one stage took shelter inside a mosque. Seven militants were killed in firing between the two sides, the statement said.

The ISPR said weapons and ammunition were recovered from those killed. It alleged that they had been actively involved in numerous militant activities against security forces and law-enforcement agencies, as well as killings of innocent civilians. A sanitisation operation is continuing in the area to eliminate India-backed militants, according to the military’s statement.

At least 18 people were killed and nearly 50 injured in three separate road crashes on Friday on highways in Sylhet and Bogura, Bangladesh. Nine people died when two buses collided head-on in Osmaninagar on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway. In Bogura Sadar, a bus ran over day labourers at Erulia Bazar, killing seven, while a private car struck a motorcycle near Erulia Airport, killing a married couple.

The Osmaninagar crash occurred around 7:15am between a Unique Paribahan bus travelling from Sylhet to Dhaka and a Bengal sleeper coach travelling in the opposite direction. All those killed were passengers of the Unique bus, as were most of the injured. Police, highway police and fire service personnel jointly conducted rescue work, sent at least 30 people to hospitals and seized both damaged buses. Several injured people were reported in critical condition.

In Erulia, the Shah Fateh Ali Paribahan coach reportedly lost control and ran into labourers, injuring 17 others. Residents blocked the highway for four hours, alleging recurring crashes because there was no speed breaker. Traffic resumed after officials promised to build one. The district administration provided 25,000 taka for each person killed and 15,000 taka for injured families. The private car was seized, while its driver fled and police said legal action was under way.

Three people were injured after guests clashed over allegedly small meat portions during a wedding feast in Raipur upazila of Lakshmipur. The incident occurred on Friday at the Montri Patwari house in Kerowa union, according to the report.

The injured were identified as Belal Hossain, 40, Shahinur, 40, and Yasin, 22. Local residents rescued them and took them to Raipur উপজেলা Health Complex, where they received primary treatment.

Witnesses said an argument began among several guests while food was being served, centered on claims that too little meat had been provided. The dispute later escalated into a physical altercation and clash. Raipur police station Officer-in-Charge Nizamuddin Bhuiyan said no written complaint had yet been received. He said police would investigate and take legal action if a complaint is filed.

Police arrested five people after raiding a residential building beside Rabeya Hospital in Chowmuhani municipality, Begumganj, Noakhali, over allegations of producing pornography videos. The overnight operation on Thursday rescued four young women who police said had been brought from different districts with promises of jobs and then confined. The suspects were sent to jail through a court on Friday afternoon.

Those arrested were Md Salahuddin Biplob, his wife Parvin Akter, their sons Fahad Hasan and Arafat Yasin Fahim, and Abdur Rahim. Police said they were from Homna upazila in Cumilla and had lived in rented accommodation in Noakhali for a long time. The raid followed a covert call for help to the national emergency service 999 by one of the rescued women.

Police seized a video-recording camera, six mobile phones, a whip, a knife, scissors and Tk198,000 in cash from the site. One rescued woman filed a case against six people, alleging she was offered a parlour job, confined, forced into sexual acts and filmed. Police said two cases, involving human trafficking and pornography, were filed, and the rescued women remain in police custody.

The body of farmer Saiful Islam, 55, was recovered from the Brahmaputra River three days after he went missing in Mymensingh. Relatives found his body on Friday trapped in a dredging machine pipe, about 30 kilometres downstream. He was the son of the late Idris Ali from Moricharchar Tanmalamari village in Ishwarganj upazila.

Local sources said Saiful entered the Brahmaputra near the Bottola Balurghat area on Wednesday afternoon and was swept away by the current. A diving team from Mymensingh Fire Service reached the site that afternoon and began a search. The team searched for about two hours before suspending operations at nightfall.

Divers resumed the search on Thursday from 8am until 3pm, checking different areas of the river for more than seven hours. With no trace of Saiful found, the operation was declared over that afternoon after discussions with the upazila administration and family members. Ishwarganj Fire Service station officer Ram Prasad Pal said the strong current had carried the body a long distance downstream.

Border Guard Bangladesh detained eight Bangladeshi women while they were allegedly attempting to cross illegally into India through the Benipur border in Maheshpur upazila of Jhenaidah. The force disclosed the detention in a press release sent to media on Friday night, August 8, 2026.

According to BGB, a patrol team from Benipur BOP under Maheshpur 58 BGB conducted an operation in the border area at about 6:30 pm. The eight women were detained during their alleged attempt to cross the India border illegally.

BGB said the detained women are residents of several districts, including Gopalganj and Madaripur. They have been handed over to Maheshpur police station for necessary legal action, the force said.

The Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) recovered 100 bottles of Phensidyl from a schoolbag on a Sohag Express passenger bus travelling from Satkhira to Dhaka and arrested passenger Jahidul Islam. The operation took place at 7:20pm on Friday near the Mayor Hanif Flyover in the Jatrabari police station area of the capital. DNC personnel also seized Tk60,000 in cash and a mobile phone from him.

According to the DNC, a Kotwali Circle team led by Assistant Director Md Nazrul Islam of the Dhaka Metro South office searched the bus after receiving confidential information. Officers searched a schoolbag carried by Jahidul Islam, who was seated in seat D-9, and found the bottles. The haul included 74 bottles of ESKUF brand Phensidyl and 26 bottles of FAIRDYL brand Phensidyl, totalling 10 litres.

The DNC estimated the value of the recovered drugs and other evidence at about Tk300,000. It said the Phensidyl was believed to have been transported to Dhaka by bus. Investigators are examining where the shipment was collected and who was expected to receive it in Dhaka. Legal action under the Narcotics Control Act, 2018, is being processed, while efforts continue to identify others linked to the case.

A Jubo Dal leader, Abdul Mannan, 45, was allegedly detained naked at a woman’s home and beaten by an agitated crowd in Harinagar village of Munshiganj union, Shyamnagar, Satkhira. The incident occurred at about 10:30pm on Thursday, according to local sources. Multiple videos of the incident were circulated on social media and became viral.

Local residents, Munshiganj union BNP leaders and witnesses said people surrounded the woman’s home, broke open a locked room and detained Mannan. They said an angry crowd then beat him before party leaders and activists arrived and took him away. Local sources identified him as president of Jubo Dal’s Ward 6 unit in Shyamnagar municipality.

The woman alleged that Mannan had long harassed her and made immoral proposals after becoming acquainted through work at an NGO. The acting convener of Shyamnagar municipal Jubo Dal said the party would verify the allegations and take organisational action under its constitution. Police said no written complaint had been filed. Mannan’s phone was switched off, so his comments could not be obtained.