A collision between a corpse-carrying ambulance and a battery-run easybike injured seven people in Gouranadi upazila of Barishal on Wednesday afternoon. The accident occurred around 2:15 p.m. at the Torki bus stand area on the Dhaka-Barishal highway while the ambulance was returning to Barishal from Dhaka with a body. Local fire service personnel rescued the injured and sent them to the upazila health complex for treatment.

According to the Gouranadi Highway Police Station officer-in-charge, both vehicles involved in the crash have been seized. The deceased’s body was later transported in another ambulance. Authorities stated that legal action will be taken regarding the incident.

The report highlights the quick response from emergency services and the initiation of legal procedures following the highway collision.

A joint operation by police and the navy in Hatiya, Noakhali, led to the seizure of 1,500 liters of stored diesel and the detention of one individual. The operation took place late Tuesday night at a motor parts shop in Tomorddi Bazar. The detained person, identified as Md. Mofiz Uddin Faruk from Kshirodia village in Tomorddi Union, was accused of illegally hoarding fuel. The confiscated diesel was handed over to Hatiya Police Station on Wednesday morning.

According to Hatiya Police Station Officer-in-Charge Kabir Hossain, the suspect was arrested for illegal fuel storage, and a case was filed under the Special Powers Act. The joint forces’ operation aimed to curb unauthorized fuel hoarding in the area.

The incident highlights ongoing enforcement efforts against illegal fuel storage in coastal regions like Hatiya, where joint operations between police and naval forces are being used to prevent black-market activities.

A family in Gangra village of Chauddagram, Cumilla, has accused Nurul Islam Faruki’s wife and four children of forging multiple death and inheritance certificates to seize family land. The alleged fraud deprived other heirs, including Monirul Islam and his family, of their rightful property and forced them to live in rented housing for ten years. The accused reportedly received assistance from Jagannathdighi Union’s panel chairman, Shahidul Islam Chowdhury.

According to the complaint, the accused created a false inheritance certificate on 19 August 2012 and later used it to prepare a forged land record on 17 October 2023. They allegedly transferred property obtained from Begum Bia to a third party on 21 March 2024. Witnesses and local residents confirmed that Faruki died before his mother, contradicting the forged documents that reversed the order of deaths. The case was filed under the Land Crime Prevention and Remedy Act in Cumilla court by Nurul Afsar, nephew of the deceased.

The local panel chairman denied involvement, while the Chauddagram Upazila Nirbahi Officer stated that legal action would follow if the forgery allegations proved true.

A local youth leader in Raipur municipality of Lakshmipur has been accused of extortion under the guise of lease collection. According to reports, a betel trader named Harun was assaulted and humiliated after refusing to pay the demanded amount. A video of the incident circulated on social media, sparking widespread concern among local traders.

Local sources said Mizan Sardar, who took lease of the municipal Murihata area, has been collecting money from traders while identifying himself as a youth leader. Harun alleged that he was asked to pay increasing sums, from a monthly fee to daily payments, and was beaten when he refused. The accused denied the allegations, claiming he was collecting fees according to the official lease schedule.

Members of the local traders’ association criticized the practice, noting that footpaths cannot legally be leased. The Raipur municipal administrator said he would review the matter before commenting. Traders have urged swift administrative action to stop such extortion practices.

An elderly woman was killed and three others were seriously injured in a stabbing attack in Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar district on Wednesday, April 22, 2026. The incident occurred around 1 p.m. in the Siddheshwarpur area under Rahimpur Union. According to reports, a man named Elim Mia allegedly entered the victims’ house and attacked them with a knife due to previous enmity.

The victims included 65-year-old Badrun Begum, wife of the late Ilias Mia, and three others. Locals rescued the injured and took them to Moulvibazar Sadar Hospital, where doctors declared Badrun Begum dead after examination. The remaining three victims are receiving treatment at the hospital.

Police visited the scene after receiving information and are attempting to arrest the accused. Kamalganj Police Station Officer-in-Charge Abdul Awal confirmed the incident and said legal action is being taken.

A deadly clash erupted in Kendua upazila of Netrakona on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, over a long-standing land dispute between two groups. The confrontation took place around 11:20 a.m. in Madhya Amtala village under Roailbari Union, resulting in the death of a woman named Soma Akter, 30, and injuries to at least 10 to 12 others. She was declared dead at Kendua Upazila Health Complex after being taken there with severe injuries.

Hospital sources reported that four to five of the injured were in critical condition and preparations were underway to transfer them for advanced treatment. Locals said the dispute had persisted for a long time and suddenly escalated into a violent confrontation involving traditional weapons. The area remained tense following the incident.

Law enforcement personnel arrived at the scene to bring the situation under control, and additional police forces were deployed. Attempts to contact the local police station for comment were unsuccessful at the time of reporting.

A woman named Bedena, aged 30, was killed when a bus hit an autorickshaw at Octroy Mor under Motihar Police Station in Rajshahi city on Wednesday around 11 a.m. The accident left two others injured, including Bedena’s husband, Md. Rezzak, 45, and another passenger, Nasir, 30, from Rajpara area. Local residents rescued the injured and took them to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital’s emergency department.

Doctors at the hospital declared Bedena dead at around 11:40 a.m. Nasir was admitted to ward number 31 for treatment, while Rezzak received primary medical care. Bedena’s body has been kept in the hospital morgue.

The report did not mention further details about the bus, its driver, or any subsequent legal action following the accident.

Students of the Department of Islamic History and Culture at Rajshahi University staged a protest on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, demanding justice after two of their classmates, Hasan and Azaharul Islam, were allegedly stabbed by a Chhatra Dal leader named Hasib. The demonstration took place near the Senate Building on Paris Road, where participants called for a safe campus and exemplary punishment for those responsible. Leaders of the Rajshahi University Central Students’ Union (RACSU) joined the protest, expressing solidarity with the victims.

According to the injured student Hasan, the attack followed a confrontation the previous evening when Hasib allegedly demanded money from a fellow student and later assaulted them near Paris Road. Protesters chanted slogans demanding justice and criticized the administration for failing to ensure campus safety. RACSU Vice President Mostakur Rahman Zahid condemned the incident as disgraceful and warned that no student would feel safe without proper accountability.

The protest drew around a hundred students from the department, who urged the university administration to guarantee security for all students and prevent future violence on campus.

At least five inmates were killed during a riot at Venezuela’s high-security Yare-3 prison, located about 70 kilometers from the capital Caracas. The country’s Penitentiary Services Ministry confirmed the incident, which occurred on Monday, stating that clashes among prisoners escalated into a violent riot. The Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into the deaths, though no details about injuries or further circumstances were released.

Venezuela’s prison system has long faced criticism for overcrowding, insecurity, and the influence of criminal gangs inside facilities. Following the ouster of former leader Nicolás Maduro in January, a U.S.-backed administration took power and recently released at least 46 political prisoners from the same Yare complex. The Yare prison complex consists of three separate facilities, with Yare-2 known for housing political detainees.

The riot underscores ongoing instability within Venezuela’s penal institutions despite previous military operations aimed at restoring state control over prisons.

Two members of the Uzirpur Model Police Station in Barishal have tested positive in a dope test and are currently being held at the district police superintendent’s office. Their identities have not been officially disclosed for investigative reasons. To confirm the initial results, the two officers will be sent to the Rajarbagh Police Lines in Dhaka for further testing.

According to police sources, all officers across the district’s ten police stations are being gradually brought under the dope testing program. Samples from Uzirpur Model Police Station were collected on April 17 and 18, and the test results detected the presence of drugs in two constables. Barishal District Police Superintendent A.Z.M. Mostafizur Rahman stated that the matter is being investigated seriously.

Officials said that if the allegations are proven, strict departmental action will be taken. They described the ongoing anti-drug campaign as a long-term process aimed at strengthening professional standards and public trust within the police force.

Two people, including a woman and a child, were killed in a road accident in Mymensingh on Tuesday evening. The incident occurred around 7:30 p.m. in the Raghurampur area of Sadar upazila on the Mymensingh-Netrokona highway, in front of a BRAC office. Police reported that a Mymensingh-bound Mahindra collided head-on with a tractor coming from the opposite direction.

The collision left the Mahindra severely damaged, killing passenger Rabeya Khatun, 65, from Bowla village, and 17-month-old Taufiq from Hironpur village on the spot. The child’s mother, Khadija, 32, and the Mahindra driver, Mahbub, were seriously injured. Locals helped police rescue the injured and send them to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital for treatment.

According to Kotwali Model Police Station’s officer-in-charge Md Shibirul Islam, the tractor driver fled the scene immediately after the accident.

A Cumilla court has granted a three-day remand for Hafizur Rahman, a senior warrant officer of the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) and the first accused in the murder case of Sohagi Jahan Tonu, a student of Cumilla Victoria Government College. The order was issued on Wednesday afternoon by Senior Judicial Magistrate Mominul Haque after Rahman was presented before Cumilla Sadar Court-1. He had been arrested earlier from his residence by PBI’s investigating officer Tarikul Islam.

According to court officials, the case has seen 80 hearing dates and has been handled by seven investigating officers from four different agencies over the past decade. On April 6, the seventh investigating officer sought permission to cross-match DNA samples of three suspects, including Sergeant Zahid, Warrant Officer Hafizur Rahman, and soldier Shahinul Alam.

Tonu’s parents and younger brother Rubel Hossain were present at the Cumilla court during the proceedings on Wednesday afternoon.

Habibur Rahman Mallik, uncle of slain BDR member Nazrul Islam Mallik, testified before International Crimes Tribunal-1 as the fourth witness against dismissed army officer Major General Ziaul Ahsan. In his statement on Wednesday, he said Nazrul was taken by plainclothes men on March 3, 2010, and never returned. Later, Nazrul’s brother identified his body from a newspaper photo showing his hands tied behind his back and his abdomen cut open.

According to the testimony, Nazrul had worked as a medical assistant at the BDR Hospital during the 2009 BDR mutiny and later took a job at Madhumati Clinic in Kotalipara under a different name. After his disappearance, his body was found in the Baleshwar River in May 2010 and buried by authorities in Bagerhat when no heir was found. DNA testing later confirmed his identity, and the family reburied him in their ancestral graveyard.

Habibur Rahman added that intelligence officers frequently visited their home afterward and that they learned through various sources that members of RAB’s intelligence wing were involved in Nazrul’s killing.

Two Bangladeshi teenagers were detained by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Wednesday morning, April 22, 2026, for allegedly crossing the border illegally through the Panchagarh frontier. The incident occurred near the Mistripara Patshiri border in Garinabari Union, where members of the BSF’s 132 Battalion from the Moricha Camp apprehended the boys.

The detained teenagers were identified as Indra, son of Shibu Chandra Roy, and Uday, son of Somaru Chandra Roy, both aged 14 and residents of Atwari upazila in Panchagarh. According to local sources, the boys had gone to view an Indian tea garden and inadvertently crossed the main border pillar into Indian territory at Mirganj, about 150 yards inside. Local Union Chairman Monowar Hossain Dipu said he was trying to contact the local Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) camp commander regarding the matter. He noted that the proximity of the tea garden to the border often causes confusion among visitors.

Lieutenant Colonel Abdullah Mohammad Kayes of the Panchagarh-18 BGB Battalion stated that they were gathering information about the incident through local sources.

A Union Parishad member named Rustam Ali from Ward 9 of Eidgar Union in Ramu upazila, Cox’s Bazar, was reportedly abducted on Wednesday morning while traveling from Eidgaon to Eidgar. According to local sources, a group of assailants forcibly took him away around 6 a.m. and later contacted his family demanding a ransom of Tk 3 million. The abductors allegedly threatened to kill him if the ransom was not paid, causing panic in the area. Family members have urged authorities for his immediate rescue.

Police confirmed that they visited the scene after receiving the report and have launched a rescue operation. Sub-Inspector Khurshid Alam of Eidgar police outpost said law enforcement teams were conducting searches in possible locations. Ramu Police Station Officer-in-Charge Monirul Islam Bhuiyan stated that operations began immediately after the abduction. Sources also indicated that the abducted UP member has multiple cases filed against him in Ramu and Naikhongchhari police stations.

Authorities continue their search efforts, but no further details about the abductors or the victim’s condition were available at the time of reporting.