Muhammad Faizul Azim Noman, the officer in charge ordered withdrawn from Daganbhuiyan police station, was denied a meeting with Feni’s Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal judge A N M Morshed Khan on Wednesday, August 12. A court-related source said Noman suddenly entered the courtroom and saluted three times in an apparent effort to draw the judge’s attention. After learning his identity, the judge said there was no personal relationship between them and that the court’s withdrawal order remained in force. Noman then left the courtroom.

The source said Noman had sought to meet the judge before the hearing began but was told that no meeting could take place without permission. Public Prosecutor Advocate Sahab Uddin Ahmed said he had heard that the officer entered the judge’s courtroom. Witnesses said Noman appeared disappointed while leaving and received help from several people after feeling unwell.

A court order issued on August 9 directed his removal and departmental action over alleged refusals to register two cases. The court cited allegations involving dowry-related assault against Marjahan and an alleged dowry-related killing of Tania Akter. Police Superintendent Pratyush Kumar Majumdar said a police inquiry committee has been formed and further action will follow its report.

A charge-framing hearing is scheduled for Thursday afternoon, August 13, in the murder case of truck driver Md. Hossain in Mohammadpur, Dhaka. Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, described in the report as being absconding in India, is among 34 accused. Dhaka Special Judge’s Court No. 4, presided over by Judge Rabiul Alam, is due to hear the matter.

The hearing was previously postponed twice. On June 25, it was deferred after the prosecution sought time because the accused were absent from court. It was postponed again on July 26 following a time application by defence lawyers. Mohammadpur Police sub-inspector Akramuzzaman, the investigating officer, submitted the chargesheet against Hasina and the other 33 accused on November 23, 2025.

According to case information, Hossain was shot dead in the Chand Udyan area of Mohammadpur on July 19, 2024, during the anti-discrimination student movement. He had left his truck at Gabtoli and was returning home when he was shot and died at the scene. His mother, Rina Begum, filed the murder case at Mohammadpur Police Station on August 31, 2024. Four accused, including Junaid Ahmed Palak and Sadeq Khan, are in jail after being shown arrested in the case.

An investigation by Amar Desh has identified border areas in Mymensingh, Netrokona and Sherpur as allegedly vulnerable corridors for the smuggling of arms, drugs and commercial goods. Published on August 13, 2026, the report says the long Bangladesh section adjoining India’s Meghalaya lacks its own barbed-wire fence, leaving broad open areas that residents say are used by organised smuggling groups.

The report, citing local accounts, says weapons, narcotics, medicines, liquor, cattle and consumer goods enter Bangladesh from India, while fish, farm products, plastic items, garments and gold are allegedly moved in the other direction. Border Guard Bangladesh officers said hilly terrain, forests, rivers and open land make continuous surveillance difficult.

Mymensingh 39 BGB commander Lieutenant Colonel Nurul Azim Bayezid said liquor and tapentadol tablet smuggling is prevalent along roughly 80 kilometres under his command, though recent operations reduced tapentadol trafficking somewhat. Netrokona 31 BGB commander Lieutenant Colonel Touhidul Bari cited limited personnel and about 90 kilometres of difficult, open border. Analysts called for technology-based surveillance, infrastructure improvements and coordinated action.

Jagannath University Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Md Rois Uddin has demanded the arrest within 24 hours of those involved in an attack and vandalism targeting a bus carrying the university’s students and staff in Singair, Manikganj. He made the demand at Singair police station at about 7 pm on August 13, in the presence of senior police and upazila administration officials, according to Officer-in-Charge Md Mazharul Islam.

Earlier, about 220 to 250 university students gathered in the Bhumdakkhin area of Dhalla union at around 6 pm, holding a procession and human chain to demand arrests. They later remained at the police station. Police and local sources said the incident followed a collision between the bus and a motorcycle in Hemayetpur, Dhaka, on August 11. Motorcycle rider Kawsar allegedly followed the bus to Bhumdakkhin.

Kawsar and three or four unidentified people allegedly stopped the bus and smashed all windows on both sides. Three students and driver Md Sajjad Hossain were injured, while 10 people including student Uday Chakraborty were reported injured. The driver filed a case naming Kawsar and 10 to 12 unidentified accused. Kawsar remains absconding, while police said those involved would be brought under the law quickly.

The Education Reporters Association, Bangladesh (IRAB) and the Bangladesh Secretariat Reporters Forum (BSRF) have expressed concern, condemnation and protest over death threats against journalist Nur Mohammad. Both groups, in separate statements on Wednesday, called for the person behind the threats to be quickly identified and brought under the law. Nur Mohammad is an IRAB senior member, a permanent BSRF member and deputy chief reporter at Dainik Agamir Somoy.

IRAB said the alleged phone threat followed his objective reporting on bribery and irregularities in the education sector, describing intimidation of journalists as unacceptable and harmful to independent journalism. Its leaders said no official or influential person is above accountability. BSRF also condemned the phone threat and alleged abusive language, calling such intimidation unacceptable.

Nur Mohammad filed a general diary at Tejgaon Police Station on August 8, numbered 564. He alleged that an unidentified caller claimed to be an official of the education ministry or an education-related institution before intimidating and threatening to kill him. The diary also mentioned threats, conveyed through education cadre officials, that he would be dealt with if encountered. Both organizations urged investigation into possible instigation behind the threats and measures to ensure journalists' safety.

Three children aged one, 18 months and six died in separate drowning incidents in Netrokona’s Kalmakanda and Purbadhala upazilas on Wednesday, August 12. The incidents occurred in Kalaikandi village of Rangchhati union and Shunai village of Pogla union in Kalmakanda, as well as Jamud village of Dhalamulgaon union in Purbadhala. The children were identified as Moaj, Taskin Tarek and Suman Mia.

At about 12:30pm, Moaj reportedly crawled into a pond beside his home while playing in the yard. Relatives and neighbours rescued him after his mother saw him struggling in the water, but a doctor at Kalmakanda উপজেলা Health Complex declared him dead. About an hour later, Taskin drowned in accumulated rainwater beside his home while playing. He was found floating in a ditch and was also declared dead at the health complex.

In Jamud, Suman reportedly fell into a pond while going to bathe after playing with children in the yard. A seven-year-old cousin had seen him in the pond but did not immediately understand what had happened. Neighbours later recovered Suman and took him to Purbadhala উপজেলা Health Complex, where he was declared dead. Police said the bodies were handed to families after legal procedures, as no complaints were filed.

Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) officers seized a total of 15 litres of foreign liquor from the baggage of two passengers at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. The C-Shift operation followed confidential intelligence and took place during special surveillance of passengers on Air India flight AI237, arriving from Delhi at 3:40pm on Wednesday. The seized liquor was estimated to have a market value of Tk 300,000.

Officials searched the baggage of passenger Prashanta Lal Das, who had arrived from Doha, and found 10 litres of Johnnie Walker Red Label. A further five litres of liquor, including Scottish Leader and Grant's brands, were recovered from the baggage of another passenger on the same flight, Jahangir Alam.

CIID said the combined quantity recovered from the two passengers was 15 litres. The agency said its intelligence monitoring and operations will continue at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport to prevent smuggling and attempts to bring in goods illegally.

Khulna University of Engineering and Technology professor Dr Md Rafiqul Islam was allegedly attacked by two outsiders while boarding a bus on his way to campus on the morning of August 12. The incident took place in the Mujgunni area under Khalishpur police station in Khulna city. Islam teaches in KUET’s Electrical and Electronic Engineering department. The reported attack has caused concern and anger among teachers and students.

A notice signed by KUET Teachers’ Association general secretary Professor Dr Mohammad Ilyas Inam said Islam was attacked by two outside assailants at about 8:30am. The association condemned the incident and demanded appropriate legal action against those involved. Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Mohammad Masud also condemned the attack and discussed proper legal action with senior levels of the administration, according to a public relations statement.

The university administration informed law-enforcement authorities following the incident. Khalishpur police station officer-in-charge Shahjahan Ahmed said police visited the scene and collected CCTV footage, while efforts were under way to identify the attackers. The professor has submitted a written complaint. The Teachers’ Association has called an emergency general meeting at the university meeting room at 10am on August 13 to discuss further action and legal and administrative measures.

The Chittagong Port Authority, Bangladesh Navy and Bangladesh Coast Guard conducted a joint search operation at the Chittagong outer anchorage on Wednesday, August 12. More than 50 fishing boats were searched and 24 fishers were detained, according to Coast Guard media officer Lieutenant Commander Sabbir Alam Sujon. The operation ran from 10am to 2pm and was intended to ensure the safe movement of Bangladeshi vessels.

The Coast Guard said the operation targeted obstacles to commercial ships and lighters in the outer anchorage and Karnaphuli Channel, as well as petty theft aboard commercial vessels. Teams identified and removed fishing boats and various types of illegally installed nets. The agency said the nets had obstructed vessel movement and increased the risk of accidents.

Coast Guard patrol ship BCGS Sonadia, several high-speed boats and the Chittagong Port Authority vessel Dishari-07 took part. Operational teams from the Coast Guard and Navy, along with a port magistrate, were present. A mobile court ordered 30 days' imprisonment for each of the 24 detained fishers. The Coast Guard said it would continue regular operations and surveillance under a zero-tolerance policy with relevant agencies.

Khulna Range DIG Md Mostafizur Rahman said punishment alone cannot develop society, arguing that counselling can also help discourage criminal activity and improve law and order. He made the remarks during an exchange with media representatives on law and order in Narail on Wednesday, August 12, at the police superintendent’s conference room.

The DIG said counselling is currently being given importance in crime control. He added that journalists can play an important role by raising awareness through writing about the social harms of criminal activities. He also declared a strict stance against drugs, saying stern action would be taken against anyone found involved in drug-related activities.

Rahman stressed technology-based policing, saying conventional policing makes it difficult to control the constantly changing forms of crime. He said such policing is highly important for ensuring the public’s expected security and suppressing crime. Police Superintendent Mohammad Al Mamun Sikdar, Additional Superintendent of Police Nur-e-Alam Siddiqui, Additional Superintendent of Police for Kalia Circle Robin Haldar and other senior district police officials attended the meeting.

A Chattogram Metropolitan Senior Special Judge’s Court issued an arrest warrant on Wednesday, August 12, against former United Commercial Bank chairman M A Sabur in a case over alleged embezzlement of Tk 25 crore and laundering money abroad through hundi. Judge Md Hasanul Islam issued the order after rejecting a time petition submitted through Sabur’s lawyer.

Anti-Corruption Commission public prosecutor Mokarram Hossain confirmed the order. The case has 36 accused, including former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed and his wife. According to the ACC charge sheet, a Tk 25 crore loan was approved in the name of a shell company linked to Aramit Group, then transferred to accounts of different companies.

The ACC alleged that the money was later withdrawn through employees and sent abroad through hundi. On May 17, a High Court bench directed Sabur to surrender before the Chattogram Senior Metropolitan Special Judge’s Court within eight weeks, but he did not appear on Wednesday. Investigator and ACC deputy director Mashiur Rahman submitted the charge sheet against 36 people on January 5, and testimony from 37 witnesses has been recorded since trial proceedings began.

A Dhaka court has granted seven days’ remand each for six people arrested in a case alleging the creation of forged documents and fraud using the names, identities, seals, signatures and official letterheads of important government figures. Police produced the suspects before the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court on Wednesday. Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Ehsanul Islam approved the remand after the investigating officer sought custody for a proper investigation.

The six suspects are Faruk Hossain, Sakib Khan, Masum Munsi, Mir Touhidul Islam, Bakul Mondal and Rafiqul Islam. The alleged forgery came to police attention following a letter linked to the office of the secretary of the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment. Police said an envelope sent to the ministry secretary used the name and envelope of the Prime Minister’s Office.

According to the case allegations, the envelope contained various documents bearing signatures attributed to the prime minister, ministers, state ministers, the foreign affairs adviser, the principal secretary, the cabinet secretary and other senior officials. After doubts arose over the documents’ authenticity, the matter was sent to the DMP Detective Branch’s Cyber and Special Crime Division. A DB police sub-inspector, Raihanur Rahman, filed the case at Ramna police station on August 5.

The murder case of Jagannath University student and branch Chhatra Dal convening committee member Jubayed Hossain has been transferred to the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court after becoming ready for trial. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Nazmin Akter issued the transfer order on Wednesday, August 12. A hearing on framing charges has been scheduled for September 13, according to prosecution division SI Kamal Hossain.

Jubayed was killed on October 19 last year while going to tutor a female student in Armanitola, Old Dhaka. He was stabbed on the ground floor of the student’s residence at about 4:30 pm and was later found lying face down, bloodied, on stairs on the third floor. His elder brother, Enayet Hossain Soikat, filed the murder case with Bangshal police station on October 21.

After about nine months of investigation, investigating officer Md Ashraf Hossain submitted a charge sheet to the court on June 30. It named Jubayed’s student Barjis Shabnam Barsha, her boyfriend Md Mahir Rahman, and Mahir’s friend Fardeen Ahmed Aylan as accused. The investigation found a love triangle narrative, the report said. All three accused are in jail.

Upazila authorities and police seized about 2 million counterfeit cigarettes during a raid on an illegally operated factory in Daulatpur, Kushtia. The operation was conducted from 11:30am to 2pm on Wednesday at Habib Master’s farm in Garbaria village of Sadar union. Officials estimated the market value of the seized cigarettes at Tk 20 million.

Assistant Commissioner (Land) and Executive Magistrate Pradip Kumar Das said the raid followed a tip-off and uncovered the illegal factory inside a warehouse. Authorities seized counterfeit cigarettes branded Navy, Derby and Royal, along with a large quantity of raw materials and production equipment. No one was detained during the operation.

Warehouse owner Habib Master said he had rented the premises for Tk 40,000 a month to two people named Shakil and Leon Hossain and claimed he did not know counterfeit cigarettes were being made there. On May 9, a joint RAB and customs raid at the same factory seized five cigarette-making machines and about 100,000 counterfeit cigarettes before sealing it. The seized goods were handed to Daulatpur police station, and a regular case is being processed.

The Bangladesh government has dismissed six police officers, including former Dhaka Metropolitan Police officials, over prolonged absence from their workplaces. The Home Ministry announced the dismissals through separate notifications on Wednesday, August 12, 2026.

Those dismissed include Biplob Kumar Sarkar and Sudip Kumar Chakraborty, both former joint police commissioners of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police attached to the Barishal Range DIG office. Mohammad Iqbal Hossain, former deputy commissioner of DMP’s Wari Division and attached to the Khulna Range DIG office, was also dismissed.

The others are Kazi Ashraful Azim, former deputy commissioner of DMP’s Uttara Division attached to the Chattogram Range DIG office; Rajon Kumar Das, an additional superintendent of police at Cox’s Bazar APBn; and former DMP assistant police commissioner Md Golam Ruhani. The ministry issued separate notifications concerning each officer’s dismissal.