Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Detective Branch chief Md Shafiqul Islam said police are working on threats involving several foreign embassies. He made the remarks at a press conference at the DMP Media Centre on Minto Road in the capital on Sunday.

Islam said a group was carrying out the activity to damage the country’s image. He said authorities were attempting to identify the network responsible for the threats.

The report did not specify which embassies received threats, the nature of the threats, or whether any suspects had been identified. It also did not provide details of any arrests, investigations or security measures announced at the press conference.

A 48-year-old father was reprimanded by police after leaving his seven-year-old son alone on a bench near Mount Fuji’s sixth station in dense fog and rain. Mountain hut staff found the child at about 7 a.m. local time on Thursday and alerted police. The child had been given only a soft drink and light food while told to wait.

The father had been climbing the Fujinomiya route toward the summit with his two sons. When the younger child became tired, he told him to remain at the bench and continued upward with the older son. Police said the father was between the seventh and eighth stations, and returning to the child’s location would have taken about three hours.

Police located the father and brought him back. The child became tired and upset after waiting alone for about eight hours. An officer told the man that leaving a child alone in this way was unacceptable, and the father later apologized for what he described as a rash decision. Mount Fuji is 12,389 feet high and has seen several accidents in recent years.

A group of motorcycle-borne criminals allegedly stopped a pickup van at gunpoint with local weapons and stole 400 kilograms of processed hair in Chuadanga. The robbery occurred around 1:30pm on Saturday in the Purapara area of the Chuadanga-Damurhuda road. The hair, packed in 23 sacks, was being transported to Dhaka from a factory in Karpasdanga, Damurhuda.

Atiar Rahman, president of the Bangladesh Hair Processing Small Traders Cooperative Association, said the shipment contained processed hair belonging to 23 traders and was valued at about Tk1 crore. Police and traders began searching for the perpetrators after receiving information about the incident.

Affected trader Montu Mia said about 22 small traders and 100 workers depend on the shipment. He said traders had borrowed money to operate their businesses and expected to settle dues with proceeds from the hair sale. Damurhuda Model Police Station officer-in-charge Sheikh Mesbah Uddin said police had started an investigation and deployed multiple teams to identify and arrest those involved and recover the stolen hair.

Law-enforcement agencies are investigating a series of bomb recoveries and explosions in Dhaka and other districts of Bangladesh, following what the report describes as a renewed pattern since an explosion at Al Kura Madrasa in South Keraniganj on December 26, 2025. Police recently arrested two people with cocktails in Demra’s Sanarpara area, while officers have also seized chemicals, gunpowder, electric wires, bearing balls, nitric acid and plastic containers in related operations.

Authorities believe incidents in different locations may be connected, although police say there is no militant activity in Bangladesh and no indication of major sabotage. Dhaka Metropolitan Police counterterrorism chief Mohammad Shamsul Haque said recovered bombs in Dhaka were under investigation and extremism remained under government control. Criminologist Touhidul Haque urged intelligence agencies to examine whether domestic or foreign conspiracies or deeper political motives were involved.

Police and counterterrorism units are reviewing the online and offline activities of people arrested in past extremism cases. They are also focusing on weapons looted from police stations and barracks after the 2024 mass uprising. Police said 1,320 weapons, including SMGs, China rifles and pistols, remain unrecovered, describing their recovery as a major challenge.

Police arrested Shikha Inn owner Bireshwar Mitra on Saturday, four days after a fire at the hotel on Mirza Ghalib Street in central Kolkata killed nine people. Seven of the dead were Bangladeshi citizens. Mitra, 46, was detained at his home on Diamond Harbour Road in Behala after being missing since the fire broke out early Wednesday.

According to police sources cited by the Indian Express, Mitra left Kolkata by car after the fire and went into hiding in Dhanbad, Jharkhand. Police are examining why he returned home and whether anyone helped him hide. His two bank accounts have been frozen, stopping financial transactions, and police believe financial difficulty may have prompted his return.

Police searched two other hotels owned by Mitra in Digha and Mandarmani on Friday but did not find him. He is due in court on Sunday, when police will seek custody for questioning. The hotel’s lessee, Abu Jafar, was previously arrested. Authorities have also issued fire-safety notices to 25 hotels, inns and restaurants in central Kolkata and closed several establishments following inspections.

An expatriate, Shariful Islam, and his co-sharers have formally regained possession of 8.15 acres of ancestral, recorded land in the Dhapaar Gher area of Balitha mouza under Debhata police station in Satkhira. The family said the land had remained under the alleged forcible control of Rowshan Ara Ruby, organisational secretary of the now-banned district women’s Awami League, for 17 years. They expressed gratitude to those who assisted them in recovering the property last Tuesday.

According to Shariful, Ruby, her son Zayed Bin Kader and associates began fish cultivation on the land after allegedly occupying it through political influence in 2018. The family said fear of threats to their lives prevented them from speaking out for a long period. After returning to Bangladesh following the political change on August 5, 2024, Shariful visited the land with relatives on July 3 this year.

The family alleged that an armed group drove them away with death threats during that visit. They submitted a written complaint to the Satkhira superintendent of police and said mediation efforts followed. They also alleged a plan to file a false extortion case against Shariful and sought urgent intervention and security from authorities.

Police recovered the body of an army member working at the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project from a government quarter in Ishwardi, Pabna, on Saturday evening. The body was found in a room on the third floor of Snigdha Building at the project’s army barracks in the Pakshi Paper Mill area. The deceased was identified as 27-year-old Sajib Molla, son of Majid Molla of Chak Deyail village in Ghior upazila of Manikganj.

Sajib had served in the army for about eight to nine years, according to the report. Preliminary information indicated that he returned to his quarters after duty, closed the room door and was later found hanging from a ceiling fan using a towel and rope. Colleagues and nearby people recovered him after learning of the incident, but he had already died.

Rooppur police outpost in-charge Md Yadur Rahman said police prepared an inquest report and sent the body to Ishwardi Upazila Health Complex for a death certificate. Ishwardi police officer-in-charge Md Asadur Rahman said family conflict was initially suspected as a factor, but the actual cause and details would be confirmed after investigation. Authorities are taking necessary legal steps.

Police and fire service personnel recovered the bodies of four members of the same family from the second floor of an under-construction building in Machhuapara, Ward 24 of Rangpur city on Saturday night. The dead were identified as former Rangpur Zilla School religious teacher Ganapati Chakraborty Jewel, 65; his wife Pritilata Chakraborty Bhola, 50; daughter Prarthi Chakraborty, 25; and son Priyom Chakraborty, 12.

Police and local residents said no family member had been seen leaving the house since Thursday, while no lights had been visible inside. Local residents became suspicious and informed police on Saturday. Kotwali police and Rangpur Fire Service members went to the site and entered the second floor after breaking the lock on the stairway gate.

Police said the bodies of Ganapati, Pritilata and Prarthi were found in the stairwell, while Priyom's body was found beneath a bed. Kotwali police station officer-in-charge Nazmul Islam said authorities initially suspect the four may have been killed and are investigating. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Abdul Mabud visited the scene, which has been cordoned off. Preparations were under way to send the bodies for autopsies to determine how and when they died.

A Mymensingh metropolitan Chhatra Dal joint general secretary, Talhazur Rahman Pratik, has been expelled after allegations that he was involved in an extortion-related assault at a pet care clinic. The incident occurred on Thursday evening at Doctors Pet Care, located in an alley beside Zila School in Mymensingh city, where veterinarian Md Ashikur Rahman treats cats and sells related supplies. The report was published on August 22, 2026.

Ashikur alleged that the accused had long demanded Tk 500,000 from him and attacked his clinic when he refused. In a written complaint filed at Mymensingh Kotwali Model Police Station on Saturday afternoon, he named Pratik, Afrin Rashid Senjuti, Sakib and four or five unidentified people. He alleged that the attackers disconnected CCTV, beat him with an iron rod, assaulted people who intervened, looted Tk 320,150 and caused about Tk 180,000 in damage.

CCTV footage circulating on social media allegedly shows a woman assaulting the veterinarian and Pratik recording the incident before joining the attack. Additional Superintendent of Police Abdullah Al Mamun said police initially learned the attack followed a dispute involving social media and the treatment and death of a pet animal. He said legal action was being taken. Metropolitan Chhatra Dal president Gobinda Roy confirmed Pratik's expulsion.

Police in Damurhuda, Chuadanga arrested a 26-year-old man, Md Ariful Islam, with yaba and a mobile court sentenced him to two years of rigorous imprisonment and fined him Tk 2,000. The report was published on August 22, 2026.

According to police sources, Ariful was detained during an operation at a bamboo grove in Chhutipur Government Cemetery in the upazila at about 9:30pm on Friday night. Damurhuda Model Police Station carried out the operation.

Officer-in-Charge Sheikh Mesbah Uddin said the accused arrested with yaba had been produced before the Chuadanga court the previous day. He said the police special operation would continue to curb drug-related crime, illegal arms recovery, smuggling, robbery, snatching, dacoity and other offences.

RAB-10 arrested four alleged drug dealers during an operation at the Daulatdia ferry terminal area in Goalanda upazila of Rajbari on Saturday. Officers seized 99 bottles of Scaf syrup and 187 bottles of Fairdeal from a motorcycle and a private car, which were also impounded.

The detainees were identified as Md Milon Hossain Khan, 38, Md Tarikul Ahmed Tarek, 38, Md Shafiqul Islam, 48, all linked to areas in Maheshpur, Jhenaidah, and Md Jubayer Hossain Jewel, 35, from Amtali, Barguna. RAB set up a temporary checkpoint at about 11:30am and searched the two vehicles.

RAB said the four were professional drug traders who collected narcotics for supply to Rajbari, Faridpur and other parts of the country. Five mobile phones and cash were seized from them. RAB-10 media assistant director and senior assistant superintendent of police Tapan Sarkar said a case was being prepared under the Narcotics Control Act, after which they would be handed over to the relevant police station.

Cumilla University temporarily expelled two students from Kazi Nazrul Islam Hall following a clash over “JCD” written on a hall wall. The incident occurred around midnight on Friday in the presence of the provost, members of the proctorial body, hall administration and journalists. The suspended students are Elias Islam Shuvo and Humayun Kabir. Allegations were raised that no action was taken against three Chhatra Dal workers accused of involvement.

Witness accounts and video footage reviewed by the report indicate that a scuffle began as people were leaving an effort by hall authorities to resolve an earlier incident. Footage allegedly shows Chhatra Dal workers Shonob Debnath, Maruf Hossain and Sadek Saker involved in assaults and restraint of Shuvo. Maruf was later seen with blood on his face and said he received head injuries requiring two stitches.

Hall authorities said the two students were suspended while an investigation proceeds and were sent by ambulance to a city mess. A four-member committee, led by house tutor Mohammad Shahidul Islam Chowdhury, has been asked to submit its report within five working days. Sadek acknowledged throwing out the suspended students’ belongings, while the hall provost did not comment on that allegation.

The Pentagon said an estimated 20,492 US military members experienced sexual assault during fiscal year 2025, according to an annual report released Friday. The survey-based estimate covers active-duty women and men and is not the same as the number of formal complaints submitted to military authorities. The report was issued as required by Congress and included findings from the 2025 Workplace and Gender Relations Survey.

The survey measures unwanted sexual contact, sexual harassment and gender discrimination, including experiences that may not have been formally reported. Estimated sexual-harassment rates among active-duty women declined from 24.7 percent in 2023 to 17.5 percent in 2025. Among men, the rate fell from 5.8 percent to 4.4 percent. Meanwhile, the estimated share of incidents reported to authorities rose from 25 percent in 2023 to 33 percent in 2025.

Pentagon officials said reporting helps connect victims with medical, mental-health and other recovery services, while enabling investigations and accountability. Under Secretary Anthony J. Tata said sexual assault and harassment undermine military values, trust and readiness. The Pentagon did not release branch-level figures, detailed victim demographics or the number of disciplinary actions in Friday’s announcement.

Police in Maheshkhali, an island upazila in Cox’s Bazar, said they uncovered an alleged weapons-making workshop while investigating theft allegations in the Mitha Chhari area of Shaplapur union on Friday night. One person, Rahmat Ullah, was detained after local residents caught him and informed Maheshkhali police, according to the report.

Police said Rahmat Ullah was accused of stealing from shops and homes in different parts of Shaplapur union over a long period. During questioning, he allegedly told officers that stolen goods had been kept with Nomi Uddin, Moyna and Shabnur in Mitha Chhari. Police then launched an overnight operation in the area based on that information.

During the operation, officers found what they described as a large quantity of weapons-manufacturing materials at the home of a woman named Motahera. Items recovered from beneath a bed included gun stocks, triggers, barrel parts, springs, a drill machine, grinder and saw. Police said several people fled after noticing officers. An arms-law case has been filed, and operations to arrest other accused people are continuing.

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said action will be taken against relevant law-enforcement personnel if extortionists and terrorists are not quickly brought under the law. He made the remarks on Saturday while visiting a doctor injured in a terrorist attack at Dhaka Medical.

Ahmed also said legal action would be taken against any member of a law-enforcement force found involved in such activities. His comments linked accountability for criminal activity both to perpetrators and to force members who may be implicated.

The minister said instructions have been issued to bring extortionists, identified terrorists and drug dealers under the law quickly in all metropolitan areas of the country, including the Dhaka Metropolitan Police area. The report did not provide further details about the attack, the injured doctor, or a timeline for the enforcement actions.