In Muladi upazila of Barishal, locals forcibly took an Awami League activist from police custody after his arrest on Thursday evening. The incident occurred around 5 p.m. at Ramarpul Bazar in Nazirpur Union, where police had detained Rasedul Islam Setu Bhuiyan, a local party worker whose organizational activities were banned. About fifty locals surrounded the officers and took Setu away while he was still handcuffed. The police later recovered the handcuffs through negotiation with local residents.

Following the incident, police filed a case accusing several individuals of obstructing government work and rescuing an arrestee. Muladi Police Station’s Officer-in-Charge Md Khondaker Sohel Rana confirmed the event and said the handcuffs were retrieved soon afterward. He added that Setu had been the fifth accused in an earlier case related to a cake-cutting event marking the Awami League’s founding anniversary. A new case has now been filed over the rescue, and police are attempting to arrest Setu and others involved.

Authorities stated that efforts are ongoing to locate and apprehend those responsible for the incident.

A government primary school teacher in Kutubdia, Cox’s Bazar, has been deprived of her salary for two years due to complications with her National Identity Card (NID). Kaniz Tania Sultana, an assistant teacher at Ghilachhari Government Primary School, became a dual voter by mistake, leading to the suspension of her salary. Her family’s financial hardship reportedly drove her 14-year-old son, FTM Chowdhury Nu-Mim, to attempt suicide last Saturday. Police rescued him and took him to a hospital, where he survived.

Sultana said she has been teaching for ten years and mistakenly registered as a voter in Chattogram’s South Halishahar area while working there. After obtaining a government job, she applied in 2017 to cancel her previous NID and register under her home address. Despite submitting all required documents and applying for correction three times, her NID remains unresolved, leaving her without pay for two years. The Upazila Primary Education Officer stated that her salary will resume once the NID issue is corrected, while the Upazila Election Officer said the matter will be settled by the Chattogram regional office.

A woman named Rehena Begum Urmi, who accused Tetulia Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Afroz Shahin Khasru of taking a bribe, has been sued under the Cyber Security Act. The case was filed on Wednesday morning at Tetulia Model Police Station by Monowar, a contractual employee of the upazila administration. The complaint names Rehena Begum Urmi as the main accused along with five or six unidentified individuals.

Earlier on Monday, Urmi alleged that the UNO had taken 180,000 taka from her in exchange for promising her son a job as a village police officer. After learning about the UNO’s transfer, she went live on Facebook to demand her money back and later submitted a written complaint to the district commissioner.

UNO Afroz Shahin Khasru denied the allegations, calling them conspiratorial and stating he did not know the woman. The additional district commissioner said a preliminary inquiry found no evidence supporting the bribery claim. Police confirmed the cyber case has been registered and that investigation and arrests are underway.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned documents related to alleged irregularities in the construction of the Purbachal stadium, consultant appointments, and financial mismanagement in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) during the tenure of former Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president and ex–Youth and Sports Minister Nazmul Hasan Papon. The directive came through a letter signed by ACC Deputy Director Md. Saiduzzaman, which was also sent to the Youth and Sports Ministry secretary and the BCB chief executive officer.

According to ACC sources, a three-member team was formed in 2025 to investigate allegations of corruption and money laundering involving Papon and Beximco Pharmaceuticals. The ACC has requested all tender documents, consultant appointment records, expenditure details, and audit reports related to the Purbachal stadium project and BCB operations. It also sought records of expenditures for the Mujib 100 celebrations, the 2019 Bangabandhu BPL, and the concert organized by Indian musician A. R. Rahman.

The investigation follows reports that Papon left the country after the fall of the Awami League government on August 5, with recent footage showing him in London.

An HSC examinee named Minhajul Islam Siam, who was abducted from the Laksam railway junction area in Cumilla, was returned 13 hours later. The abductors left him by the roadside in Laksam municipality early Thursday morning, July 2. Police rescued him and admitted him to a local hospital, where he remains under treatment and police custody.

According to family sources, Siam, a student of Lalmayi Government College and son of Khorshed Alam from Sameshpur village, went to the railway junction for evening prayers on July 1. A group of youths allegedly made him unconscious with sedatives and took him away in a vehicle. Following a complaint by his father, police launched a special operation led by Officer-in-Charge Kamrun Nahar Laily, conducting raids in Dhaka and nearby areas using technology. The abductors released Siam after sensing police pressure.

Police said they are investigating whether the incident was an abduction or another type of crime. Preliminary suspicion suggests the motive might have been to prevent Siam from taking his HSC examination.

Two police officers from Daudkandi in Cumilla have been withdrawn following a drug scandal. On Thursday, July 2, Sub-Inspector Md. Imam Uddin and Assistant Sub-Inspector Hafizur Rahman left their posts after being ordered to stand down by higher authorities the previous night. Earlier, the station’s Officer-in-Charge, M.A. Bariq, had also been withdrawn in connection with the same incident, confirmed Inspector Shamsul Alam.

According to the report, on June 27, police recovered 160 kilograms of cannabis from a covered van near the Daudkandi toll plaza on the Dhaka–Chattogram highway. The two officers on night duty allegedly sold the seized drugs to three traders and released the van after taking 30,000 taka. Both officers have denied the allegations. The investigation is being handled under the direction of senior police officials.

The withdrawal of the officers follows growing scrutiny over the handling of the drug seizure, and further departmental actions may depend on the outcome of the ongoing inquiry.

At least five people were killed and sixteen others injured in a bomb explosion at a café in Damascus, the capital of Syria. The incident occurred on Thursday near the Justice Palace on Al-Nasr Street, according to the country’s health ministry as reported by state television Al-Ikhbariya.

Reports said explosives had been planted inside the café before the blast. Following the explosion, security forces cordoned off the area and launched an investigation to determine who was behind the attack.

Authorities have not yet identified any suspects, and the investigation is ongoing to uncover the motive and perpetrators of the bombing.

The Chattogram Development Authority (CDA) carried out a special drive on Thursday morning against buildings under construction that violated approved designs and building codes in Chattogram city. The operation took place from 11:30 a.m. to noon in the Kalpalok Residential Area and on KB Aman Ali Road. CDA officials found that several building owners were constructing structures without maintaining the mandatory setbacks and in breach of approved plans.

The drive was led by CDA’s Special Metropolitan Magistrate Hamimun Tanzin. During the operation, unauthorized portions of five under-construction buildings were demolished, and the respective owners were fined. One building was sealed as its owner was not present at the site. Additionally, another building on KB Aman Ali Road was inspected, and necessary measures were taken to ensure compliance with design and building code requirements.

The CDA stated that legal action was taken against the irregular constructions to enforce urban planning regulations and maintain safety standards in the city.

A Dhaka court has sentenced Fatema Begum, also known as Shilpi, to death for killing her husband and dismembering his body into six parts in the capital’s Mohakhali area five years ago. The verdict was delivered on Thursday afternoon by Dhaka’s 16th Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Nazmun Nahar Nipu. The court also imposed a seven-year prison term, a fine of 10,000 taka, and an additional three months of imprisonment for concealing the body.

According to the case details, on May 30, 2021, police recovered a headless body from a drum in Mohakhali’s Amtoli area and later found the victim’s severed limbs in separate locations. Fatema was arrested within 12 hours of the discovery. She confessed to killing her husband, Moyna Mia alias Shakil, following disputes over money and his multiple marriages. Fatema drugged him, slit his throat, and disposed of the body parts across different areas using a rented rickshaw.

The case was filed by Moyna Mia’s second wife, Nasrin. After investigation by the Detective Branch, a charge sheet was submitted in October 2022, and the trial began in March 2023, during which 17 of 26 witnesses testified.

Police have sought to show former Chief Justice A B M Khairul Haque as arrested in a case filed under the Explosives Act and for attempted murder at Banani Police Station. The application was submitted on Thursday by Sub-Inspector Saiful Islam, the investigating officer of the case. The Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of Dhaka has set July 6 for a hearing on the matter in the presence of the accused.

Khairul Haque was previously arrested from his Dhanmondi residence on July 24 last year and has remained in custody since then. The High Court had earlier directed that he not be shown arrested or harassed without specific charges. He has received bail in several cases, including those related to the July uprising and other criminal allegations, though the state has appealed to suspend some of those orders.

Despite being granted bail in multiple cases, the police have now sought to show him arrested in a new case under the Explosives Act, adding to the ongoing legal proceedings against the former chief justice.

A mobile court in Banshkhali upazila of Chattogram sentenced a man to one year of imprisonment for assaulting his elderly mother while intoxicated. The incident occurred on Thursday night in the Bailgaon Noyadighi Par area of Sadhanpur Union. Acting on information, police from the Ramdas Munshirhat outpost assisted in the operation that led to the arrest of 44-year-old Md. Kamal Uddin. The mobile court, led by Assistant Commissioner (Land) and Executive Magistrate Md. Omar Sani Akon, handed down the sentence immediately after his detention.

According to local reports, Kamal Uddin had been abusing his elderly mother and other family members for a long time under the influence of alcohol. Following complaints from residents, the administration conducted a late-night raid to apprehend him. After being presented before the mobile court, he was sentenced to one year of simple imprisonment.

The case highlights the use of mobile courts in addressing domestic violence and substance abuse-related offenses at the local level in Chattogram.

A college student named Tisha Sarker, aged 18, died by suicide in Mymensingh just hours before her Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination was scheduled to begin. The incident occurred around 6 a.m. on Thursday, July 2, 2026, when she jumped from the roof of a six-story building at Nasa Tower on Kachijhuli Mosque Road. Locals rescued her in critical condition and took her to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared her dead. Police from Kotwali Model Station later recovered the body.

According to police and local sources, Tisha was a student of Alomgir Monsur (Mintu) Memorial College and had been living in a female students’ hostel at Nasa Tower for the past two years. She was the daughter of Uttam Sarker and Moni Sarker from Tarakanda upazila in Mymensingh district.

Additional Superintendent of Police (Crime and Operation) Ashraful Karim said investigators are examining whether exam-related stress or other factors led to the suicide. The body has been sent for autopsy, and legal procedures are ongoing. The victim’s family has not yet provided any statement.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has upheld the High Court’s bail order for former Chief Justice A.B.M. Khairul Haque in a murder case filed over the killing of a man named Khobaib during the anti-discrimination student movement in Jatrabari. Justice Md. Rezaul Haque issued a 'no order' decision on the state’s petition seeking a stay on the High Court’s bail, effectively removing any legal barrier to Haque’s release. The High Court had granted him bail on June 30.

Senior lawyers Mansurul Haque Chowdhury, Motahar Hossain Saju, and Saeed Ahmed Raza represented the bail petition in court. Earlier, on June 21, a lower court had rejected Haque’s bail plea, prompting him to appeal to the High Court.

According to the case details, Khobaib, aged 20, was shot dead on August 5, 2024, in Jatrabari during clashes involving police and Awami League activists. His brother, Zubair Ahmed, later filed a case on November 16, 2024, naming former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 80 others as accused.

At least eight Buddhist monks were killed and more than 20 others injured when a pickup truck driven by a child rammed into a religious procession in Thailand’s northeastern Mukdahan province. Police and health officials said the incident occurred as 35 monks and five lay followers were walking along a roadside as part of a pilgrimage.

A witness, monk Phra Sompong, said he saw the pickup approaching while chanting and managed to jump aside with another monk. However, several others were struck as the vehicle sped into the group. Police confirmed that five monks died at the scene, while three more succumbed to injuries in hospital.

Preliminary investigations revealed that the pickup was being driven by an 11-year-old boy who had taken his parents’ vehicle without permission. Authorities are investigating the cause of the crash.

A Dhaka court has once again postponed the submission of the investigation report in the Bangladesh Bank reserve theft case. On Thursday, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Joshita Islam set August 9 as the new date for the report’s submission. This marks the 96th time the deadline has been extended. The prosecution’s Sub-Inspector Rokunuzzaman confirmed the court’s order after the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) failed to present the report on the scheduled date.

The case stems from the February 5, 2016 incident when hackers fraudulently transferred 81 million US dollars from Bangladesh Bank’s account at the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States using the SWIFT system. The stolen funds were later sent to the Philippines. Investigators suspect that a local group assisted the hackers in laundering the money.

Following the theft, on March 15, 2016, Zobayer Bin Huda, Deputy Director of the Accounts and Budgeting Department of Bangladesh Bank, filed a case under the Money Laundering Prevention Act and the Information and Communication Technology Act. The CID is currently conducting the investigation.