A local BNP leader, Md. Mamun Sikdar, aged 50, was seriously injured in an attack in Patiya upazila of Chattogram on Monday afternoon. The incident occurred around 3 p.m. near the Kirinja Bridge area of Chanharra Union when alleged extortionists assaulted him with sharp weapons after he refused to pay a demanded sum of one lakh taka. Locals rescued the injured leader and took him to Patiya Upazila Health Complex, from where he was referred to Chattogram Medical College Hospital for advanced treatment.

According to local and victim accounts, Mamun Sikdar, a former joint secretary of Chanharra Union BNP, runs a sand business using boats from Anwara canal. The alleged attacker, identified as Md. Sohel from Ashia area, reportedly demanded money and attacked when refused. Locals said Sohel is accused in about 20 cases and had recently been released on bail. The attack has caused tension in the area.

Patiya Police Station Officer-in-Charge Ziaul Haque confirmed receiving a written complaint and said legal action would follow after investigation.

Several devotees have expressed anger and disappointment following reports of large-scale financial irregularities in the donation funds of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, India. Allegations surfaced that cash, gold, and silver items donated by worshippers were embezzled. The case has reached the Supreme Court, which directed Uttar Pradesh Police to form a three-member special team. Based on its report, Ayodhya Police arrested eight individuals linked to the alleged misappropriation.

The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has denied all allegations, while Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath vowed strict action, saying no one would be spared if found guilty. The accused, including temple staff responsible for counting donations, face charges of theft, criminal breach of trust, fraud, and conspiracy. The scandal began after whistleblower Mahipal Singh, a former accounts supervisor, raised internal concerns and was later removed from his post.

The controversy has drawn political attention, with opposition leaders demanding a court-monitored investigation and temporary suspension of trust members. The temple, inaugurated in 2024, reportedly received donations worth about 33 billion rupees in 2024–25, making it one of India’s wealthiest religious sites.

A former president of the Natore District Lawyers’ Association and former government pleader, Md. Asadul Islam, 66, was seriously injured after being attacked with an iron rod inside his chamber at the Natore Judge Court premises on Monday afternoon. Locals apprehended the assailant, identified as 33-year-old Kabil Hossain from Singra upazila, and handed him over to police. The injured lawyer was taken to Natore General Hospital for treatment.

According to police and the district lawyers’ association, the attack occurred while Asadul Islam was in his chamber. The assailant repeatedly struck him on the head, and when the lawyer tried to defend himself, both his arms were broken. The attacker reportedly admitted that he was angry because Asadul Islam had recently filed a civil case against him.

The general secretary of the Natore District Lawyers’ Association condemned the incident, calling for exemplary punishment of the attacker. The officer-in-charge of Natore Police Station confirmed the incident and said legal action would follow upon receiving a formal complaint.

Five fishermen were reportedly taken away along with their fishing trawler by Myanmar’s armed rebel group Arakan Army from the Naf River estuary near the Teknaf coast in Cox’s Bazar. The incident was confirmed on Monday by Teknaf Upazila Nirbahi Officer S.M. Anik Chowdhury.

The abducted fishermen were identified as Mohammad Ayub, Mohammad Azimullah, Salam Nur, Ayub Ali, and Chhayed Hossain, all residents of the Rohingya camps in Ukhiya-Teknaf. According to the official, the fishermen had entered Myanmar’s territorial waters while fishing in the Bay of Bengal near Teknaf, where the Arakan Army detained them and seized their trawler.

Authorities said necessary procedures will be taken through the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) regarding the detained fishermen.

A worker injured in a boiler explosion at a tire-burning factory in Goaland upazila of Rajbari district has died while undergoing treatment. The victim, Sohel Rana, aged 24, passed away early Monday, June 29, at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital. The explosion occurred on Thursday morning, June 25, at a factory in Baliadanga village, leaving Sohel and another worker, Shaon, severely burned.

According to police and eyewitnesses, the boiler exploded suddenly while the two workers were on duty, causing a fire that left them critically injured. Locals rescued them and took them first to Goaland Upazila Health Complex, then to Faridpur Medical College Hospital, and finally to Dhaka Medical College Hospital as their condition worsened. Shaon remains under treatment.

Police confirmed the incident and said an investigation is underway. Local residents alleged that tire-burning operations had long been conducted in the area under unsafe conditions, posing serious risks to both the environment and public safety.

A human chain was held at Brahmanbaria Railway Station platform on Monday afternoon to protest a stone-throwing incident on a moving train that caused tax lawyer Shyamal Chandra Das to lose his eyesight. The event was organized by the District Income Tax Lawyers’ Association and attended by political leaders, railway police, social organization representatives, and lawyers.

Speakers at the event said that on June 22, Shyamal Chandra Das was seriously injured when miscreants threw stones at a moving train while he was returning from Dhaka to Brahmanbaria. Despite treatment at the National Institute of Ophthalmology and Hospital, his eye could not be saved. They noted that similar incidents of stone-throwing on trains have been occurring in Brahmanbaria, injuring many passengers.

Participants urged railway police and the government to bring those responsible to justice and to support the injured lawyer. They also called on social organizations to raise public awareness and take initiatives to stop stone-throwing at trains.

Five people were killed in a shooting in the German city of Stade, according to police reports on June 29, 2026. Authorities confirmed that a suspect has been detained, though the motive behind the attack remains unclear. The incident occurred near a youth center in the city center, prompting a large-scale police operation in the area.

Police stated through a WhatsApp message that operations were ongoing in the Dankerstrasse area and urged residents to avoid the scene and follow emergency service instructions. Stade, a city of about 50,000 residents, is located west of Hamburg. Officials have not yet released further details about the victims or the circumstances of the shooting.

Authorities continue to investigate the motive and background of the attack while maintaining a security presence in the affected area.

A mobile court in Lalpur upazila of Natore sentenced a man to three months of imprisonment and fined him 100 taka for assaulting his mother after she refused to give him money for drugs. The incident occurred in the Walia area, where the accused, Md. Al-Amin Hossain, 23, was detained by police while under the influence of drugs. His mother, Rehena Begum, filed a complaint at the Walia police outpost on Monday.

According to Walia police sub-inspector Sohel Mahmud, Al-Amin was arrested during a midday operation. Lalpur police officer-in-charge Shafiqul Islam stated that Al-Amin had been addicted to drugs for a long time and often forced his mother to give him money. On the day of the incident, he physically assaulted her when she refused.

The mobile court subsequently handed down the sentence, aiming to address the recurring issue of drug-related domestic violence in the area.

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) conducted anti-brokerage drives at three hospitals in Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area on Monday, June 29, detaining 13 individuals, including women. The operations targeted Sohrawardy Hospital, the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, and NITOR (Pangu Hospital). According to RAB-2 Deputy Commander Squadron Leader Nifaz Rahman, the raids were based on intelligence reports about fraudulent brokers causing suffering to patients. Eight detainees received varying jail terms, while four were fined.

Nifaz Rahman stated that the drives aimed to identify and arrest brokers, impose immediate penalties, raise public awareness, and ensure a transparent, patient-friendly environment. A mobile court accompanied the operation to take legal action against the offenders. Sohrawardy Hospital’s acting director, Dr. Nanda Dulal Saha, said the hospital administration cooperated with the RAB team and that such operations have made their work easier.

Dr. Saha added that no government hospital employees were found involved, though some outsourced workers had previously been dismissed for similar misconduct.

Fresh violence broke out in Kalikachchha Bazar area of Sarail upazila in Brahmanbaria on Monday evening, following the burial of a man killed in an earlier clash between two villages. Police fired tear gas shells and blank shots to bring the situation under control after hundreds of people attacked, vandalized, and looted more than a hundred shops, setting several on fire. Traffic on the Sarail-Nasirnagar-Lakhai regional highway was halted for hours due to the unrest.

According to police and local sources, the conflict stemmed from a long-standing financial dispute between Mosharraf Hossain of Surjakandi village and Hadim Mia of Dharmatirtha village. The dispute escalated into a violent confrontation on Sunday evening, resulting in Hadim Mia’s death. After his burial on Monday afternoon, residents of Dharmatirtha village launched retaliatory attacks on businesses owned by people from Surjakandi village.

Assistant Police Superintendent Md Jahangir Alam said additional police forces were deployed to restore order and that those involved in the violence were being identified for legal action. The situation was later reported to be under control.

Police in Fatullah, Narayanganj, arrested a woman on Monday morning for allegedly killing her husband. The incident occurred around 10:30 a.m. in the Mirzabari Mor area of West Delpara under Kutubpur Union. Law enforcement recovered a machete and a knife believed to have been used in the killing. The victim, Jahangir Alam, 42, was from Dhalkhanagar Lane in Old Dhaka, while the arrested woman, Farzana Akter Munni, is the daughter of Ayub Ali from West Delpara.

According to local accounts, this was Munni’s second marriage. She divorced her first husband about five years ago and later married Jahangir Alam, with whom she had a one-and-a-half-year-old son. Police said the couple had long-standing marital conflicts. Preliminary investigation suggests Munni mixed sleeping pills into her husband’s food on Sunday night, rendering him unconscious before attacking him with a machete and knife the following morning.

Police recovered the body and sent it to Narayanganj General Hospital morgue. A murder case is being prepared, and further legal proceedings are underway.

RAB has uncovered the motive behind the murder of housewife Kulsum Akter Kajol, wife of a Kuwait expatriate, in Fulgazi, Feni. The main suspect, her distant nephew Md. Ariful Islam, aged 31, was arrested from Uttar Dharmapur area on Monday, June 29, 2026. According to RAB, Arif entered the victim’s home by cutting through the tin roof intending to commit robbery to repay a loan. When Kajol saw him, a scuffle ensued, during which he attacked her with a sharp weapon, causing fatal injuries.

Local residents heard Kajol’s groaning after dawn prayers and gathered at the house, prompting Arif to flee through the back door. RAB officials revealed the arrest and confession during a press briefing at the Feni RAB office at noon on June 29. The victim’s father had earlier filed a case with Fulgazi Police Station under sections 457/302/34 of the Penal Code.

RAB stated that legal proceedings against the accused are underway following his confession and the completion of initial interrogation.

A man named Hafizur Rahman, aged 34, was killed by a lightning strike in Noyachar Azmir Para village under Char Rajibpur upazila of Kurigram. The incident occurred on Monday morning around 10 a.m. when Hafizur went to the field in search of work. He was struck by lightning and sustained severe injuries. Local residents rescued him and took him to Rajibpur Health Complex, where the on-duty doctor declared him dead.

According to family sources, Hafizur Rahman was the eldest son of Md. Nuru Mia of the same village. The lightning strike occurred suddenly while he was outdoors, leading to his death despite immediate efforts to save him.

The report highlights the tragic loss caused by the lightning incident in the rural area of Kurigram, emphasizing the vulnerability of people working in open fields during adverse weather conditions.

A Tangail court has sentenced a woman to 13 years of rigorous imprisonment for killing her infant son and concealing the body. The verdict was delivered on Monday afternoon by Judge Md Hafizur Rahman of Tangail Special Tribunal-1. The convicted woman, Ayna Begum, aged 24, is the wife of Md Zahirul Islam from Shibpur Chandanpara village in Mirzapur upazila and the daughter of Aminul Islam from Lauhati Madhyapara village in Delduar upazila. The court also fined her 40,000 taka, with an additional six months of simple imprisonment in case of non-payment.

According to the case details, Ayna Begum was staying at her father’s house after giving birth. On August 30, 2020, her husband Zahirul Islam learned that their 18-day-old son was missing. After searching, he found the baby’s body in a nearby canal. The investigation revealed that the infant, named Raihan, had been suffocated to death. Following the discovery, Zahirul Islam filed a murder case against his wife at Delduar Police Station.

The court’s ruling concludes a case that began nearly six years ago, bringing closure to the child’s death investigation.

A group of teenage gang members attacked and looted the house of an expatriate in Mahbullyahpur, Begumganj upazila of Noakhali on Sunday night. The attackers took cash, gold ornaments, and mobile phones, and injured four members of the family, including expatriate Abu Sujan, his brother journalist Anwar Parvez, sister-in-law Rubina Akter, and sister Yasmin Akter. The injured were admitted to a local private hospital.

According to Anwar Parvez, his brother Abu Sujan had returned from France 18 days earlier and became a target of a local teenage gang led by a youth named Junaid. The gang allegedly carried out the attack, vandalized the house, and looted valuables. Police arrived at the scene after a call was made to the national emergency number 999 and rescued the injured.

Begumganj Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge Shamsuzzaman said police visited the scene, rescued the victims, and are monitoring the situation. Legal action will be taken upon receiving a written complaint.