A local BNP leader was shot and injured in Dhaka on Sunday night. The incident occurred around 9:30 p.m. in front of a shoe market opposite Bashundhara Shopping Mall under Kalabagan Police Station. The victim, Md. Shafiqul Rahman, 55, serves as the joint general secretary of Ward No. 16 BNP. Witnesses said locals rescued the bloodied Rahman and first took him to Comfort Hospital before transferring him to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

Inspector Md. Faruk, in charge of the DMCH police outpost, confirmed that Rahman is receiving treatment in the emergency department. The bullet struck his left palm. Authorities have not yet identified who carried out the attack or the motive behind it.

According to available information, Rahman’s ancestral home is in Sidlai area of Burichang upazila in Cumilla district, and his father’s name is Mofidul Islam.

Workers, owners, and residents of Dhaka’s Adabor area surrounded the local police station overnight demanding justice after an armed attack on a garment factory. The incident occurred on Saturday evening when members of a local gang allegedly led by Kala Russell entered the Abir Embroidery factory and injured several workers with sharp weapons after the owner refused to pay extortion money. Two workers, Tofayel and Hafiz Ahmed, were seriously wounded while trying to resist the attackers.

Following the attack, protesters gathered outside Adabor Police Station, chanting slogans throughout the night for the arrest of the culprits. Police later detained five members of the youth gang and confirmed that a case had been filed. According to the Dhaka Metropolitan Police, the attack took place during workers’ salary distribution, and operations are ongoing to apprehend the remaining suspects.

Authorities said the situation was brought under control after security forces intervened. The factory owner, Mostafizur Rahman Zohir, who is also the general secretary of the embroidery owners’ association, lodged the complaint that led to the arrests.

Police in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area arrested a man accused of demanding extortion money from several local businessmen and paraded him through the streets on Sunday. The suspect, identified as Faruk alias Kala Faruk, was detained in an operation in Keraniganj’s Kolatia area. Mohammadpur Police Station’s officer-in-charge announced through loudspeakers that an extortionist had been caught and urged residents not to pay anyone demanding money.

According to Mohammadpur Zone Assistant Commissioner Abdullah Al Mamun, Faruk and his associates had been threatening businesses in the Bosila Garden City area for extortion. After CCTV footage of several incidents spread on social media, Faruk went into hiding. Following public criticism, police tracked him down and arrested him. Mamun described Faruk as a known extortionist and said the public announcement was meant to warn others involved in similar crimes.

Police officials said the initiative aimed to send a strong message that no one involved in extortion or land grabbing would be spared.

A group of extortionists demanded Tk 1 million from Asha Sheikh, a fish trader at Moylapota Sandhya Bazar in Khulna, threatening to shoot him and leave his body on the street if he failed to pay. The incident occurred around 2:15 p.m. on Saturday when the group created chaos at his business establishment named Allah’r Dan. Asha Sheikh later filed a written complaint with Khulna Sadar Police Station.

In his complaint, Sheikh mentioned that Ekram and several unidentified men came with a group to demand the money. He said he was not present at the market during the incident, but the attackers searched for him by name in front of the market president and others, ordering his fish shop to remain closed. For safety, Sheikh has since moved to Barishal with his family.

Khulna Police Officer-in-Charge Md. Kabir Hossain confirmed that police visited the scene, collected CCTV footage, and assigned Sub-Inspector Ibrahim Talukder to investigate. Authorities said those responsible would be identified and arrested.

A 20-year-old man was shot and killed by the U.S. Secret Service while allegedly attempting to illegally enter former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in West Palm Beach, Florida. The agency said in a statement on Sunday that the incident occurred around 1:30 a.m. local time near the resort’s north gate. The suspect was reportedly carrying a shotgun and a fuel can when agents tried to stop him, leading to an escalation that resulted in gunfire. The man died at the scene, and his motive remains unclear. Trump was in Washington at the time, and the White House did not immediately comment.

The report noted that political violence has increased in the United States in recent years. In 2024, Trump survived two assassination attempts, one of which took place at his golf course in West Palm Beach. In June 2025, Minnesota Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot dead, followed months later by the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. In response to these incidents, security at Mar-a-Lago has reportedly been strengthened.

Two sisters, Shobha (25) and Bimla (23), died under mysterious circumstances in Manai village of Jodhpur district, Rajasthan, on the night before their wedding. The incident occurred late Friday, February 21, 2026, when the sisters reportedly consumed a toxic substance. Family members rushed them to a private hospital in Jodhpur after their health deteriorated around 4 a.m., but doctors declared them dead upon arrival.

According to police, the family had been celebrating the upcoming wedding until late Friday night. After the deaths, the family began funeral preparations, but police intervened and halted the process to conduct an investigation. The bodies were sent for autopsy and later handed over to the family. Preliminary findings suggest poisoning, though the exact cause of death will be confirmed after the final post-mortem report.

Police are investigating why the sisters might have taken such an extreme step. No suicide note has been recovered so far, and the investigation remains ongoing.

Two rival groups clashed in Madaripur’s Nobo Madaripur village on Saturday night, leading to more than 100 hand bomb explosions and at least two injuries. The confrontation, which began around 9 p.m. and continued until 1 a.m., was reportedly triggered by a long-standing dispute over local dominance. Videos of the explosions circulated on Facebook, spreading panic among residents. Police arrived at the scene and brought the situation under control.

According to police and eyewitnesses, the conflict involved supporters of Akter Hawlader and Hasan Munshi, who have been at odds for years over influence in the area. Such confrontations between the two sides have occurred repeatedly in the past. The violence on Saturday night involved the use of homemade weapons, escalating tensions across the locality.

Madaripur Sadar Model Police Station’s Officer-in-Charge Abul Kalam Azad said legal action is being taken and additional police have been deployed as the situation remains tense. Law enforcement agencies are closely monitoring developments in the area.

In January 2026, Bangladesh witnessed 552 road accidents resulting in 546 deaths and 1,204 injuries, according to a press release issued on February 22 by the Passenger Welfare Association. The report, based on media monitoring, revealed that motorcycle-related incidents were the deadliest, causing 223 deaths and 132 injuries. Motorcycles accounted for about 38 percent of total accidents and 41 percent of total fatalities.

The divisional breakdown showed Dhaka division had the highest number of accidents with 132 incidents, 133 deaths, and 328 injuries, while Sylhet recorded the lowest with 29 accidents, 28 deaths, and 63 injuries. Among 829 vehicles involved, 28.46 percent were motorcycles, followed by trucks, pickups, covered vans, and lorries at 23.64 percent, and buses at 14.35 percent. Most accidents occurred on national highways (42.57 percent), followed by regional highways (27.89 percent) and feeder roads (24.09 percent).

The association attributed the accidents to weak transport policies, poor supervision, unfit vehicles, unskilled drivers, and reckless driving. It proposed 14 measures, including driver training, digital vehicle fitness certification, CCTV-based traffic enforcement, and removal of unfit vehicles.

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has strongly condemned the killing of leguna driver Nure Alam, also known as Khairul Islam, who was beaten to death on February 20 on the Jatrabari–Chittagong Road in Dhaka. In a statement issued to the media on Sunday, the party’s Secretary General, Mia Golam Porwar, expressed deep concern and demanded the immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of those involved. He also called for an impartial investigation into extortion allegations in the city’s transport sector.

Porwar said that long-standing reports of extortion from transport workers under various names have raised serious questions about the state’s image and administration. He noted that Khairul was the sole breadwinner of his family, and his death has left them devastated. The statement described the incident as a reflection of deteriorating law and order and urged the government to provide financial support and security to the victim’s family.

Jamaat further demanded effective and permanent measures to end extortion, terrorism, and illegal control practices across all sectors in the country.

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman has strongly condemned the killing of a driver in Dhaka’s Jatrabari area, allegedly beaten to death for refusing to pay extortion money. He expressed his condemnation and protest in a verified Facebook post on Sunday, referring to the incident that occurred around 3 p.m. on Saturday.

In his post, Dr. Rahman criticized what he described as the normalization of extortion practices, saying that the culture of extortion has been so institutionalized that not paying has become a crime. He stated that when leadership legitimizes such practices, responsibility falls on all involved, and innocent lives continue to be lost as a result.

Calling for collective resistance, Dr. Rahman urged all citizens who love the country to unite against extortion and protect lives and property. He emphasized that it is time to build a new movement against extortion across the nation.

Auto-rickshaw drivers in Trishal, Mymensingh, blocked the Dhaka–Mymensingh highway on Sunday morning demanding an end to extortion allegedly collected under the name 'GP'. The protest began around 10:30 a.m. near the Eva Filling Station, about one kilometer from Trishal bus stand. The drivers expressed anger over an increase in the amount of money being collected and staged the blockade to press their demand.

Police later arrived at the scene and explained the public inconvenience caused by the blockade. Following this, the drivers withdrew from the highway, allowing traffic to resume. Trishal Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md. Firoz Hossain confirmed that the protest was organized by local drivers who alleged extortion in Mymensingh city and that vehicular movement on the highway has since returned to normal.

The incident highlights ongoing tensions between transport workers and alleged extortion groups in the region, though no further action or resolution was reported in the source.

Two Indian police officers were found dead from gunshot wounds at a security checkpoint near the Pakistan border in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district. The incident occurred on Sunday in Adian village under Dorangla police station. The deceased were identified as Assistant Sub-Inspector Ashok Kumar and Head Constable Gurnam Singh, who were on duty at the border post. Their bodies were discovered after gunfire was heard near the checkpoint, and they were declared dead at Gurdaspur Civil Hospital.

Senior police officials and a forensic team have launched an investigation at the scene. Gurdaspur’s Senior Superintendent of Police, Aditya, is leading the inquiry, and the area has been sealed off. Forensic experts collected weapons, cartridge shells, and other evidence to determine the source and direction of the gunfire.

With no eyewitnesses, investigators are examining whether the shooting resulted from an internal dispute or the involvement of a third party. Given the proximity to the international border, security agencies have intensified patrols and issued alerts to nearby posts. Police have yet to release an official statement, confirming only that the investigation is ongoing.

A court in Cumilla has sent a local BNP leader to jail for allegedly assaulting his wife and college-going daughter. The accused, Moniruzzaman, serves as the general secretary of the Borkanda Union BNP in Meghna upazila. On Sunday, the judicial court rejected his bail petition in a case filed over charges of physical assault, sexual harassment, and snatching of gold ornaments.

According to the case statement, the incident occurred on February 20 around 3:30 p.m. in Borkanda village. Victim Lovely Begum was returning home from Rampur Bazar by autorickshaw when she and her daughter were attacked by Moniruzzaman and several others wielding local weapons. Both were injured and later received treatment at Meghna Upazila Health Complex. Lovely Begum alleged that the attack stemmed from a long-standing family and land dispute and that she had faced prior threats.

The court ordered Moniruzzaman’s detention after denying bail. Attempts to reach him for comment were unsuccessful, as he could not be contacted by phone.

A Dhaka court has sentenced two men, Md Siddiq and Md Shanto Mia, to death for the planned murder of Tejgaon College student Ikram Hossain Molla. The verdict was delivered on Sunday by Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Sabbir Faiz. In addition to the death penalty, both convicts received seven years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of 50,000 taka each for concealing the body, with an additional three months of simple imprisonment in case of non-payment. Siddiq was present in court during the verdict, while Shanto Mia remains absconding, prompting the court to issue arrest and sentencing warrants against him.

According to the case details, on May 4, 2023, the two convicts lured Ikram from his home under the pretext of returning borrowed money. They took him to the Bashundhara sand field area between Patira and Dumni under Khilkhet Police Station, where they attacked him with a hammer and sharp weapons before slitting his throat. The body was later dumped in a nearby pond and covered with water hyacinths. Police recovered the body on May 6, 2023.

Ikram’s father, Md Kabir Hossain Molla, filed the murder case with Khilkhet Police Station. Police submitted the charge sheet on November 26, 2023, and charges were framed on February 29, 2024. The court heard testimonies from 17 of 27 witnesses before delivering the verdict.

A Dhaka court has postponed the submission of the investigation report in the Salman Shah murder case against 11 accused, including his former wife Samira Haque and actor Don. Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel Rana set the new date for April 9, 2026, after the investigating officer, Atiqul Islam Khandaker of Ramna Model Police Station, failed to submit the report on the scheduled day. The decision was made following a hearing on Sunday.

The case, originally filed as an unnatural death case after Salman Shah’s body was found at his Eskaton residence on September 6, 1996, has undergone multiple investigations and legal revisions. It was later reclassified as a murder case following a court directive on October 20. Over the years, CID and judicial inquiries have alternately described the death as suicide or unnatural, leading to repeated legal challenges by the actor’s family.

The case was revived in 2022 after a revision petition was filed against a previous court order that had accepted the Police Bureau of Investigation’s report. The next hearing is now scheduled for April 9, 2026.