Three accused in a murder case who were mistakenly released from Mymensingh Central Jail without bail documents have been re-arrested by RAB-14. The elite force confirmed that the release occurred without proper authorization and that neither the district administration nor the police were immediately informed. The incident came to light on Thursday, sparking widespread discussion across the country.

The detainees—Anis Mia, Rashedul Islam, and Jakirul Islam from Tarakanda in Mymensingh—were captured during overnight operations in Tangail by two RAB-14 teams. Jail authorities admitted the release was a procedural error, explaining that a production warrant had been misinterpreted as a bail order. Mymensingh Senior Jail Superintendent Aminul Islam described the event as an “unintended mistake.”

Following the revelation, Deputy Jailor Zakaria Imtiaz was suspended for negligence, and a three-member committee was formed to investigate. The regional prison DIG stated that further legal action would be taken if additional involvement or intent was found. Police officials noted that the lack of timely notification complicated the re-arrest process.

A Bangladesh Navy officer named Nazmus Sakib, aged 38, was killed when a speeding bus hit his motorcycle at the Ghazibari Gate area of Patiya Bypass in Chattogram on Friday morning. Another navy sailor, Md. Ikram, aged 32, sustained serious injuries in the accident. Both were traveling from Patenga to Cox’s Bazar by motorcycle when the collision occurred. Sakib died on the spot, while locals rescued Ikram and sent him to Chittagong Medical College Hospital.

According to highway police and local sources, the bus was moving recklessly when it struck the motorcycle, throwing both riders off the road. Officer-in-Charge Harunur Rashid of the highway police outpost confirmed the incident and said the bus responsible for the crash has not yet been identified. Efforts are underway to locate the vehicle. Both victims were stationed at the Bangladesh Navy base in Patenga.

Police investigations are ongoing to identify the bus and determine the cause of the accident.

Authorities and locals in Lalmonirhat have expressed concern that illegal goods, including possible weapons, may be entering Bangladesh from India and Bhutan through the Burimari land port under the cover of stone imports. The customs station currently lacks a scanner machine, making it impossible to verify the contents of Indian trucks carrying stones and powder materials. The issue has gained attention as the national election approaches, raising fears of potential misuse of unmonitored cargo routes.

Field observations show that between 320 and 400 trucks cross the Burimari port daily, with many Indian trucks unloading stones at local crushing sites outside the customs-controlled area without oversight. Some of these unloading activities reportedly continue late into the night, which is considered illegal. Locals fear that such unmonitored operations could be exploited by criminal groups to smuggle weapons or suspicious items.

Burimari Customs Assistant Commissioner Md. Delwar Hossain stated that the office has repeatedly requested the National Board of Revenue to install a scanner at the port, and the authority has assured that the issue will be resolved as soon as possible.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed two separate cases against former Bhola Upazila Parishad chairman Mirajul Islam and his wife Shamima Akter for allegedly amassing wealth worth hundreds of crores of taka beyond known income sources and committing money laundering. The cases were lodged on Thursday by ACC Assistant Director Mohammad Monirul Islam at the Pirojpur Integrated District Anti-Corruption Office, with Deputy Director Aminul Islam assigned as the investigating officer.

According to the case statement, Mirajul Islam allegedly acquired immovable and movable assets worth over Tk 116 crore through his companies Ifti ITCL (Pvt.) Ltd, Ifti Enterprise, and South Bangla Trade International, while his legitimate income sources accounted for only Tk 17.71 crore. His wife Shamima Akter is accused of possessing Tk 24.45 crore in illegal assets through her firm Shimu Enterprise and transferring Tk 122.39 crore via bank accounts, violating money laundering laws.

The ACC noted that the couple’s firms obtained government contracts from the LGED but did not execute the projects, allegedly misappropriating around Tk 1,000 crore. Eight additional cases have already been filed over related offenses.

A man identified as Nurul Amin Munna, described by police as a top criminal in Cox’s Bazar, was killed by his maternal uncle on Thursday evening, January 29, in the Rumaliarchhara Bacha Mia’s Ghona area. According to family sources, the incident occurred after Munna demanded a share of his mother’s property. He was attacked with sharp weapons by his uncle Hamid Ullah and his sons, and later declared dead at Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital.

Munna’s girlfriend Kajol told reporters outside the hospital morgue that they were scheduled to marry on Friday, January 30, and that she was also injured while trying to save him. Police confirmed that Munna’s body was kept at the hospital morgue and said they were investigating those involved in the killing.

Law enforcement sources stated that Munna, from the Samiti Bazar area of Rumaliarchhara, was a known top criminal with multiple cases filed against him and had previously been detained several times with local weapons.

A beggar named Abu Taleb was allegedly assaulted in Mohammad Joma village under Kutubpur Union of Chuadanga Sadar upazila on Thursday morning for expressing support for the 'Dharipalla' electoral symbol. The accused are identified as Ashik, vice-president of Sadar upazila Jubo Dal, and Anik, president of Kutubpur Union Jubo Dal. Locals rescued the injured Abu Taleb and admitted him to Chuadanga Sadar Hospital, where he is currently receiving treatment.

According to Abu Taleb’s relatives and local sources, the incident occurred around 10 a.m. when he went out on his van to beg and got into an argument over his remarks supporting the 'Dharipalla' symbol. The two BNP leaders allegedly beat him and damaged his van. Police confirmed receiving a written complaint about the incident.

No immediate comment was available from the accused. The incident has sparked concern and anger among local residents, according to the report.

A crude bomb attack took place at the official residence of the Gopalganj District and Sessions Judge on Wednesday night around 9:45 p.m., according to local reports. Unidentified assailants threw a cocktail bomb at the premises, causing a loud explosion that shook the surrounding area and spread panic among residents. Fortunately, no injuries or casualties were reported from the incident.

Following the explosion, Gopalganj Superintendent of Police Md Habibullah and other senior officers visited the scene. To ensure security, army personnel were deployed, and the area was cordoned off for evidence collection. Police recovered a can-like object from inside the boundary wall and began an investigation into the attack.

The superintendent stated that police and intelligence agencies are jointly working to identify and arrest those responsible. He suggested the attack might have been intended to create public fear ahead of the upcoming election. Authorities have strengthened security measures in the area to maintain law and order.

Fifteen passengers were injured when a Mamun Express bus lost control and overturned on the Dhaka-Rangpur Highway at Pantapara in Gobindaganj, Gaibandha, on Thursday morning. The accident occurred near the Hamko Battery showroom at the southern bus stand area of the municipal town. Witnesses said the Kurigram-bound bus from Chattogram lost control in front of a sand mound near Uttara Flour Mills and overturned, trapping passengers inside.

Highway police and fire service personnel rushed to the scene after receiving the report and rescued the injured passengers, sending them to the Upazila Health Complex for treatment. Gobindaganj Fire Service Station Officer Masud Rana said initial observations suggest the bus may have lost control due to excessive speed or the driver falling asleep, though an investigation is underway.

Gobindaganj Highway Police Officer-in-Charge Mozzafar Hossain confirmed the incident, noting that traffic on the highway was briefly disrupted but returned to normal after the rescue operation.

Three murder suspects were mistakenly released from Mymensingh Central Jail on Tuesday, January 27, without any bail documents. The incident was not immediately reported to the district administration or police and became public only after confirmation on Thursday, January 29. Following the revelation, Deputy Jailer Zakaria Imtiaz was temporarily suspended for negligence, and a three-member committee was formed to investigate the matter.

Prisons DIG Mohammad Touhidul Islam stated that the release occurred because a production warrant was mistakenly treated as a bail order. Senior Jail Superintendent Aminul Islam described the incident as an “accidental release,” saying the responsible officer freed the inmates by mistake. The released individuals—Anis Mia, Rashedul Islam, and Jakirul Islam—were all residents of Tarati in Tarakanda and accused in a murder case.

Police officials said they were not informed in time, which hindered efforts to re-arrest the suspects. Authorities have pledged strict legal action if further involvement or intent is found during the investigation.

A Dhaka court has again postponed the submission date for the further investigation report in the murder case of Inqilab Moncho spokesperson Shahid Sharif Osman Bin Hadi. On Thursday, January 29, 2026, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Awlad Hossain Muhammad Jonaid set February 3 as the new date after the investigating officer, CID Assistant Superintendent of Police Abdul Kadir Bhuiyan, failed to submit the report.

According to court sources, Hadi was shot by assailants on a motorcycle in the Box Culvert area of Paltan on December 12, 2025, while traveling to Suhrawardy Udyan after Friday prayers and election campaigning in Motijheel. He was first treated at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, then transferred to Evercare Hospital, and later sent to Singapore for advanced treatment, where he died on December 18. The case was subsequently reclassified as a murder case.

Earlier, on January 6, detectives filed charges against 17 people, including former ward councilor Taizul Islam Chowdhury Bappi and Faisal Karim Masud. Following dissatisfaction with that report, the court ordered the CID to conduct further investigation on January 15.

The prosecution has filed an appeal in the Supreme Court’s Appellate Division chamber court seeking the highest punishment for five convicts who received lesser sentences in the Chankharpul killings case linked to the July uprising. The International Crimes Tribunal had earlier sentenced former DMP Commissioner Habibur Rahman and two others to death, while five others, including Constable Sujon Hossain, received prison terms ranging from three to six years. The court has scheduled a hearing on the appeal for next Sunday.

Prosecutor Gazi M H Tamim confirmed the appeal on Thursday, stating that the prosecution challenged the tribunal’s observations that led to reduced sentences. He said the petition requests that the convicts with lighter sentences remain in custody until the appeal is resolved. The case is recognized as the tribunal’s second verdict concerning crimes against humanity committed in Chankharpul.

The tribunal had earlier sentenced former Assistant Commissioner Md Imrul (absconding) to six years, Inspector Arshad Hossain to four years, and Constable Sujon Hossain, Imam Hossain Iman, and Md Nasirul Islam to three years each.

A specialized team of RAB-10 CPB-3 recovered a large cache of weapons and ammunition that had been looted from Faridpur’s Kotwali Police Station. According to a RAB statement issued at 11 a.m. on Thursday, the recovery took place around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday night near the BADC office in Faridpur town. The items were found abandoned in bushes beside an electric pole along the road toward Char Kamalapur, south of the BADC office wall.

The recovered materials include three unexploded grenades with steel handles, 41 shotgun cartridges, 30 fresh gas gun cartridges, and several cartridge-like objects. RAB suspects that these items are part of the weapons and ammunition previously stolen from the Kotwali Police Station in Faridpur.

The discovery marks a significant step in recovering stolen police armaments, though further investigation is likely to determine how the items ended up abandoned at the site.

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 has issued arrest warrants against Sheikh Hasina, former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, former Additional IGP Monirul Islam, and three others in a case related to the killing of nine youths in Mirpur’s Jahazbari area in 2016. The tribunal, chaired by Golam Mortuza Majumdar with two other judges, passed the order on Thursday after taking formal charges into cognizance.

A total of eight individuals have been accused in the case. Former IGP A.K.M. Shahidul Haque and former DMP Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia are already in custody in other cases, and production warrants have been issued for them. Prosecutor Gazi M.H. Tamim submitted the formal charges and sought arrest warrants, which the court granted. The next hearing has been scheduled for February 8.

The case stems from a July 25, 2016 police operation at a building known as Jahazbari in Mirpur’s Kalyanpur area, where nine young men were shot dead during what was described as a counterterrorism raid named “Operation Storm-26.”

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 has ordered publication of a newspaper notice to summon former mayor Fazle Noor Taposh, former textiles and jute minister Jahangir Kabir Nanak, and 22 others in connection with the killing of nine people during the July Revolution in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area. The order was issued on Thursday by a three-member judicial panel led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mojumdar, with Justices Md Shafiul Alam Mahmud and retired district judge Md Mohitul Haque Enam Chowdhury as members.

Earlier, on January 18, the tribunal had issued arrest warrants against the accused and set January 29 for the next hearing. The case involves 28 leaders and activists from the banned Awami League, Jubo League, and Chhatra League, including former senior police officials such as the then DMP commissioner Habibur Rahman, former additional DIG Proloy Kumar Jowardar, and former joint police commissioner Biplob Kumar Sarkar.

Four accused are currently in custody: Mohammadpur Chhatra League president Naeemul Hasan Russell, vice president Sajjad Hossain, Omar Faruk, and Fazle Rabbi, who were produced before the tribunal from jail in the morning.

China has executed 11 members of the notorious Ming family, who operated a large-scale fraud and gambling network in Myanmar. The executions followed a September verdict by a court in Zhejiang Province, which sentenced the group for crimes including murder, illegal detention, fraud, and running gambling dens. The family had managed a scam center in Laukkai, near the China-Myanmar border, and was extradited to China after being arrested by Myanmar authorities under Beijing’s pressure.

According to the court, the Ming family’s criminal operations between 2015 and 2023 generated over 10 billion yuan (about 1.4 billion dollars) and led to the deaths of 14 Chinese citizens, with many others injured. In total, 39 family members were convicted, with 11 receiving death sentences, 11 life imprisonment, and the rest prison terms ranging from 5 to 24 years.

The case highlights China’s ongoing crackdown on cross-border fraud networks that have trapped thousands of Chinese workers in Myanmar’s border regions.