Police in Nilphamari’s Kishoreganj upazila recovered the body of a woman allegedly killed by her son and buried under the floor of his house. The incident occurred late Wednesday night in Uttar Barovita Moydanpara village under Barovita Union. The deceased was identified as Marufa Begum, 60, wife of late Ashraf Ali. Her son, Jewel Mia, 40, went into hiding after the incident. Police dug up the floor of Jewel’s house and found the body with head injuries.

According to local accounts, Marufa was last seen on Monday. Her younger son, Lavin Mia, discovered bloodstains in the house on Wednesday afternoon, prompting a search that led to the discovery of the disturbed floor. Police were informed and recovered the body around midnight. Jewel’s wife and son were taken to the police station for questioning, while the body was sent for autopsy.

Police officials said preliminary evidence suggests Jewel killed his mother two days earlier and buried her inside the house. A murder case is being filed by the victim’s younger son, and efforts are underway to arrest the suspect.

Police in Rangpur have arrested Mohammad Yasin Ali, member secretary of the Rangpur Metropolitan Ganadhikar Parishad, in connection with a cheque fraud case. He was detained on Wednesday evening, June 3, 2026, from Ryan’s Hotel in Rangpur city by officers from the Kotwali Police Station. The arrest followed a court-issued warrant after Yasin Ali was convicted in a cheque dishonor case filed in Kurigram.

According to court sources, the Joint District Judge’s Court in Kurigram delivered its verdict on April 20, 2026, finding Yasin Ali guilty of issuing a dishonored cheque worth 1.5 million taka. The cheque, drawn from Dutch-Bangla Bank’s Kurigram branch, was returned due to insufficient funds when presented on November 28, 2023. Despite receiving a legal notice, Yasin Ali failed to repay the amount, prompting the complainant to file a case.

The court sentenced him to one year of rigorous imprisonment and a fine equal to the cheque amount. As he was absconding during the verdict, police executed the arrest warrant and took him into custody for further legal proceedings.

Three employees of an internet service company were assaulted and injured by unidentified attackers in Dhaka’s Kadamtali area on Wednesday night. The assailants also took away some of the workers’ equipment and materials after the attack. The victims, identified as Hridoy, Ratul, and Antor, all employees of Goti Online Net Service, were admitted to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital for treatment.

According to the company’s owner, Miraj, the workers were installing internet connections in the Shonir Akhra Post Office Lane when a group of miscreants suddenly attacked them with sticks. Locals rescued the injured and initially took them to a nearby hospital before transferring them to Dhaka Medical College Hospital as their condition worsened. Police confirmed that the three injured youths are receiving treatment.

Miraj stated that the attackers’ identities remain unknown, but CCTV cameras in the area may help identify them. Police have begun investigating the motive and those involved in the assault.

A mother and her son were killed by lightning in Mandura village of Saghatta upazila, Gaibandha, on Wednesday evening, June 3. The incident occurred when the sky became overcast and dark. The victims were identified as Kalpana Rani, 55, wife of Shailen Chandra Das, and their son Sohag Chandra Das, 32. Sohag had recently returned home from Dhaka, where he worked at a private company.

According to family sources, Kalpana Rani asked her son to help bring in dried straw from outside as rain seemed imminent. Both went out together and were struck by lightning. Local union parishad member Sahin Alam said the two were critically injured and taken to Gaibandha Sadar Hospital, but they died on the way. Bhartkhali Union Parishad chairman Faruk Hossain confirmed the deaths and said the community was deeply saddened by the sudden loss.

The incident has cast a shadow of grief over Mandura village, with residents mourning the unexpected tragedy.

The International Crimes Tribunal-2 is scheduled to hold a hearing today, Thursday, on the charge framing in the Shahid Wasim murder case. The case involves the killing of student leader Shahid Wasim and five others during the July uprising in Chattogram. Former foreign minister Hasan Mahmud, former education minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel, and 20 others are accused. The three-member tribunal panel is chaired by Justice Nazrul Islam Chowdhury, with judges Manjurul Bashid, Nur Mohammad Shahriar Karib Shafiul Alam Mahmud, and Mohitul Haque Enam Chowdhury as members.

Earlier, on May 13, the tribunal appointed state-funded lawyers for 17 absconding defendants and set June 4 for the charge-framing hearing. Among the 22 accused, five are in custody, including former MP ABM Fazle Karim Chowdhury and several political activists, who will be produced before the tribunal today. The remaining 17, including former Chattogram mayor A J M Nasir Uddin, remain absconding.

The prosecution has brought three charges against the 22 accused: the murder of six individuals on July 16 and 18, 2024, and the serious injury of over a hundred people.

A school student died after being trapped in quicksand at a stream in the Kejuri Chhara tea garden area of Sreemangal upazila, Moulvibazar, on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased, Rudra Tanti, was the son of Kamal Tanti and a seventh-grade student at Sreemangal Runner High School. He went missing around 1 p.m. while bathing in the stream with friends. After an extensive search by locals and relatives, his body was recovered from underwater.

According to eyewitness Sanjay Bonarjee, Rudra went underwater while bathing and did not resurface. His friends alerted local residents, who, along with tea garden workers and family members, conducted a prolonged search before recovering the body. Rudra’s father said he could not understand how the incident occurred but suspected that his son got stuck in quicksand and could not escape.

Sreemangal Fire Service Station Officer Solaiman Akanji stated that a rescue team was dispatched after receiving the report but was informed 13 minutes later by a local union parishad member that the body had already been recovered by residents.

A violent clash erupted in Gopalganj’s Kotalipara upazila after three men were detained on suspicion of theft. The incident occurred in the Ghagarkanda area, where locals reportedly assaulted the detainees, leading to widespread tension. Following the confrontation, a case was filed at Kotalipara Police Station by local resident Jalil Gazi, naming 30 individuals and listing 200 to 300 others as unidentified suspects. Police later arrested three people and sent them to jail through the court.

According to local accounts, the conflict began when three men accused of stealing a battery were held at the office of a local anti-drug committee. Allegations of assault against the detainees spread quickly, triggering clashes, vandalism, and the forcible release of the detained men. Jalil Gazi claimed that attackers vandalized the committee office and nearby houses, while one detainee alleged he was tortured and pressured to confess to theft.

Police said additional forces were deployed to restore order and that the situation is now calm. An investigation is underway to determine responsibility for the violence.

Two brothers drowned while bathing in the Atrai River at Kalirbazar Ghat in Khansama upazila of Dinajpur on Wednesday morning. The victims were Manna Islam, aged 45, and Saddam Hossain, aged 32, both sons of the late Siraj Uddin from Mirpur-11 in Dhaka. The incident occurred around 11 a.m. when the brothers, along with family members, stopped to bathe in the river while returning from a visit to a lychee orchard in the Joar area.

According to family and local sources, Saddam Hossain had recently come to visit his in-laws in Champatali village of Chirirbandar upazila. During the bath, Manna Islam’s two sons managed to reach the shore safely, but the two brothers went missing. Local residents began rescue efforts and informed the fire service. The Khansama Fire Service team recovered Manna Islam’s body at 2:15 p.m., and a diver team from Rangpur later recovered Saddam Hossain’s body at 3:35 p.m.

Locals claimed that sand extraction by dredgers had created deep pits in the riverbed, which may have caused the drowning. Police confirmed that legal procedures are underway following the recovery of the bodies.

Three men accused of attempted robbery in Feni were reportedly freed from police custody by individuals identifying themselves as Jubo Dal members. The incident occurred early Tuesday in Daganbhuiyan upazila after villagers captured the suspects during a robbery attempt at the home of expatriate Hamidul Haque. The suspects were beaten and handed over to police, but later that night, a group led by Jubo Dal affiliates allegedly pressured the victim to withdraw his complaint.

According to local accounts, the attackers had detonated several crude bombs before assaulting the family and snatching a gold chain from Hamidul Haque’s wife. Police confirmed that the three detainees were released after both parties signed a written agreement. The officer-in-charge of Daganbhuiyan police station stated that the incident was not a robbery but an attempt to apprehend a fugitive student leader.

A meeting was reportedly planned at the Silonia market in Jaylaskor to discuss the recovery of the stolen chain, mediated by the same group claiming Jubo Dal affiliation.

A woman named Jahanara Begum died in a road accident on Wednesday while returning home with her husband’s body from Dhaka to Jashore. The collision occurred between a bus and an ambulance at the Badsher Garage area on the Dhaka-Jashore highway in Narail Sadar. The ambulance driver, Akbar Hossain, was also killed, and five other family members traveling in the ambulance were injured.

Police reported that Jahanara was accompanying the body of her husband, Sub-Inspector Ismail Hossain, who had been under treatment at Rajarbagh Police Lines Hospital in Dhaka. The injured were first taken to Narail District Hospital for initial treatment and later referred to Jashore Medical College Hospital for advanced care.

According to Narail Sadar Police Station Officer-in-Charge Ajay Kumar Kundu, the accident occurred when the bus lost control due to reckless speed. After completing legal procedures, the bodies were handed over to their families.

Serious allegations have emerged that luggage belonging to about 150 Hajj pilgrims was cut open and valuables stolen at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka. The incident reportedly occurred around 3 a.m. on Tuesday when a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying 419 pilgrims arrived from Jeddah. The claim was first made on Facebook by Mostafa Kamal Palash, son of one of the returning pilgrims, who urged the Prime Minister to take notice of the matter.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ General Manager for Public Relations, Bosra Islam, said that only four to five pilgrims had verbally raised such complaints but did not file any written reports. He added that the airline’s security and aviation security teams were investigating the issue. Airport Executive Director Group Captain S.M. Ragib Samad stated that CCTV footage was being reviewed and that the matter was being treated seriously, even though no formal complaint had been lodged.

Authorities have confirmed that both airport and airline security units are jointly examining the allegations to determine the extent of the reported thefts.

A land ownership dispute between the authorities of Karamatia Kamil Madrasa and the Charfassion Central Eidgah Mosque in Bhola’s Charfassion has intensified. The madrasa claims that individuals linked to the mosque recently began constructing a boundary fence on its registered land, despite police orders to halt the work. The incident occurred on May 31 when several people started erecting bamboo posts behind the madrasa’s honors building. Later that night, three shops near the madrasa market were reportedly locked, and tenants were told not to pay rent to the madrasa.

According to the madrasa, the land was originally allocated during the British period for the madrasa, mosque, Eidgah, and cemetery. In 1976, 75.33 decimals of land were legally transferred to the madrasa through a waqf deed. The madrasa accuses the opposing group of trying to seize the land by force and has sought administrative intervention. The mosque committee president, however, claims the madrasa occupies more land than recorded and that the disputed portion belongs to the mosque.

Police confirmed responding to the complaint and instructed both parties to stop work and maintain peace.

Police in Nabiganj upazila of Habiganj district have arrested a local student leader, Hossain Ahmed, aged 26, on charges of raping a married woman by luring her with a false promise of marriage. The arrest took place after the victim’s mother filed a case at Nabiganj Police Station on Tuesday night. On Wednesday afternoon, police sent the accused to jail through the court.

According to the case statement, Hossain Ahmed, a resident of Dakshin Gaznaipur village and a member of the Gaznaipur Union unit of the student organization, had developed contact with the victim from Dakshin Debpara village through mobile communication. He allegedly harassed her for a long time before entering her home late Monday night, threatening her, and forcibly raping her. The victim’s parents caught him after hearing her screams and handed him over to the police.

Nabiganj Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md. Monayem Mia confirmed that the accused was shown arrested and sent to court based on the complaint filed by the victim’s family.

More than one hundred people were injured in a violent clash between two groups during a village arbitration in Kharki, Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj on Tuesday evening. The conflict erupted when one side began recording the arbitration on video and the other objected. The meeting had been called to resolve a dispute over money taken from a furniture shop before Eid. The argument quickly escalated into a physical confrontation, injuring dozens of men, women, and children.

Police arrived at the scene and brought the situation under control around 10 p.m. However, clashes resumed the following morning, prompting police to fire 11 rounds of tear gas to disperse the crowd. By 3 p.m., order was restored, and four individuals were detained. According to Madhabpur Police Station Officer-in-Charge Sohel Rana, the violence stemmed from a previous financial dispute between the two sides. He stated that the situation is now under control and legal action is being processed.

Authorities reported that around 60 people were injured in the second round of clashes, and investigations are ongoing to identify those responsible.

A man named Md. Shanto, 25, has been arrested by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in connection with the alleged rape of a child in Raiganj, Sirajganj. According to a press release issued by RAB-12 headquarters on Wednesday afternoon, Shanto was detained earlier that morning in front of Syed Spring Mill in the Shialkol area of Sirajganj Sadar upazila. He is the son of Md. Bellal Hossain of Purba Lakkhikola village in Raiganj.

The press release stated that on March 26, the accused lured a schoolgirl with money and took her to his home, where he allegedly raped her when no one else was present. Following the incident, the victim’s family filed a case under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act. The accused had been absconding since the case was filed until his arrest today.

RAB confirmed that the suspect will be handed over to the relevant authorities for further legal proceedings.