Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned former army chief General S M Shafiuddin Ahmed for questioning over allegations that he acquired illicit assets through various irregularities and corruption. He has been instructed to appear at the ACC headquarters in Segunbagicha, Dhaka, at 12:30pm on September 14 and bring a photocopy of his national identity card. ACC public relations officer Aktarul Islam confirmed the matter on Sunday.

An ACC notice signed by director Md Abul Hasnat said Shafiuddin’s statement was needed for the inquiry into the allegations. The commission formed a two-member inquiry team led by Hasnat, with deputy director Mozammil Hossain as a member. According to the notice, the inquiry into the allegations against Shafiuddin began on December 14, 2025.

A senior ACC official said the matter remains at the inquiry stage. After completing its work, the team will submit a report to the commission, which may decide whether to file a case if evidence supports the allegations. If the allegations are not substantiated, the inquiry may be closed. Shafiuddin served as army chief from June 24, 2021, until his retirement on June 23, 2024.

Police have submitted a charge sheet against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy and 27 others in the killing of Abdur Rahman Jisan in the Matuail area of Jatrabari, Dhaka, during the July uprising. Jatrabari police station court official Sub-Inspector Mohiuddin Chowdhury confirmed on Sunday that investigating officer Sub-Inspector Kawsar Hossain filed the charge sheet on 8 July. A hearing on accepting it is set for 6 October.

The case alleges that a decision to suppress protesting students and members of the public was made at a 14-party alliance meeting chaired by Hasina at Ganabhaban on 19 July. It says the plan was implemented through Hasina’s instructions and messages sent from abroad by Joy, with the participation of other accused.

According to the charge sheet, senior police and Rapid Action Battalion officers directed subordinates to suppress the movement, and large numbers of police were deployed in Jatrabari on 20 July. It also alleges that some local Awami League, Jubo League and Chhatra League activists joined attacks with weapons. Jisan was shot dead while serving water to protesters, and his father Babul Mia filed the murder case on 25 August 2024.

Nine people were injured in a clash between two local BNP factions over control of sand extraction from the Jamuna River in Nalsandhya, Sarishabari upazila of Jamalpur on Saturday night. The injured included Pingna Union BNP finance secretary Md Masud, BNP member Chan Mia, former union Jubo Dal general secretary Mazharul Islam Mukul, member Md Anis, and BNP workers Harun Or Rashid, Humayun Kabir and Abdur Rahim.

Local sources said former Pingna Union Chhatra Dal general secretary Subhash and his associate Sakhawat had allegedly been illegally extracting sand from the Jamuna River for a long time. Masud, Chan Mia and other local residents protested over the matter, after which Subhash and Sakhawat became angered, according to the sources.

At about 8:30pm, Subhash and Sakhawat allegedly arrived on eight motorcycles and attacked Masud and his associates at a tea stall with locally made weapons. Three injured men—Anis, Chan Mia and Masud—were referred to Jamalpur General Hospital after their conditions worsened, while others received local treatment. Police said no written complaint had yet been filed and legal action would follow if one is submitted.

A Bangladeshi youth, Sohag Mia, 20, was killed in alleged firing by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) in the Chimtibil border area of Chunarughat, Habiganj. Sohag was identified as the son of Shafik Mia from the area.

His uncle, Abdul Kadir, said Sohag had gone to the border area in the morning to bring cattle, as he did regularly, when BSF personnel suddenly fired at him. Family members began searching after they could not find him.

Abdul Kadir and others later found Sohag lying in the border area and took him to Chunarughat উপজেলা Health Complex. The attending doctor, Sirajam Munira, declared him dead. Police prepared an inquest report and sent the body to the morgue.

Police in Dasmina, Patuakhali, have launched an operation to recover a one-and-a-half-year-old boy allegedly sold for Tk100,000 by his father, carpenter Md Maruf. The incident was reported on Saturday morning in Betagi Boro Gopaldhi village. Family members allege Maruf took his son Musa from grandmother Mahfuza Begum, saying he would take the child to the market, but did not return.

The family later learned that Musa had allegedly been handed over to Imran Hossain of Ramanathsen village for money, which they say was intended to buy an iPhone. They further allege Maruf went to Dhaka with the child, exchanged an old iPhone for a new one, and later admitted under family pressure that he had transferred the child in writing for Tk100,000.

Imran acknowledged taking the child, saying Maruf had discussed giving him the boy for a long time and that the arrangement was made after discussions with family members. He said he left the child at his father-in-law's home on Saturday afternoon. Police said they are investigating the child's location, will verify the allegations after recovery, and will take legal action against those involved.

Police seized a covered van carrying 10,000 yaba tablets in the Mahajanghata area of South Jaldi on the Chattogram-Banshkhali main road in Banshkhali, Chattogram, at about 7:30am on Sunday. The driver fled after noticing a police checkpoint, leaving the vehicle behind during the operation near Sajal Sanitary Home Service.

According to police sources, officers signalled the Chattogram-bound covered van, bearing registration number Dhaka Metro-A-14-0552, to stop. The driver then quickly abandoned the vehicle and escaped. Police searched the van and recovered the 10,000 yaba tablets from behind the driver's seat. The vehicle, allegedly used to transport the drugs, was also seized.

Banshkhali police station Officer-in-Charge Md. Rabiul Haque said police are working to identify and arrest those involved in transporting the narcotics. A case has been filed at Banshkhali police station under the Narcotics Control Act. Operations to arrest the absconding driver are continuing, police said.

The family of slain journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi says it will submit a complaint to the International Crimes Tribunal on Monday, seeking progress in the unresolved murder case. Their son, Mahir Sarowar Megh, and Runi’s brother, Nausher Alam Roman, announced the plan after meeting chief prosecutor Aminul Islam at his office on Sunday. The killings occurred at the couple’s rented home in West Rajabazar, Dhaka, on the night of February 11, 2012.

Aminul Islam said a lead suggesting the involvement of a cultural figure had emerged while investigators reviewed call detail records during an investigation into another case. He did not disclose the person’s identity. Megh said he wanted proper justice and did not want any innocent person to be implicated. Roman said the family wanted those genuinely involved to be identified.

Roman criticised the lack of visible progress by the court-ordered task force and called for the release of people detained by RAB if no evidence of involvement has been found over a long period. He also sought steps to prevent newly named individuals from leaving the country. The chief prosecutor said any formal complaint would be assessed, accepted if within the tribunal’s jurisdiction, or sent to the relevant authority if outside it.

A union parishad member and local BNP leader, Md Abdul Khalek, has been accused of receiving a widow’s allowance intended for Rahima Begum in Debiganj, Panchagarh, for nearly six years. Rahima, a resident of Baneshwarpara in Tepiganj Union, said she last received the allowance in July 2020 and later learned that payments were being sent to an unfamiliar Nagad number.

Social services office records show that Rahima’s allowance was sent through MIS software to 01917-367492 from 2021 to 2026. The latest payment of Tk1,961 was sent in May 2026, while about Tk40,000 was reportedly withdrawn from the account over six years. An inquiry found that the Nagad account was opened using Khalek’s national identity card information.

Rahima alleged that Khalek’s brother gave her son Tk7,000 and pressured him not to pursue the matter. Khalek said he did not know how his number was linked to the benefit and claimed the SIM was lost four years ago, without filing a general diary. The upazila social services officer and UNO said action would follow an investigation if a written complaint is submitted.

International Crimes Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Md Aminul Islam said investigators have found a clue suggesting a connection between a person from the cultural sphere and the murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi. Speaking to reporters at his office on Sunday, he did not disclose the person’s name or identity.

Aminul Islam said the tribunal’s investigation agency is not conducting the Sagar-Runi murder investigation; another agency is handling the case. He said it is not unusual for investigators to find information or clues related to other incidents during an investigation, and such information has also emerged in this case. The person concerned is under surveillance and the information is being verified.

He said reliable information obtained after further investigation would be provided to the Police Bureau of Investigation, or PBI, which is investigating the case. Sagar and Runi were killed in their rented home in West Rajabazar in the capital on February 11, 2012, and the investigation has remained unfinished for a long time. Aminul Islam said the case is an individual murder case and must be tried in the relevant sessions court, not the International Crimes Tribunal.

Disaster Management and Relief Minister Asadul Habib Dulu said the government follows a zero-tolerance policy toward killings after visiting the site of an alleged four-person murder in Rangpur on Sunday afternoon. He spoke to reporters after meeting relatives of the victims and described the incident as horrific and tragic. Dulu said police had arrested two principal accused soon after the killings and that they had confessed in court.

Referring to what he learned during the visit, the minister said the accused may have been drug-addicted and had allegedly disturbed Ganapati Chakraborty. He said Chakraborty may have tried to stop them, after which the killings may have occurred. Dulu said drugs were, in his view, the main cause of the deterioration in law and order.

The minister said the police would submit a charge sheet soon after further investigation and that exemplary punishment would be arranged within a short time. He also said Parliament had provided for the death penalty as the maximum punishment in drug-related matters, while stressing that public awareness and cooperation from people, law enforcement and the administration were necessary to eliminate drugs.

A platinum necklace set with 673 diamonds, once worn by former Egyptian Queen Nazli, was stolen from Vienna’s Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) on Thursday afternoon. Police said two men who had entered with tickets smashed the display case with hammers during an exhibition and left the museum with the necklace. Security cameras recorded images of the suspects, who remain sought by police.

The necklace contains diamonds weighing a combined 200 carats. Queen Nazli wore it at her daughter Fawzia’s wedding in 1939, according to exhibition records. The piece sold for US$4.3 million at a Sotheby’s auction in New York in 2015. It was included in a Van Cleef & Arpels jewellery exhibition that had been running at MAK since June.

Police searched central Vienna after the theft and used a dog to help find the suspects. Austria’s Krone newspaper reported that investigators suspect the theft may have been commissioned by a criminal network. Several people were in the exhibition room, but nobody was injured. A guided tour scheduled for Friday afternoon was cancelled and the exhibition was temporarily closed; it had been due to end on September 27.

Police detained and later released Saifullah Jaman Sarkar, organising secretary of the Banagram Union Awami League, and his younger brother Sohag Sarkar in Bhitipara village of Banagram Union, Katiadi, Kishoreganj. The incident occurred at about 3am on Friday night. Local sources and the two men said police took them into custody without a case or arrest warrant.

After news of the detention spread, local residents gathered outside the brothers’ home during the night, sought an explanation and demanded their release. Saifullah said police could not provide a reasonable answer when residents asked why the two had been detained, and subsequently released them. The incident prompted discussion in the area and questions on social media over the reasons for the detention and release.

Katiadi Model Police Station officer-in-charge Md Rafiqul Islam said police had gone to the house by mistake while attempting to arrest another accused person. He said the brothers were released after their correct information and identities were verified. Local sources identified Saifullah as the Banagram Union Awami League’s organising secretary.

Three friends riding a motorcycle were killed in a road crash in the Nawpara bus stand area of the Bhanga–Tekerhat highway in Bhanga upazila, Faridpur, on Saturday night. The victims were Chayan Mollah, son of Dalil Uddin Mollah; Nayan, son of Enayet; and Sajib Sheikh, son of Azgar Sheikh, all from Laskardia in Nagarkanda upazila.

Police and local sources said the three friends had travelled from Nagarkanda to Bhanga’s Golchattar on Saturday afternoon. After viewing the flyover’s neon lights at night, they began their journey home. Their motorcycle met with an accident near Nawpara bus stand, throwing all three riders onto the road. Driver Chayan died at the scene, while Nayan and Sajib were seriously injured.

Highway police, assisted by local residents, recovered Chayan’s body and took the two injured men to Bhanga Upazila Health Complex. As their conditions worsened, they were transferred that night to Faridpur Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical College Hospital. Relatives later headed toward Dhaka Medical College Hospital for advanced treatment. One died on the way and the other died while receiving treatment. Bhanga Highway Police Station officer-in-charge Md Helal Uddin confirmed the incident.

Three Bangladeshi citizens, including two women, were detained on Saturday after being allegedly pushed into Bangladesh by India’s Border Security Force through the Bakshitila area of Alinagar Union in Kamalganj, Moulvibazar. Ansar and Village Defence Party members took them into safe custody with assistance from local residents and handed them over to Kamalganj police at about 9:15am.

The detainees were identified as Rana Molla, 24, of Narail Sadar; his wife Mahmuda Akter Lima, 22; and Moyna Khatun, 20, of Khulna. Local and Ansar sources said the incident occurred around 7:35am near the Deblachhara BOP border area under the 46 BGB’s Srimangal Battalion. Residents surrounded the three after seeing them enter the area.

During initial questioning, they said they had gone to India through the Sylhet border about two months earlier seeking work. They alleged BSF personnel blindfolded them at around 5:30am and forcibly pushed them into Bangladesh. Police said their Bangladeshi nationality was initially verified, their families had been contacted, and they would be handed over after legal procedures are completed.

Aam Aadmi Party leader Gurpreet Singh Gopi was shot dead by armed attackers in Mamdot town in India’s Punjab. Police said Gopi was travelling on a motorcycle with a man named Harpreet when attackers in a car opened fire on them. Gopi was killed in the shooting.

Firozpur Senior Superintendent of Police Bhupinder Singh Sidhu said there had been a pre-existing dispute between two sides. Preliminary investigators are treating an election-related dispute as one of the main possible motives for the attack. Sidhu said the main accused has a history of involvement in criminal activities.

Police have identified the attackers and multiple teams are working to arrest them, Sidhu said. Several friends were following Gopi and Harpreet in another vehicle at the time, and police said the attackers also fired at that car. Investigators are examining why that vehicle was targeted and how the incident unfolded. Search operations and raids are under way in different parts of Punjab to apprehend the suspects.