Former Union Parishad member Ilias Hossain died while receiving treatment at Kushtia General Hospital after an alleged attack by rivals in Shailkupa, Jhenaidah. Police said he died on Monday evening after being seriously injured in an assault in the Haji Market area of the town.

The incident followed an argument and scuffle on August 20 between Ilias Hossain’s son, Risalat Hossain, and Majedul Islam of Chatura village. The dispute occurred at Malipara village in Shailkupa municipality, police said. Later that afternoon, opponents allegedly beat Ilias Hossain, a resident of Khondokbaria village, leaving him seriously injured.

He was first taken to Shailkupa উপজেলা Health Complex and was later admitted to Kushtia General Hospital, where he died during treatment. Shailkupa police station Officer-in-Charge Humayun Kabir Molla said legal procedures were underway. Multiple police teams are working to identify those involved in the incident.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police said it arrested 440 people and filed 46 cases during regular operations across the capital over the past 24 hours. Additional Deputy Commissioner Niaz Mehdi provided the information on Monday in a press release. The operations were conducted in areas under different police stations in Dhaka.

Police reported 29 arrests in Ramna, 45 in Lalbagh, 50 in Wari, 36 in Motijheel, 67 in Tejgaon, 127 in Mirpur, 31 in Gulshan, 50 in Uttara and five by the Detective Branch. Mirpur recorded the highest number of arrests among the listed areas.

During the operations, police recovered a foreign pistol, a magazine, six rounds of ammunition, a sword, a dagger and a grenade. They also seized 12 kilograms and 500 grams of cannabis, 39,127 yaba tablets, 3.2 grams of powdered yaba, a motorcycle, nine mobile phones and Tk3,000 in cash. Two victims were rescued, and legal action against those arrested is under process, police said.

Bangladesh’s Department of Narcotics Control detained two Indian nationals at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Monday, August 24, after allegedly recovering 5 kilograms and 40 grams of kush, 3 litres of foreign liquor and 24 Indian sarees. The detainees were identified as Sanaowar Ali, 36, and Imtiaz Ahmed, 36, both residents of North 24 Parganas, India.

According to the DNC, a special team led by Assistant Director Dr Md Abu Sayeed Mia of the airport office of DNC Dhaka Metro North took position at the arrivals hall’s green channel around 1pm following intelligence information. The two men had arrived from Bangkok on Thai Airways flight TG-321 and were held as suspects. Officials searched their travel trolleys in front of witnesses and members of airport agencies.

The DNC said the items were concealed beneath clothing using a special method. Two Indian passports, two boarding cards, four smartphones, $400, 1,170 Thai baht and 1,170 Indian rupees were also seized. A case was filed at Airport Police Station under relevant provisions of the Narcotics Control Act, 2018. The agency said it had identified several Bangladeshi associates and would bring them under the law.

Allegations of extensive irregularities and corruption have been raised against Liton Kumar Ray, officer in charge of the government food warehouse in Roumari, Kurigram, during the current boro paddy procurement season. The claims include collusion with a syndicate, farmers being unable to deliver paddy despite being selected by lottery, demands for bribes, and alleged payments or bills being allocated to others. Paddy procurement in the upazila began on May 24 with a target of 966 metric tonnes.

Sources said the farmer list was supposed to contain 322 names but included 323. The report also alleged that digitalized procurement rules were not followed and that old, worn sacks were used despite a requirement for new sacks. Farmers alleged that names and mobile numbers on the list did not match in several cases, while one individual said his number had been used although he had not applied.

Ray said procurement at his warehouse had ended, but later said he had spoken with farmers whose paddy he would accept. He did not answer questions about mismatched names and phone numbers. Roumari Upazila Nirbahi Officer Mahbubul Hasan said he was aware of the matter and that it was being verified and investigated.

The Bhurungamari upazila administration in Kurigram has formed a five-member committee to investigate fertiliser looting after a warehouse door was broken in Shilkhuri ইউনিয়ন. The committee visited the scene on Monday afternoon, while authorities said 115 sacks of fertiliser had been recovered so far.

Assistant Commissioner (Land) Aminul Haque Tarek has been named committee chair, with Upazila Agriculture Officer Abdul Jabbar serving as member secretary. Other members are Election Officer Nazmul Huda, Project Implementation Officer Sabuj Kumar Gupta and Academic Supervisor Saifur Rahman. Tarek said the committee was speaking with witnesses, the dealer and farmers to determine the real cause.

UNO Amrit Dev Nath said officials expected to recover another 20 to 25 sacks by Monday. The fertiliser dealer has received a show-cause notice from the agriculture office, and the committee was instructed to submit its report by Monday. The situation was calm, he said. Dealer Taifur Rahman Mukul, proprietor of Messrs Shah Amanat Enterprise, filed a written complaint with police, which the Bhurungamari police station officer confirmed.

Police arrested a mother and her son in Faridganj, Chandpur, after recovering 2,000 yaba tablets from a bag they were carrying. The operation was conducted at Faridganj bus stand on Monday by a police team led by Sub-Inspector Mohammad Humayun Kabir.

According to Officer-in-Charge Ershad Ullah, the two suspects were standing in front of Hotel Arafat and Restaurant at the bus stand. Police identified them as Abdul Mannan, also known as Ashiq, 41, and his mother Chhemon Khatun, 60. They were described as residents of Purba Pankhali in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

Police searched the suspects and found the yaba tablets inside their bag. A regular case has been filed against both detainees, and they have been sent to court, police said.

Police in Rupsa, Khulna, said they uncovered a group allegedly slaughtering dead and severely sick cattle, freezing the meat and supplying it to hotels and meat sellers. Members of the group were detained during a special late-night operation on August 23, and harmful meat was recovered from the site.

According to the report, the operation took place at a location in front of Fresh Sea Food and Southern Sea Food in the Ilaipur area of Rupsa upazila. The group had allegedly operated there for a long time, collecting sick and dying cattle at low prices before slaughtering and storing the meat in freezers for sale.

The raid was conducted on the basis of confidential information by the Rupsa Bus Stand Camp in-charge, Newton Roy, along with police personnel. Roy said operations against activities posing a serious threat to public health would continue. Legal action against those detained is under process, while local residents expressed anger and demanded severe punishment for those involved.

A Faridpur women and children repression prevention tribunal on Monday sentenced Hanif Sheikh, described in the case as a fraudulent traditional healer, to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a young woman under the pretext of treatment. Judge Shamima Parvin, also district and sessions judge, delivered the verdict. The court also fined him Tk 20,000 and ordered an additional six months in jail if the fine is not paid. Sheikh was absconding when the judgment was announced.

According to the case complaint and court sources, Sheikh had long been involved in improper treatment through spiritual rituals and in abusing women. On March 22, 2025, the survivor went to his home with her younger sister seeking treatment. The accused allegedly took her to a tin-roofed room on the promise of providing treatment and forcibly sexually assaulted her.

The sources said Sheikh threatened and intimidated the survivor after she protested, telling her not to disclose the incident. Public Prosecutor Advocate Golam Rabbani Bhuiyan Ratan said the prosecution proved the allegation beyond reasonable doubt after extensive testimony and hearings. He said the verdict sends a strong message against malpractice and deception and has delivered justice to the survivor's family.

The High Court will not deliver its verdict today on the death reference and appeal of Hitu Sheikh, the main accused in the widely discussed rape and murder case involving child Achia in Magura. On Tuesday morning, the court postponed the verdict to August 31 following an application by the prosecution.

A High Court bench comprising Justice Bhishmadev Chakrabortty and Justice K M Rasheduzzaman Raja had set the matter for judgment after a hearing on Monday, August 24. State-appointed lawyer Hafizur Rahman Khan represented the accused, while Deputy Attorney General Imam Hossain Tarek appeared for the state.

The eight-year-old child was allegedly raped after visiting her sister’s home in the Nijnanduali area of Magura town on the night of March 5 last year. The sister’s father-in-law, Hitu Sheikh, was accused of rape and an attempted killing. The child later died while receiving treatment at the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka. Her mother filed a case against Hitu Sheikh and three others, and police later arrested all four accused.

A Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court on Monday granted bail to Salman F Rahman, former private industry and investment adviser to former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, in a case alleging assault, death threats and forced resignation of a Bangladesh Infrastructure Finance Fund Limited official. Magistrate Mahbub Alam ordered bail on a Tk500 bond, according to defence lawyer Md Sajibul Islam.

Former BIFFL chief executive SM Formanul Islam filed the case at a metropolitan magistrate’s court on September 15, 2024. The Police Bureau of Investigation investigated the matter and accused six people, including former Bangladesh Bank governor Abdur Rouf Talukder and former National Board of Revenue chairman Abu Hena Md Rahmatul Muneem. The source also says 12 people were named in the case.

The complaint alleges pressure on Formanul Islam to approve loans and investments for entities linked to Salman F Rahman, including about $185 million for the Teesta Solar project and Tk200 crore in zero-coupon bonds. It alleges he was assaulted during BIFFL’s 80th board meeting on July 28, 2019, and forced to sign a resignation letter. Five accused are on bail, while Sajjad Hossain is absconding.

Police detained 12 suspected drug users during separate raids in Eidgaon, Cox’s Bazar, on Sunday night. Officers said the detainees were found with equipment used for consuming yaba, a synthetic drug. The operations were conducted at different locations in the upazila.

According to police sources, three people were first detained at around 8:30pm while allegedly preparing to use drugs on the western side of Bottoli Transport Field. In another operation at about 9pm, police detained nine more people allegedly using drugs in two rooms on the ground floor of Chenowara Plaza Hotel near Bottoli Bazar.

The detainees are residents of different areas in Islamapur and Islamabad unions of the upazila. Eidgaon Police Station Officer-in-Charge ATM Sifat-ul-Majdar said cases had been filed against the detained individuals under the Narcotics Control Act. He said they were sent to court following the filing of the cases.

A court in Moulvibazar sentenced Sharif Ali to death for killing his three-and-a-half-year-old daughter, Runa Begum, in Kamalganj. Additional District and Sessions Judge Second Court Judge Md Anwarul Haque delivered the verdict on Monday afternoon, finding him guilty of deliberately cutting the sleeping child’s throat.

Court sources said the killing took place on February 10, 2014, in Purba Bhanubil village of the upazila. Sharif Ali allegedly killed his daughter in an attempt to frame his cousin, Salek Mia. The child’s mother, Nekjan Bibi, filed a murder case against her husband as the sole accused at Kamalganj police station.

Sharif Ali later gave a confession before the court, according to the report. Along with the death sentence, the court imposed a fine of Tk 50,000. After the verdict was announced, the accused was sent to prison through the court. Public Prosecutor Advocate Tofayel Ahmad expressed satisfaction with the ruling.

Saidul Islam, also known as Bol Said, a 55-year-old former general secretary of the Jhenaidah District Bus-Minibus Workers’ Union, died after a road accident in Jhenaidah town on Monday evening. The incident occurred in the Chuadanga bus stand area. He was a resident of Paglakana area in Jhenaidah town.

Police said Saidul Islam was crossing the road at about 7:30pm when a speeding easy-bike struck him forcefully, leaving him seriously injured. Local people rescued him and admitted him to Jhenaidah Sadar Hospital. As his condition deteriorated, doctors advised that he be referred to Dhaka for advanced treatment.

He died in Magura while being taken to Dhaka, according to the report. Jhenaidah Sadar police station Officer-in-Charge Md Asaduzzaman said the body would be handed over to the family after completion of legal procedures.

Bangladesh’s Criminal Investigation Department has sought a seven-day remand for actor Ashraful Haque Don, an arrested accused in the murder case over the death of film actor Chowdhury Mohammad Shahriar Imon, known as Salman Shah. CID inspector Md. Mujibur Rahman submitted the application on August 20, and Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel Rana set August 27 for the hearing. CID prosecution sub-inspector Shah Alam confirmed the application on Monday.

Don was detained by immigration police at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on August 9 while preparing to travel to Saudi Arabia for Umrah. He was handed over to CID because of a travel ban and was sent to jail by a court later that day. A court rejected his bail petition on August 12.

CID said custodial questioning is needed to uncover the case’s facts, identify and arrest alleged accomplices, and determine who assisted Don’s alleged attempt to leave the country despite the travel restriction. Salman Shah died on September 6, 1996. Following a court order last October, the case was registered as a murder case at Ramna Police Station under Penal Code sections 302/34.

A sabotage case filed at Bishwanath Police Station in Sylhet has named BNP, Jamaat and Islami Chhatra Shibir activists alongside members of the banned Awami League. The complaint, filed on Friday by Alankari Union BNP vice-president Md Irun Mia, names 92 people and lists another 60 to 70 unidentified accused.

The case alleges that on the evening of August 16, the accused set fire to vehicle tyres on the Bishwanath-Lamakazi paved road in Rampasha Union, obstructed traffic and chanted anti-state slogans. It also alleges arson and vandalism at important government offices, causing damage and creating an unstable environment. Named defendants include BNP ward publicity secretary Ekhlas Mia, Shibir ward president Roni Mia and Jamaat worker Renu Mia.

Ekhlas said his inclusion was retaliatory and linked to a land dispute with a neighbour. Jamaat’s Bishwanath chief Nizam Uddin Siddiqui called the inclusion of his party workers planned, while police chief Gazi Md Mahbubur Rahman said the case is under investigation. BNP’s local president Mohammad Gauch Ali said the party was examining the matter and that the issue could stem from a misunderstanding.