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.

The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Sunday ordered the start of trial proceedings against 11 accused in the murder of Imam Hasan Taim, son of a police officer, during the July uprising in Dhaka’s Jatrabari area. The tribunal also set March 29 for the presentation of opening statements and recording of the first witness testimony. Two arrested accused, former Jatrabari police officers Abul Hasan and Zakir Hossain, were produced before the court, while several others, including former senior DMP officials, remain absconding.

Chief Prosecutor Mohammad Tazul Islam earlier presented arguments for framing charges, outlining the alleged involvement of each accused. He stated that on July 20, 2024, Taim was shot dead at close range under the direction of senior police officials, including the then DMP Commissioner Habibur Rahman. The prosecution charged the accused with murder, incitement, and crimes against humanity.

The tribunal’s order marks the formal beginning of a high-profile case involving multiple former police officials, with further hearings scheduled for late March.

The International Crimes Tribunal on Sunday ordered the publication of a newspaper notice to summon former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and five other accused in a case over the alleged killing of nine youths in Dhaka’s Kalyanpur area. The case accuses the defendants of crimes against humanity for allegedly staging a ‘militant drama’ before the killings. The other accused are former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, former Inspector General of Police A K M Shahidul Haque, former DMP Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia, Special Branch chief Monirul Islam, and former DMP Mirpur Division Deputy Commissioner Md Jasim Uddin Molla.

According to the case details, on July 26, 2016, law enforcement agencies conducted an operation at a building known as “Jahajbari” in Kalyanpur, where nine suspected militants were killed, one was arrested, and another escaped. Authorities at the time claimed the deceased were members of the neo-JMB group. A case under the Anti-Terrorism Act was filed the following day and remains under trial.

After the fall of the Awami League government on August 5, 2024, alternative narratives about the incident emerged, leading to the filing of this new case on March 6 of the previous year.

Two people were killed in a collision between a bus and a leguna at the Ghantighar area of Mir Hajirbagh in Dhaka’s Jatrabari on Sunday morning. Local residents and passersby rescued three seriously injured individuals and took them to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared two of them dead. One of the deceased was identified as Azizul Islam, aged 45, while the other victim, approximately 55 years old, has not yet been identified.

Inspector Md. Faruk, in charge of the Dhaka Medical Police Camp, confirmed the deaths and said the bodies have been kept at the hospital morgue for autopsy. The incident occurred in the capital’s busy Jatrabari area, which frequently experiences heavy traffic and road accidents.

Authorities have not yet provided further details about the cause of the collision or the condition of the remaining injured person.

A Dhaka court has sentenced four young men to life imprisonment for their involvement in a gang rape case in Kamrangirchar. The verdict was delivered on Sunday by Judge Munshi Md. Moshiyar Rahman of the Dhaka Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-4. Along with life imprisonment with hard labor, each convict was fined 100,000 taka.

The four convicts are Shahidul Islam (23), Saiful Islam (25), Nizam (24), and Monir Hossain alias Sentu (26). The court’s public prosecutor, Ershad Alam, confirmed the judgment and stated that failure to pay the fine would result in an additional one year of simple imprisonment for each convict.

The ruling marks the conclusion of the Kamrangirchar gang rape case, reinforcing the tribunal’s stance on strict punishment for crimes involving violence against women and children.

Sohel Rana, the owner of the collapsed Rana Plaza and a Jubo League leader, was temporarily released on parole from Kashimpur Jail on Saturday, February 21, to attend his mother’s funeral in Savar. The funeral took place at a madrasa mosque in the Savar municipal area, where police from Savar Model Police Station were present. During the event, Rana addressed those in attendance, asking for prayers for his late mother and forgiveness for his past mistakes.

According to his cousin Jahangir Alam, Rana’s mother, Marzina Begum, had been suffering from cancer for a long time and passed away on Friday night at a hospital in Dhaka. Following her death, a parole request was submitted, and Rana was brought to Savar by police around 6 p.m. He returned to prison around 7:30 p.m. after the funeral. The arrangement for his attendance at the funeral was kept confidential.

The brief parole release marked Rana’s first public appearance in nearly a decade, drawing attention due to his past involvement in the Rana Plaza tragedy.

Nearly a week after their abduction, 20 fishermen kidnapped by pirates in the Bay of Bengal remain captive. The abductors have demanded Tk 350,000 per fisherman, totaling Tk 7 million, through mobile communication with the boat owners. According to the Forest Department, negotiations are ongoing between the pirates and the owners over the ransom amount. The pirates have not set a payment deadline but have threatened severe consequences if the ransom is not paid soon.

The fishermen were abducted on the night of February 16 while fishing near the Dublar Char area, including Alorkol and Narikelbariya fishing villages, by the notorious Jahangir and Suman pirate groups. Following the incident, regular fishermen in the Sharankhola range of the eastern Sundarbans stopped fishing for safety reasons, leading to a severe fish shortage at the country’s largest dry fish production center and heavy financial losses for traders.

Fishing activities partially resumed on February 21, with the Forest Department instructing trawlers to stay close to shore and return daily due to ongoing security concerns.