Witness Sakib Ahmed Tulon told Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Monday that former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former food minister Kamrul Islam and Workers Party president Rashed Khan Menon were responsible for the deaths of 23 people in the Rampura and Badda areas during the July uprising. He made the claim while testifying in a case against Kamrul and Menon over the killings in Rampura. It was the second day of his testimony, following his first appearance on June 23.

Tulon said he was stopped by police, the army and Border Guard Bangladesh at Rampura Bridge on August 3, 2024, while trying to join a Shahid Minar programme. On August 4, he said protesters gathered near BRAC University and headed toward Shahbagh, where he saw police and activists of Awami League, Jubo League and Chhatra League throwing cocktails and bricks. He said an unidentified boy beside him was shot in the right shoulder.

He said police fired indiscriminately near Badda police station on August 5 and that he heard one local person was shot in the head. Tulon said he later learned through media reports about a meeting on the July 19 curfew and sought exemplary punishment for those he said ordered or advised the violence.

Rapid Action Battalion recovered a foreign submachine gun and 327 rounds of live rifle ammunition in two separate operations in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar. An 18-year-old Rohingya woman, Samsun Nahar, was arrested during the raids conducted on Sunday. She is the daughter of Shamsur Alam and lives in H Block of the Nayapara Rohingya camp in Teknaf upazila.

RAB-15 Assistant Director for Law and Media and Assistant Superintendent of Police A M Faruk confirmed the matter on Monday afternoon. During extensive searches at the first operation site, personnel recovered the submachine gun in an abandoned condition. RAB said questioning local residents and conducting other inquiries did not immediately identify the weapon’s owner or people linked to it.

In a separate operation at about 6pm on the same day, RAB detained Samsun Nahar from a house in H Block of the Nayapara registered Rohingya camp. A search of her room found 327 rounds of live rifle ammunition wrapped in black polythene. The recovered weapon, ammunition and the arrested woman were handed over to Teknaf Model Police Station for legal action.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s City-Cyber Crime Investigation Division has arrested a man named Karkan Rana over allegations that he opened fake Facebook accounts using the names and photographs of members of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s family, Additional Press Secretary Atikur Rahman Rumon, and Personal Assistant-2 Abdur Rahman Sani. Police said the arrest followed an operation by the division’s E-Fraud Investigation Team on Sunday afternoon.

According to police, the alleged fake accounts were used to spread propaganda and false, fabricated information intended to damage the reputations of the people concerned. Police also said Rana had created multiple accounts and pages in the names of several other people.

Investigators analysed information linked to the fake accounts after receiving a complaint against Rana. Police seized a mobile phone and other evidence during the operation. A case has been filed at Banani police station under the Cyber Security Act, and police have applied to the court for seven days of remand to question him.

Residents alleged that youths from Mirzachar village in Raipura upazila attacked homes in Char Lapang village of West Union, Nabinagar, Brahmanbaria, after an altercation at a religious gathering. The attack occurred around 1:30am on Sunday night, with the group allegedly arriving by boat carrying firearms and locally made weapons.

According to local residents, the dispute began when youths from Mirzachar attended a waz mahfil in Char Lapang and became involved in an argument and scuffle with local youths. They alleged that the attackers later fired several blank rounds, vandalised houses along the Meghna River, assaulted women and created panic in the area.

Families of Hossain Mia, Siddiqur Rahman, Nosor Mia, Khayer Mia, Abul Kashem and Ujjal Mia were allegedly assaulted, while cash, gold ornaments and goods worth about Tk60 lakh to Tk70 lakh were looted. Union Parishad Chairman Nuruzzaman confirmed the incident, while Nabinagar police station Officer-in-Charge Morshed Alam Chowdhury said no written complaint had yet been received and legal action would follow an investigation if one was filed.

Police arrested three alleged drug traders during a joint operation at a vehicle garage in Ratnapur, under North Bakhrnagar union of Raipura upazila in Narsingdi. The raid was conducted on Sunday night, and officials disclosed details to journalists on Monday afternoon. Police said they recovered 224 kilograms of cannabis, a foreign-made pistol, and one round of ammunition.

The operation involved Raipura police, APBN and RRF members at the garage of fugitive Jamal. Officers also seized two private cars, a motorcycle and a mobile phone. The cannabis was stored in 14 sacks and was estimated by police to have a market value of Tk 44.8 lakh. Several people, including Jamal, fled during the operation.

The arrested men were identified as Maruf Mia, 22, Yasin Mia, 23, and Dipak Sarkar, 46. Police said Maruf had cases involving murder, robbery, snatching, concealing evidence and drugs. Sub-inspector Joy Kumar Pal Titu filed a case at Raipura police station. Inspector TM Faridul Alam said efforts to arrest fugitives were continuing, while the three detainees were sent to jail through a court.

Police have strengthened security in Dhaka’s Gulshan and Baridhara diplomatic areas after criminals sent emails threatening attacks and demanding extortion money from four embassies. The report, published on August 24, 2026, said additional uniformed and plainclothes security personnel were deployed, while embassies were placed under special surveillance.

Detective Branch officials said the extortion emails sent to embassies and several government offices appeared to be the work of a fake group intended to embarrass the government. Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit officers met embassy representatives and advised them not to panic. No embassy filed a general diary or written complaint with Gulshan police station.

Additional Commissioner Shafiqul Islam said police were investigating the matter seriously and working to identify those involved. Investigators questioned three or four people linked to bKash numbers included in the emails, but they said they knew nothing about the case. Police have increased checkpoints, patrols and embassy-front surveillance, kept a quick response team ready, and are examining whether the threats originated abroad.

A Bangladeshi man, Yusuf Raju, 44, was killed in a shooting at a restaurant in Brooklyn, New York, police said. The shooting occurred after midnight on Sunday night in the Brownsville area, at American Best Wings and Pizza on Rockaway Avenue. Raju was an employee of the restaurant, and another employee was injured.

Police found a 44-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the head and a 39-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the leg at the scene. Both were taken to a local hospital, where doctors pronounced the older man dead. Police said the injured 39-year-old man was in stable condition.

Restaurant owner Sheikh Russell and Raju’s friend Abdul Jalil confirmed the victim’s identity. Police have not determined whether the gunman was inside the restaurant or fired from outside. The motive for the attack remains unknown, and police are searching for the person involved. Authorities had not publicly released the identities of the deceased and injured people.

A court in Cumilla has sentenced a father-in-law, mother-in-law and brother-in-law to life imprisonment for the murder of housewife Mariyam Begum in Nangalkot. Additional District and Sessions Judge Fourth Court Judge Md. Shamsul Alam delivered the verdict at 1pm on Sunday. Each convicted person was also fined Tk20,000, with an additional six months of rigorous imprisonment if the fine is not paid.

The court acquitted Mariyam’s husband, Abdul Matin, after the allegation against him was not proven. The three convicted defendants are her father-in-law Abdul Momin, mother-in-law Fatema Begum and brother-in-law Md. Nizam Uddin. They were present in the dock when the verdict was announced.

According to court sources and case records, Mariyam was strangled to death at her home in Chhafua village of Nangalkot on the night of September 24, 2005, following a family dispute. Her father, Md. Soleman, filed a murder case the next day. Police submitted the charge sheet on October 28, 2006, and the court heard testimony from 12 witnesses before finding the three defendants guilty. The prosecution lawyer and Mariyam’s relatives expressed satisfaction with the judgment.

Nine workers died on 14 August 2026 at Ferdous Steel Ship Recycling Industries in Sitakunda, in an incident linked to the MT Rasi vessel. Subsequent inquiries found hydrogen sulfide, methane, carbon dioxide and ammonia gases at the site. The article questions why the deaths occurred despite the yard holding Hong Kong Convention compliance certification, ISO management certification and formal approval from the Bangladesh Ship Recycling Board.

According to NGO Shipbreaking Platform information cited in the article, the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments had taken legal action against Ferdous Steel a month earlier for repeated occupational safety failures. The article says hazardous-gas risks in enclosed spaces require isolation, waste removal, forced ventilation, air testing at multiple levels, written entry permits, protective equipment, supervision and trained rescue teams.

It calls for an independent investigation and publication of the full report, including scrutiny of yard managers, regulators and certifying bodies. Proposed measures include unannounced inspections, an online database of yard certificates and violations, review of certificates after fatal accidents, specialist rescue teams, hospital preparedness and protections for workers refusing unsafe work.

Bangladesh’s Department of Narcotics Control has identified 12 alleged drug “godfathers” and 225 listed wholesale drug dealers across 10 districts of Khulna Division, according to its divisional intelligence office. The report, published on August 24, 2026, says recent operations have also recovered firearms and ammunition alongside narcotics, raising concerns about possible links between drug and weapons trafficking. Authorities say couriers and retail sellers are more frequently arrested than the alleged main controllers.

Five of the 12 identified figures are in Bagerhat, three in Satkhira, two in Narail, and one each in Khulna and Jhenaidah. Officials said the suspects face multiple cases and have been arrested at different times. Drug orders and deliveries have shifted from fixed locations to mobile phones, WhatsApp and messaging applications, with couriers delivering consignments at designated times and places.

Officials said yaba is now the most commonly seized drug, followed by cannabis and phensedyl. Investigators are examining more than 12 people allegedly involved in arms trading, as well as drug-finance sources and transactions. The amended Narcotics Control Act, 2026 includes technology-enabled drug transactions and digital-payment-related activities as offences.

Former Bhairab municipality Ward 1 councillor and municipal Jubo League general secretary Md Al-Amin Saikat was killed after an attack by unidentified assailants in Tinpotti area of Bhairab Bazar, Kishoreganj. The incident occurred late Sunday night, according to the report published on August 24, 2026. Bhairab police station officer-in-charge Md Mahbubur Rahman confirmed the matter.

Local and police sources said the attackers repeatedly struck Saikat with sharp weapons at around 12:30am, leaving him seriously injured. Local residents rescued him and took him first to Bhairab উপজেলা Health Complex. As his condition deteriorated, he was being taken to Dhaka in critical condition when he died on the way.

Saikat was the son of late businessman Jasim Mia of Arai Bepari Bari in Bhairabpur Uttarpara. He had served as councillor of Ward 1 in Bhairab municipality. He was also general secretary of Bhairab municipal Jubo League and a former director of the Bhairab Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Rangpur Metropolitan Police said they arrested two people over the deaths of retired teacher Ganapati Chakraborty, his wife and their two children at their home in Machhuapara, Rangpur. Police Commissioner Abdul Mabud disclosed the information on Sunday afternoon. The bodies of Ganapati, 65, his wife Pritilata, 50, daughter Prarthi, 25, and son Priyam, 12, were recovered from the house on Saturday night.

According to the commissioner, Siddhartha Das and Mugdha Das were consuming drugs on the rooftop on Thursday night when Ganapati stopped them. Police alleged that the two killed him and subsequently killed the other three family members as they came forward. Police said the suspects later bathed at the house, ate dates and cucumber, consumed yaba and fled with gold jewellery when roads were quiet around Friday prayers.

Police said the house was disturbed and two mobile phones submerged in water to portray the incident as a robbery. Some of the stolen jewellery has been recovered, and Ganapati’s brother Gopinath filed a murder case at Kotwali police station. Political leaders, residents, students and organisations demanded a proper investigation and prosecution of the actual perpetrators.

Chattogram Metropolitan Police has transferred Panchlaish police station Officer-in-Charge Md Jahidul Islam to its Special Branch, CTSB. The order, signed by CMP Commissioner Hasan Md Shawkat Ali on the evening of August 23, said it would take effect immediately in the public interest. The transfer followed an August 22 investigative report by Amar Desh concerning allegations that Zobairul Haque Zian used a “honey trap” against former Chattogram police commissioner Hasib Aziz.

The report said information had emerged about Jahidul Islam’s contact with Zian. WhatsApp chats obtained in the investigation reportedly included discussion involving Jahidul Islam’s posting to Karnaphuli police station, where he later served as officer-in-charge after coming from Satkania. The investigation also reported personal communication between the two.

CMP did not state a reason for Jahidul Islam’s transfer. The same order reshuffled officers-in-charge at several city police stations, including Karnaphuli, Khulshi, Bayezid Bostami, Halishahar, Panchlaish Model and Sadarghat. Amar Desh said it sought Jahidul Islam’s comments on his contact with Zian.

A former officer-in-charge of Sharan Khola police station told International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Sunday that a decomposed, unidentified body was recovered from the west bank of the Baleshwar River in Bagerhat on May 17, 2010. Retired additional superintendent of police Nizam Uddin Hawlader testified as the ninth witness in a crimes-against-humanity case against suspended Major General Ziaul Ahsan. He said the body had its head covered with cloth, hands and feet tied, and a cement sack attached to it.

Hawlader said he instructed SI Iqbal to take necessary action and prepare an inquest report. Because it was late, the body was brought to the police station and sent to the Sadar Hospital for autopsy the next morning. As it remained unidentified, it was buried through Anjuman Mufidul Islam in Bagerhat cemetery.

Relatives later identified the body from its shirt and trousers and said it was former BDR member Nazrul Islam. Nazrul’s wife Munni Akhter has also testified that DNA testing confirmed the body was her husband’s. She alleged they learned through intelligence sources that Ziaul Ahsan had forcibly disappeared and killed him.

Journalists Shyamal Dutta and Mozammel Babu were produced before the International Crimes Tribunal on Monday morning at about 9:30, according to the report. They face a case over alleged crimes against humanity linked to accusations of incitement during the anti-discrimination movement.

Both men are currently under arrest in connection with a case concerning alleged crimes against humanity committed during the movement. Dutta is the former general secretary of the National Press Club and editor of Bhorer Kagoj, while Babu is the founder and former editor-in-chief of private broadcaster Ekattor Television.

The report identifies the allegations as incitement during the anti-discrimination movement but provides no further details about the claimed acts, court proceedings, or any order issued by the tribunal. It states that the two journalists were brought before the tribunal in the case.