A Dhaka tribunal has set June 7, Sunday, for delivering the verdict in the case over the rape and murder of eight-year-old schoolgirl Ramisa Akter in Pallabi. The date was fixed by Judge Masrur Salekin of the Dhaka Metropolitan Tribunal for Suppression of Violence Against Children after hearing closing arguments from both prosecution and defense. The prosecution argued that evidence and witness testimonies proved the charges beyond doubt against accused Sohel Rana and his wife Swapna Khatun, seeking the death penalty for both. Defense lawyers appointed by the state pleaded for justice and claimed innocence on behalf of the accused.

Earlier, Sohel Rana and Swapna Khatun were produced before the court. Sohel confessed to the crime in his statement, while Swapna denied involvement. The case stems from the May 19 discovery of Ramisa’s body in a Pallabi apartment, where police said Sohel killed and dismembered the child after assaulting her. The investigation concluded on May 24 with a charge sheet against both accused, later transferred to the special tribunal for trial.

The verdict will conclude a fast-tracked trial that began after the completion of witness testimonies and arguments earlier this week.

A five-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in the Modonhat area of Dighapatia Union under Natore Sadar upazila on Tuesday evening. The accused, identified as 48-year-old Shariful Islam, allegedly lured the child into a nearby cornfield with food and assaulted her. Locals said the child was threatened with a sharp weapon to keep silent. When her family noticed unusual behavior, she revealed the incident, and she was later hospitalized due to excessive bleeding.

The incident became known on Wednesday night, prompting angry residents to capture Shariful from his home, beat him, and hand him over to the police. The victim’s father, a day laborer, demanded exemplary punishment for the accused. Natore Police Station Officer-in-Charge Monsur Rahman confirmed the arrest and said legal action would follow based on the family’s complaint.

Police have taken the accused into custody, and further legal procedures are underway according to the report.

Police in Ghatail upazila recovered the body of Jubo Dal activist Mintu Khan, aged 45, from Kauntar Beel around 1 a.m. on Wednesday, four days after he went missing. Mintu, son of Majid Master from Amuabaid village, had been missing since Sunday morning after leaving his home. He was known as a former Chhatra Dal worker and an active member of the local Jubo Dal.

According to Ghatail Police Station Officer-in-Charge Moksedur Rahman, the body was sent to Tangail morgue for autopsy. Police detained five suspects the same night for questioning in connection with the incident. The report also notes that Majid Master, Mintu’s father, is a well-known BNP leader in the hilly area of Ghatail.

Further details about the cause of death or motive behind the incident were not disclosed in the report.

Police in Haimchar, Chandpur, have arrested seven people, including five women and two teenagers, in connection with the killing of Omar Faruk, who was found with his throat slit. The arrests were made following a murder case filed by the victim’s father, Abdul Khalek Rarhi, under relevant sections of the Penal Code. The detainees were sent to court on Wednesday afternoon.

According to Haimchar Police Station, the arrests were carried out under the direction of Officer-in-Charge Nazmul Hasan and led by Sub-Inspector Priolal Ghosh. The women arrested are Akhi Akter, Nazma Begum, Laki Begum, Sonia Begum, and Toymunnesa, all residents of Chhoto Laxmipur village in Uttar Algi Durgapur Union. The two teenage suspects are named Jumman and Abdullah.

Police said operations are continuing to identify and apprehend others involved in the brutal killing.

An inmate named Mokbul Hossain, aged 54, died while undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Wednesday, June 3. He was a prisoner from Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj. According to prison and hospital sources, Mokbul suddenly fell ill inside the prison around noon. Following instructions from the prison authorities, guards including Nazmul Islam took him to the hospital’s emergency department, where doctors conducted several tests before declaring him dead at 4:45 p.m.

Sub-Inspector Md. Mahmudul Hasan of Shahbagh Police Station, who is stationed at the hospital police camp, confirmed the death and said the body has been kept in the hospital morgue for autopsy. After completing legal procedures, the body will be handed over to the family.

Prison sources said Mokbul Hossain had been serving a sentence under Section 86 in case number CR 2877/26. He was a resident of Mirhajirbagh in Jatrabari, Dhaka, and the son of the late Ali Ahmed.

A member secretary of the Sadar Upazila unit of the Swechchhasebak Dal, Rakibul Islam, was allegedly beaten and injured inside Rangpur Metropolitan Kotwali Police Station on Wednesday night. The assault was reportedly led by the station’s officer-in-charge (OC) Azad Rahman and several police members. Following the incident, three officers on duty—female constable Lima Soren, duty officer Meherunnesa, and sub-inspector Masud Rana—were withdrawn from their posts. The Metropolitan Police confirmed the action in a midnight press release.

According to the statement, Police Commissioner Mohammad Abdul Mabud ordered an inquiry to uncover the facts. A three-member investigation committee was formed, headed by Additional Police Commissioner (Administration and Finance) Naresh Chakma, with DC (Crime) Mahfuzur Rahman and AC Kotwali Sukumar Roy as members. The committee will conduct an impartial investigation and recommend legal and departmental measures.

Rakibul Islam claimed that he was beaten with a rifle despite identifying himself as a BNP-affiliated leader. The OC denied the assault allegation, saying he only intervened in a scuffle between two families. Rakibul was later taken to hospital for treatment.

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.