Police in Bagatipara upazila of Natore district arrested a suspected drug dealer named Babu Pramanik, aged 35, during a special anti-narcotics operation. The arrest took place late Tuesday night in the Bilpara area of Dayarampur Union. Law enforcement officials reported recovering 50 small packets of heroin, with an estimated market value of about 12,000 taka.

According to the Officer-in-Charge of Bagatipara Model Police Station, Md. Abdul Hannan, a case has been filed against the accused under the Narcotics Control Act. Following legal procedures, the suspect was presented before the court on Wednesday afternoon. The police confirmed the authenticity of the incident and stated that the operation was part of their ongoing anti-drug drive in the area.

The report highlights continued law enforcement efforts in Natore to curb illegal drug trade through targeted operations and legal action against offenders.

A Dhaka court has ordered the start of the trial against Syed Sohanur Rahman Siam, son of retired Public Service Commission driver Syed Abed Ali, in a corruption case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over allegations of amassing wealth beyond known income sources. The order was issued on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, by Dhaka Divisional Special Judge Begum Shamima Afroz after a hearing. The court also set July 9 as the date for recording witness testimony. Siam was produced before the court from prison, and his defense did not seek exemption during the charge hearing.

According to the ACC, separate cases were filed on January 5 of the previous year against Abed Ali, his wife Shahreen Akter Shilpi, and their son Siam. The cases allege suspicious transactions totaling over Tk 41 crore across multiple bank accounts. Specifically, Siam is accused of acquiring Tk 3.3 crore in assets beyond known income sources under Section 27(1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004. He was arrested following the submission of the charge sheet in this case.

Abed Ali and his wife also face separate charges involving Tk 3.72 crore and Tk 1.26 crore respectively in unexplained wealth, according to the ACC case documents.

A Dhaka court has ordered the rearrest of three individuals, including Shahed Ahmed Mojumdar, son of former state minister for industries Kamal Ahmed Mojumdar, in a case over the attempted murder of madrasa student Nazim Uddin. The order was issued on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, by Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md. Sefatullah after a petition from the investigating officer of Gulshan Police Station.

The other two accused are Selim Pradhan, an active leader and financier of the Awami League, and Abu Sayeed, vice chairman of Ullapara Upazila in Sirajganj and secretary of the local Awami League unit. According to the petition, the accused were present at the scene and allegedly supported efforts to suppress an anti-discrimination movement through funding and direct involvement. The court approved their arrest for further investigation.

The case stems from a July 19, 2024, protest in Dhaka’s Bashatala area, where demonstrators were reportedly fired upon, injuring Nazim Uddin. His aunt later filed the attempted murder case with Gulshan Police Station.

A Chattogram court has sentenced Monir Hossain to life imprisonment and fined him Tk 50,000 for raping a three-and-a-half-year-old child in the city’s Baklia area. The verdict was delivered on Wednesday morning by Judge Syeda Hafsa Jhuma of the Chattogram Women and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal. The trial concluded within 28 days of the incident.

According to Public Prosecutor Mahmud-ul Alam Chowdhury Maruf, testimonies from 18 witnesses were recorded over three working days. The case originated from an incident on May 21, when the child was assaulted inside a warehouse near a sand field in Chairman Ghat, Ward 19 of Baklia. The victim’s father, Mehedi Hasan, filed the case with Baklia Police Station.

Police stated that evidence from witness statements, medical reports, and DNA tests confirmed the allegation. Based on these findings, a charge sheet was submitted to the court 13 days after the incident under the Women and Child Repression Prevention Act.

Four members of a broker ring were sentenced to varying jail terms following a joint operation by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-9) and the district administration at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital. According to a press release issued on Wednesday, the detainees were arrested from the hospital premises and sentenced by a mobile court.

The convicted individuals were identified as Tanvir Ahmed Suman (30), Sayem Ahmed (34), Bokul Mia (56), and Suman Ahmed (28). RAB stated that the group had long been deceiving patients and their relatives to gain unethical benefits. They were involved in harassment, fraud, and commission-based dealings by referring patients to private clinics and diagnostic centers from within and around the hospital.

RAB confirmed that Tanvir Ahmed Suman and Sayem Ahmed received three months’ imprisonment each, while Bokul Mia and Suman Ahmed were sentenced to one month each.

A Bangladeshi youth named Nabi Hossain from Bahubal upazila in Habiganj has been abducted in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. According to his family, despite paying ransom money to a group identifying itself as a mafia gang, there has been no trace of him. The family reported that the ransom was sent to a mobile number provided by the abductors, but Nabi remains missing, leaving his relatives in severe distress.

Nabi Hossain had traveled to Saudi Arabia on January 2 through a local agent named Tarek Mia from Karimpur village. He was employed at a company near the Charmina Mosque in Riyadh’s Aziziyah area. On June 3, he last contacted his family to inform them about receiving his salary, after which his phone was found switched off. Thirteen days later, on June 15, a message demanding ransom was sent from an Imo account named Md. Mamun.

The family transferred a total of 41,000 taka through bKash as instructed, but the abductors later demanded more money. Despite the payments, Nabi’s whereabouts remain unknown, and his family continues to live in fear and uncertainty.

Six people were killed in separate counterterrorism operations conducted by security forces in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, according to a statement issued by the country’s Counter Terrorism Department on Sunday. The statement said that militants had set up a checkpoint on Shakardara Road to plan attacks and obstruct the movement of law enforcement personnel. When a team from Swat reached the area, the militants opened fire, triggering a gunfight that left three militants dead. Authorities recovered three Kalashnikov rifles, nine magazines, and multiple rounds of ammunition from the scene, while other suspects fled.

In another statement, officials reported that members of the group “Fitna al-Kharij” were moving from Mohmand district toward Charsadda to carry out terrorist activities. Acting on this information, security forces launched an operation and came under fire from the militants. After an intense exchange of gunfire, three more bodies were recovered from the area.

The operations reflect ongoing efforts by Pakistani security forces to counter militant activity in the region.

A Dhaka court has again postponed the submission of the further investigation report in the murder case of Inquilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi. On Wednesday, June 17, 2026, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md. Sefatullah set June 28 as the new date after the investigating officer, CID Assistant Superintendent of Police Abdul Kadir Bhuiyan, failed to submit the report. This marks the 16th postponement of the report submission.

Earlier, on January 15, 2026, the case’s complainant, Inquilab Moncho member secretary Abdullah Al Jaber, expressed dissatisfaction with the charge sheet filed by the Detective Branch and filed a petition for further investigation. The court accepted the petition and ordered a reinvestigation. The initial charge sheet, submitted on January 6, 2026, accused 17 individuals, including former ward councillor Taizul Islam Chowdhury Bappi and Faisal Karim Masud.

According to the case details, Hadi was shot on December 12, 2025, in Dhaka’s Motijheel area while traveling after Friday prayers. He later died on December 18, 2025, in Singapore while undergoing treatment.

A Chattogram court has sentenced Md. Abir Mia to death and fined him 100,000 taka for the murder of five-year-old Alina Islam Ayat. The verdict was delivered on Wednesday by Judge Muhammad Ali Akkas of the Sixth Additional Sessions Judge Court. According to the prosecution, 33 witnesses testified in the case, and the state expressed satisfaction with the maximum punishment handed down to the main accused.

The case originated from the disappearance of Ayat, daughter of Sohel Rana, from the Bandar Tila area under EPZ Police Station on November 15, 2022. Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) found that Abir, a tenant known to the family, kidnapped the child for ransom and later killed her by suffocation when his plan failed. He dismembered the body and disposed of the parts near the sea and a canal. Abir confessed to the crime in court on November 25, 2022.

PBI inspector Manoj Dey submitted the charge sheet on October 10, 2023, naming Abir and a 17-year-old accomplice. The juvenile’s trial is ongoing in the children’s court, while Abir remains in prison.

A mobile court in Shariatpur’s Damudya upazila fined a local BNP leader Tk 200,000 and sentenced another person to four months in jail for illegally cutting and selling soil from agricultural land. The verdict was delivered at 8:45 p.m. on Monday in Uttar Syedbasta village under Koneshwar Union. The court found that fertile farmland soil had been excavated using an excavator and sold elsewhere, damaging both the land’s productivity and a rural road built by the Local Government Engineering Department.

According to the mobile court, Shafik Madbar received a four-month non-rigorous imprisonment for illegally cutting soil, while Ibrahim Member, a former joint general secretary of Koneshwar Union BNP and current union council member, was fined Tk 200,000 for supplying the excavator. In default of payment, he will serve three months in jail. Another accused, Sohel Bepari, was not found at the scene, and police were instructed to file a regular case against him.

Assistant Commissioner (Land) Zahidur Rahman stated that illegal soil extraction harming farmland fertility is punishable under the Balumahal and Soil Management Act, 2010, and the Land Crime Prevention and Remedy Act, 2023.

Two young men from Madarganj in Jamalpur, Bangladesh, have been missing in Russia since May 29, 2026. They are Maful alias Mofiz, 23, and Arif Hossain, 27, who traveled to Russia on May 7 seeking work as a mason and electrician. Families say they were sent through local brokers who promised jobs but instead handed them over to the Russian military. Social media reports and an audio message have circulated claiming the two were killed in a drone strike, though no official confirmation has been received.

Relatives allege that the brokers deceived the men and sold them to the military for money. Both families last spoke with the men on May 29 before their phones went silent. Maful’s mother and sister expressed grief and demanded justice, while Arif’s family said they paid 1.6 million taka to send him abroad and now want a proper investigation. Local authorities acknowledged awareness of the case through social media and advised families to file formal complaints for further action.

The Madarganj Upazila administration has informed higher authorities and pledged necessary support if written applications are submitted by the victims’ families.

A surge in street crime has intensified concerns over public safety in Dhaka after police officers were injured during a pursuit of muggers. On Tuesday morning, robbers attacked a mobile financial agent in Adabor, stealing 350,000 taka. Later that day, when police launched an operation to arrest the suspects, the assailants attacked with sharp weapons, injuring the local police chief and a sub-inspector. Two robbers were shot and four were detained, according to law enforcement officials.

Reports indicate that Dhaka now has 466 identified mugging hotspots with nearly 1,000 active offenders. Despite special police drives, incidents continue to rise, with 33 cases recorded in May and 167 nationwide last month. Many victims avoid filing complaints, leading to underreported crime figures. Areas such as Mohammadpur, Mirpur, Jatrabari, Mugda, and Dhanmondi are among the most affected.

Experts warn that muggers are increasingly organized and armed, urging legal reforms to prevent easy bail. The Dhaka Metropolitan Police has reaffirmed a zero-tolerance policy and intensified operations following the recent attacks.

A series of brutal killings in Chattogram has triggered widespread fear and raised serious concerns about the region’s deteriorating law and order. Recent incidents include the daylight shooting of a Jubo Dal leader in Raozan and the nighttime murder of a mother and daughter in Anwara. Attackers have been seen moving openly with heavy weapons, and even police camps have come under assault. The violence is reportedly linked to disputes over control of illegal businesses involving sand, soil, and drugs.

Police sources said that in the past 18 months, more than 50 murders have occurred across Chattogram district and city, including 25 in Raozan alone, most of them politically motivated. CCTV footage of several killings has circulated on social media, revealing the identities of suspects who remain at large. The police have identified those involved in the latest incidents but cited difficulties in arresting them due to their escape into remote hilly areas.

District police officials stated that the perpetrators have been surrounded and that a major operation is being planned to restore order soon.

Police recovered the body of a student from the hostel of Farid Ahmed Bhuiyan Academy, a private school in Ramganj, Lakshmipur, on Tuesday night. Following the discovery, angry residents vandalized the school’s main gate and reception area around 10 p.m. in protest. The situation was brought under control after Officer-in-Charge Firoz Uddin Chowdhury and Upazila Nirbahi Officer Kazi Atikur Rahman arrived at the scene and assured proper investigation.

The deceased, Mehedi Hasan, aged 14, was an eighth-grade student and the son of Ziauddin Zia from Raghbapur village in Ichapur Union. His family alleged that he was murdered. However, Additional Superintendent of Police (Administration and Finance) Hossain Mohammad Raihan Kazemi stated that the body was found hanging and that it could not yet be determined whether it was a case of murder or suicide until the autopsy report is received. The situation in the area is currently calm.

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has thwarted a planned attack on the White House during a mixed martial arts event attended by President Donald Trump. Five individuals have been arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit murder. If convicted, each faces a maximum life sentence and fines up to $250,000. One suspect, Tyson Proper, faces an additional charge of conspiring to commit violence on White House grounds. The initial court hearing is scheduled for June 29.

According to prosecutors, the suspects allegedly planned to use explosive-laden drones to strike nearby buildings before opening fire on key figures. Their objective was to drive panicked crowds toward sniper teams, followed by a second wave of attackers targeting the White House gate. Court documents list potential targets including President Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and entrepreneur Elon Musk, though not all were present at the event.

FBI Director Kash Patel stated on social media that coordinated raids across multiple states led to the arrests and the complete disruption of the planned attack.