The High Court is scheduled to announce its verdict Monday in the appeal proceedings of the widely discussed murder case of Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi. The bench of Justice Bhishmadev Chakrabortty and Justice K M Rasheduzzaman Raja set the date for the ruling on Thursday. Police have strengthened security at Nusrat’s family home in the Uttar Charchandia area of Sonagazi municipality ahead of the verdict.

Nusrat’s mother, Shirin Akter, said the family received justice in the lower court but remains concerned about security while raising her three sons. She said police are providing overall security and expressed hope that the High Court would also deliver justice. Under criminal procedure, death sentences issued by trial courts require High Court approval through a death reference, while the convicted defendants also filed jail and criminal appeals.

On October 24, 2019, the Feni Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal sentenced all 16 accused to death and fined each Tk100,000. Nusrat died on April 10, 2019, after being set on fire on a cyclone shelter roof at her madrasa on April 6. The trial heard testimony from 87 people and completed arguments within 61 working days.

Rangpur-3 lawmaker Md Mahbubur Rahman Belal and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Rangpur metropolitan chief ATM Azam Khan visited the home where retired teacher Ganapati Chakraborty and family members were killed in Machhuapara, Ward 24 of Rangpur city. The visit took place after the killings, reported on August 23, 2026. Azam Khan is also a mayoral candidate in the upcoming city corporation election.

During the visit, the leaders spoke with local residents and sought information about the overall circumstances of the killings. They later told journalists that the case required a rapid and fair investigation. Belal said such a brutal killing was unacceptable and demanded the identification and arrest of those involved, disclosure of the actual events, and exemplary punishment for the guilty.

Azam Khan stressed the need for a proper investigation and speedy trial, saying the real perpetrators must be identified and brought under the law regardless of their identity. The speakers urged law-enforcement agencies to solve the case quickly and arrest those involved. Local residents also expressed concern, while grief and fear were reported in the area.

A court in Sirajganj has sentenced Ruhul Amin Shuvo to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for trafficking and selling counterfeit cigarettes. The Additional District and Sessions Judge, Third Court, Md Nazrul Islam, delivered the verdict on Sunday afternoon, according to the report published on August 23, 2026.

The court also imposed a fine of Tk 50,000 on Shuvo. If he fails to pay the fine, he will serve an additional six months of simple imprisonment. Additional Public Prosecutor Abdul Latif Akand confirmed the verdict and said the charges against the accused had been proven.

According to the prosecutor, Shuvo supplied counterfeit cigarettes bearing fake banderols to different parts of the country using covered vans and mobile phones. The convicted man is the son of Yunus Ali of Baliapukur village under Boalia police station in Rajshahi district.

Sylhet Battalion of Border Guard Bangladesh, known as 48 BGB, seized smuggled goods estimated at Tk 22.5 million in separate operations in Sylhet’s border areas. The force disclosed the seizures in a press release on Sunday, saying the items were recovered during a two-day operation. The report was published on August 23, 2026.

Operations were conducted by the battalion headquarters and the Banglabazar, Sonalichela, Bichanakandi, Tamabil and Pratappur border outposts. Seized items included Indian cosmetics, various saris, cumin, tea leaves, mobile displays, marble, cattle, blankets, chocolate, fish, sugar, betel nut, fruit and yaba.

BGB also said it detained a Bangladeshi barge boat that was carrying sand and stones illegally, along with Bangladeshi mrigel fish. The force put the estimated market value of all confiscated goods at Tk 22.5 million. The source did not provide details on arrests, owners of the goods, or further legal action.

Police in Khanasama, Dinajpur, detained two men on allegations of defrauding people while posing as Detective Branch police officers. The arrests followed a raid at a house in Chairmanpara village of Tongua area on Saturday afternoon. Police sent the two detainees to jail through a court on Sunday afternoon.

The detainees were identified as Ashraful Islam Sarkar, 48, son of Md Nurul Islam of Goalpara Purba (Shantinagar), and Manik Hossain, 46, son of Md Sirajul Islam of Bangrot area. Both areas fall under Thakurgaon Sadar police station.

Police said they seized two black Baofeng BF-888S wireless sets, a Realme C67 Android phone and two button phones. Officers also confiscated a signed Premier Bank cheque mentioning Tk30,000, two Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC ATM cards, a black Max-brand schoolbag and an unregistered black-and-red Pulsar 150cc motorcycle. Khanasama police station Officer-in-Charge Md Abdul Bachet Sarkar said legal action had been taken.

Ten families of workers killed in the Sitakunda shipbreaking tragedy received a combined Tk1 crore in compensation at Ferdous Shipyard in Bhatiari, Chattogram, on Sunday afternoon. Each family received a final cheque of Tk7 lakh after previously receiving Tk3 lakh, bringing total compensation to Tk10 lakh per family. The deaths followed a toxic-gas incident on 14 August while an old LNG carrier was being dismantled at Ferdous Steel Ship Recycling Industries.

Nine workers initially died after exposure to toxic gas and another later died while receiving treatment. Hydrogen sulfide was detected in the vessel's tanks, and investigators collected samples from several tanks for testing. Chattogram Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate Mohammad Zahidul Islam Mia acknowledged a lack of technology to remove hydrogen sulfide and called for maximum caution when dismantling LNG carriers and other hazardous ships.

The vessel owner said he bought the ship from a Dubai company after it received a clean certificate and planned legal action. The shipbreakers' association president blamed its sale before full cleaning, though investigators have not conclusively established that the certificate was false. The yard's environmental clearance expired on 12 August; after the accident, authorities fined it and ordered shipbreaking suspended until renewal.

Police in Goalanda upazila of Rajbari arrested Barek Sheikh on suspicion of arranging the murder of his brother, Faruk Sheikh, a 46-year-old tea seller. Faruk was found with his throat cut inside his home in the Jamtala area on Saturday afternoon. Their father, Khalek Sheikh, filed a murder case at Goalanda Ghat police station.

At a Sunday 5:30pm press conference at the Rajbari police superintendent’s office, Additional Superintendent of Police Mohammad Shamsul Haque said Barek told police that he hired colleagues Alamgir and Rubel for 3,000 taka to kill his brother. Police identified Barek, described as the youngest and third of four brothers, as the alleged main planner.

Police said Barek had allegedly planned the killing over greed for money saved by their father and anger over Faruk’s alleged poor behaviour toward their parents. During the operation, officers recovered two bloodstained sharp machetes believed to have been used in the killing, along with bloodstained vests and trousers, from a rubbish heap beside the house. Three arrested suspects were sent to court.

Detective Branch police in Chattogram arrested 27-year-old Md Mohiuddin, also known as Prokash, after recovering a machine used to make counterfeit currency and fake notes worth Tk18,300. Chattogram Metropolitan Police disclosed the information at a press conference on Sunday afternoon, August 23, 2026. Mohiuddin is the son of the late Abul Kashem from Ghorabhanga in Bhujpur, Chattogram district.

Police said the DB’s Bandar-West Division team conducted an operation in front of Afmi Plaza on August 13 and recovered counterfeit notes valued at Tk40,500 from Mohiuddin. Police said Tk40,500 in fake notes had also been recovered from him previously. A case was filed with Panchlaish Model Police Station on August 14.

Following remand interrogation, police said they learned that a rented room in Tayyabiya Housing Society contained a counterfeit-money-making machine and fake currency. DB officers later searched the residence and recovered the machine, 43 fake Tk100 notes, 24 fake Tk500 notes and two fake Tk1,000 notes. Police also recovered a glass cup from the house.

Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission has decided to send notices seeking asset declarations from journalist couple Shakil Ahmed and Farzana Rupa as part of an inquiry into allegations of illegally acquired wealth. ACC Deputy Director Md Akhtarul Islam said on Sunday that the notices will be delivered through prison authorities because the pair are in custody in separate cases. Shakil is held at Kashimpur High-Security Central Jail and Rupa at Munshiganj District Jail.

Using powers under Section 26(1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004, the ACC has asked each to provide information on assets held by themselves, their spouse and dependants. The order also seeks details of movable and immovable property, including assets held openly or anonymously, as well as liabilities, income sources and how the assets were acquired.

ACC records say they must submit the information within 21 working days of receiving the order. Failure to provide the declaration within the deadline or submitting false information could lead to action under Section 26(2) of the law. The ACC said its inquiry gave it “firm belief” that each owned substantial assets beyond known income. Earlier notices sent to their home address were returned after no one was found there.

Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against 10 people, including former Padma Bank PLC Managing Director and CEO Abdul Motaleb Patwary, over allegations of approving and embezzling a Tk 19.5 million loan using forged documents. The case was filed at the ACC headquarters on August 23, 2026, according to Deputy Director of the commission’s public relations department Md Aktarul Islam.

Other accused include former branch manager George Cornelius Gomez, former credit in-charge Md Russell Mia, former manager operations M Atif Khaled, former first assistant vice president Amena Begum, former branch manager Mohammad Shamsul Hasan Bhuiyan, former manager operations Mahbub Ahmad, former credit in-charge Md Kawsar Hossain, MH Enterprise proprietor Md Mominur Rahman and Md Ajit Ullah.

The ACC said it decided to investigate allegations that false documents were created to secure the loan in the complainant’s name. After reviewing the inquiry team’s report and relevant records, the commission filed a regular case. The accused face allegations under several Penal Code provisions, the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, and the Money Laundering Prevention Act, 2012.

Two children were rescued from a locked fifth-floor apartment in a six-storey building in Jamalpur city’s Shekher Vita rail crossing area on Sunday morning after passers-by heard them crying for water. The children, aged 10 and five, were found alive in a room whose door was bolted from outside. In another room, residents found the body of their mother, Israt Jahan, and police later recovered it.

Residents said the apartment’s main door had been locked from outside. They informed the building owner, who joined them in breaking the lock and entering the flat. Police said the children are the offspring of Israt Jahan and her former husband, Kawsar Ahammed Shawon, who had died. Following the incident, police collected evidence from the apartment and placed the children in safe custody.

Police said Israt Jahan had been living in the rented apartment with a man she had reportedly married secretly after her former husband’s death. The owner could not provide his identity, address or details of how long he had lived there. Her current husband was not found after the incident. Police sent the body to Jamalpur General Hospital morgue and said they are investigating the cause of death and the man’s possible involvement.

A driver for Dhaka’s Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-7 has accused Judge Sohel Rana of assaulting him inside the judge’s chamber on Sunday. Ali Hossain Bacchu said he was called at about 9:30am with the vehicle logbook and was questioned over an entry showing 7am. He alleged that, after explaining the timing was needed to clean the car before the judge entered at 8am, the judge punched him near the eye and slapped him near the ear.

Bacchu said the judge’s peon pulled him away, while a kick was attempted but did not strike him. He alleged he was abused and later had watery, swollen eyes. He also made allegations concerning the use of the vehicle and fuel allocation, saying these issues had caused tensions, and said he wanted justice and might pursue legal action.

Driver Abdur Rahim of Tribunal-4 said Bacchu came to them while unwell and was sent to National Medical College Hospital, where he received primary treatment and had one eye bandaged. Judge Rana denied punching him, saying he had questioned the driver about professional duties including vehicle cleaning and logbook updates, then pushed him out of the room after the driver looked at him angrily.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s traffic division filed 1,493 cases against traffic law violators during a daylong operation across different parts of the capital on Saturday. The operation also resulted in 499 vehicles being dumped and 335 vehicles being towed, according to the DMP traffic division.

The cases were filed separately across the city’s eight traffic divisions. Mirpur recorded the highest number, with 300 cases, followed by Motijheel with 278, Uttara with 256 and Lalbagh with 227. Other divisions recorded 141 cases in Wari, 102 in Tejgaon, 99 in Gulshan and 90 in Ramna.

The enforcement action covered buses, trucks, covered vans, CNG-run vehicles and motorcycles. In Mirpur, the 300 cases included 11 buses, 22 trucks, 35 covered vans, 35 CNG vehicles and 137 motorcycles. DMP said it regularly conducts such operations to maintain traffic discipline, control congestion and ensure compliance with road laws in the capital.

A garment worker, Arun Das, 59, died after being struck by a bus in the Baluchhara area under Chattogram city’s Bayezid Bostami police station. The accident occurred on Sunday morning in front of Visual Garments, according to the report published on August 23, 2026. Das was a resident of Jalalabad in Baluchhara and the son of Satish Das.

SI Nurul Alam Ashik, in charge of the police box at Chattogram Medical College Hospital, said Das was crossing the road when a bus operating on Route No. 3 hit him from the front. He sustained serious injuries in the collision.

He was rescued and taken to Chattogram Medical College Hospital at about 8:30 a.m. The attending doctor declared him dead after he was brought to the hospital. The source did not provide further details about the bus, its driver, or any subsequent action by authorities.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit arrested four people in the Jatrabari area of the capital while they were allegedly preparing to commit mugging. The operation was conducted at about 8:15am on Sunday at the Jatrabari police station roundabout, according to CTTC sources.

The detainees were identified as Mohammad Ali, 20; Nurnabi Akash Majhi, 23; Jamal, 25; and Sohan, 26. CTTC said an operational team from its City-Intelligence Analysis Division received confidential information that several alleged criminals were preparing for mugging near the Jatrabari roundabout.

Following the information, the team conducted an operation at the location and detained the four during the alleged preparations, the CTTC said. Legal action has been taken against them, and they were later sent to the court, according to the unit.