A Dhaka court has remanded 15 people arrested from the Bashundhara Residential Area over allegations that they planned sabotage and terrorist activities surrounding August 15. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Riyad Hasan issued the remand order on Sunday after an application by the investigating officer, according to prosecution division sub-inspector Kamal Hossain.

Police said the 15 were among 54 people arrested from a house in the Bashundhara Residential Area under Bhatara police station on the night of August 13. The detainees were described as leaders and activists of the banned Awami League and affiliated organisations. Police said two of those arrested were minors.

The people sent on remand include Limon Khan, Dewan Ismail, Fahim Mia, Ratan, Rakib alias Rafi, Ratul Shil, Minarul Mia, Masud Rana alias Limon, Jihad Hasan, Abu Saim alias Sayem Babu, Fahim, Shakil Mia, Rajib, Sani and Rajan Mia. The report did not specify the duration of the remand or further court proceedings.

An anti-drug rally and awareness gathering was held in Banshkhali, Chattogram, on August 23, 2026, to raise public awareness against drug trafficking, sales and consumption. The programme was organised under the slogan, “Let us all pledge to build a drug-free society.” Police personnel, local administration officials, public representatives, teachers, students, members of civil society and residents took part.

Led by Banshkhali police station Officer-in-Charge Mohammad Rabiul Haque, the rally began from the police station premises. It travelled through major roads and important areas of the upazila before ending at the Upazila Parishad premises. A public awareness meeting was later held in the parishad compound.

Speakers said drugs destroy not only an individual’s life but also affect families, society and the state. They stressed joint action by law-enforcement agencies, families and communities to protect young people. The officer-in-charge said police had strengthened anti-drug operations and surveillance to keep Banshkhali drug-free. Participants later recited an anti-drug pledge and expressed commitment to building a healthy, beautiful and drug-free Banshkhali for future generations.

A Dhaka court has again deferred the charge-framing hearing in an Arms Act case against former law minister Anisul Haque, setting September 24 as the new date. Judge Moin Uddin Chowdhury of Dhaka’s Fourth Special Tribunal fixed the date on Sunday afternoon, August 23, 2026. Haque was produced before the court from prison for the hearing.

Defence lawyer Suman Hossain said Haque had a licensed pistol, but documents related to it were lost during the July movement of 2024. He said efforts were under way to obtain duplicate copies of the papers. The defence sought more time because the documents could not be collected, and the court allowed the request. The charge-framing hearing had previously been postponed three times.

According to the case allegations, a gazette notification issued on August 25, 2024 suspended licences for firearms issued for personal security between January 6, 2009 and August 5, 2024. Licensed weapons and ammunition were ordered to be deposited by September 3, 2024. Police said no information was found that Haque or a representative deposited the firearm or informed Banani police. A Banani police sub-inspector filed the case on May 24 under Section 19(1) of the Arms Act.

Law enforcement agencies have strengthened security across the Baridhara and Gulshan diplomatic areas of Dhaka after two foreign embassies received threatening emails. Dhaka Metropolitan Police Diplomatic Security Division Deputy Commissioner Abu Khayer confirmed the development on Sunday, according to the report published on August 23, 2026. The emails targeted the Chinese and Russian embassies in Dhaka.

Abu Khayer said authorities did not know where the emails originated and believed they were likely a scam or fake. He said the foreign embassies informed Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in line with procedure. The ministry then notified Police Headquarters and the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit.

Following the notifications, law enforcement agencies increased monitoring in areas around the embassies and reinforced existing security arrangements. Abu Khayer said his office had not received an official communication directly from the embassies, but acted after learning of the matter. He added that authorities did not currently believe there was any such imminent threat. No general diary entry or written complaint had been filed with a police station over the emails.

A Sirajganj court on Sunday sentenced six people, including a woman, to life imprisonment for the killing of farmer Chanowar Hossain in Ullapara over a dispute involving unpaid money. District and Sessions Judge Md Iqbal Hossain also fined each convict Tk20,000, with six months’ simple imprisonment in default. The verdict was delivered on August 23, 2026.

The convicts are Manik Hossain, also known as Hira Manik, Mahmudul Hasan Nayon, Rubel Mia, Shariful Islam, Rabeya Khatun and Shahadat Hossain. According to the case charge sheet, Hira Manik had borrowed Tk220,000 from Chanowar, and conflict developed after the farmer pressed for repayment.

On the evening of July 8, 2020, Hira Manik allegedly called Chanowar out by mobile phone, after which he went missing. Locals found a body floating in the Surya River in Ullapara on July 12, and the family identified it as Chanowar’s. His wife Selina Khatun filed the case. Police submitted a charge sheet against six accused on April 30, 2022, and the court sent all six to jail after the verdict.

Thailand’s military said 51 coordinated arson attacks and other incidents struck several areas of the country’s insurgency-hit south on Saturday night, August 23, 2026. Two civilians were injured and government facilities and other property were damaged. The attacks occurred between 8 p.m. and midnight in southern border areas, according to the Internal Security Operations Command, or ISOC.

Narathiwat province recorded the largest number of incidents, prompting a curfew from Saturday night until 6 a.m. Sunday. Attacks were also reported in neighboring Yala and Pattani provinces. A local government office building, a Seven-Eleven store and a stolen vehicle were set on fire. Authorities also examined affected telecommunications towers and electricity poles.

No group had claimed responsibility for the attacks. Narathiwat Governor Boonchai Homyamien said investigators began examining the sites on Sunday and that no further attacks had been reported that morning. ISOC said a vehicle was stolen from a subdistrict administrative office during one attack, which also set the building ablaze; the burned pickup was later found abandoned beside a road.

Bangladesh Coast Guard detained two alleged gold smugglers with 31 bhori of gold near the New Fishery Ghat area beside Cox’s Bazar airport on Saturday evening. The detainees were identified as Md Azim, 33, and Md Faruk, 28, both from Cox’s Bazar Sadar upazila. Coast Guard media officer Lieutenant Commander Sabbir Alam Sujon confirmed the operation on Sunday.

The Coast Guard said it had information that a group would bring a consignment of gold into the country without paying customs duty. During a special operation at about 7pm, a suspicious motorcycle was signalled to stop, but its riders allegedly tried to flee by speeding up. Coast Guard personnel then pursued and detained the two men along with the motorcycle.

A search of a bag recovered about Tk75 lakh worth of gold, four mobile phones, Tk5,742 in cash, 10 Saudi riyals and three Saudi ATM cards, officials said. During preliminary questioning, the detainees allegedly said the gold had been brought from Dubai through various channels for sale in Bangladesh. Legal action is underway, while intelligence surveillance and operations continue to identify other traders and associates.

A worker injured in an accident at Baraka Green Ship Recycling Yard in Sitakunda, Chattogram, has died after seven days of hospital treatment. Md Alauddin, 51, was seriously injured while working at the yard on August 16 and died at about 7am on Saturday at Treatment Hospital in the city’s Probortok Mor area.

Faujdarhat Police Outpost in-charge Inspector Rubel Afrad confirmed the death, saying Alauddin had been receiving treatment after the shipyard accident. Police and local sources said colleagues rescued him after the incident and admitted him to the hospital.

Alauddin was a resident of Uttar Masjidda area in Sitakunda উপজেলার and was the son of Nurul Islam and Hajera Khatun. News of his death brought grief among relatives and coworkers. The report said his family has fallen into severe financial uncertainty after losing its only earning member.

Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Sunday showed Wing Commander Saifur Rahman arrested in a crimes against humanity case over the April 17, 2012 disappearance of BNP central leader M Ilyas Ali. The three-member tribunal, led by Justice Golam Mortuza Mozumder, accepted the chief prosecutor’s application and set October 25 for the next hearing.

Saifur was produced before the tribunal from prison in the morning and brought before the court after 2 p.m. Chief Prosecutor Aminul Islam then sought an order showing him arrested and sending him to jail, which the tribunal granted. The tribunal had earlier issued an arrest warrant against Saifur Rahman on August 9 following a prosecution application.

According to prosecution sources, investigators found information indicating Saifur’s involvement after a first alleged attempt to abduct Ilyas Ali failed and a second attempt, led by former army officer Ziaul Ahsan, succeeded. Saifur was then a Bangladesh Air Force squadron leader serving in RAB’s intelligence branch. His name also emerged in warrant officer Imrul Kayes’s June 21 testimony in a case involving more than 100 alleged disappearances and killings. Dismissed Major General Ziaul Ahsan is in jail in this case.

Border Guard Bangladesh seized illegal Indian sarees, three-piece sets, other goods and a vehicle valued at Tk9.29 million in separate operations in Cumilla early Sunday. Special patrol teams from Shiberbazar BOP in Chauddagram and Kotbazar Post in Adarsha Sadar conducted the raids at about 4:30am.

According to 10 BGB sources, the Shiberbazar patrol operated in the Chaoyara Bazar area, about six kilometres inside the border, while the Kotbazar team conducted its operation in the Palpara area, about five kilometres inside the border. The items were recovered from an ownerless vehicle.

The seized goods included various types of Indian sarees, three-piece sets, Red Bull and Move balm, along with the vehicle. Lieutenant Colonel Mir Ali Ejaj, commander of Cumilla Battalion 10 BGB, said the process was under way to hand over the seized goods to customs authorities in accordance with regulations. BGB said its strict operations against smuggling and all forms of cross-border crime would continue.

Jamaat-e-Islami amir Dr Shafiqur Rahman condemned the killing of four members of a family in Rangpur and called for accountability from the home minister. The bodies of former Rangpur Zilla School teacher Ganapati Chakraborty, his wife Pritilata Chakraborty, son Priyam Chakraborty and daughter Agami Chakraborty were recovered from a house in the city’s Machhuapara area on Saturday night. Initial information indicated they were killed by strangulation.

Describing the elimination of an entire family as deeply painful and horrific, Shafiqur said social crimes, killings and terrorist activities had reached serious levels in recent times. He referred to reported extortion demands in dollars and attacks involving a doctor in Dhaka and a veterinary doctor in Mymensingh, saying these incidents showed a serious deterioration in law and order.

He said the perceived indifference of law-enforcement agencies had alarmed people and urged authorities to quickly identify those involved in the Rangpur killings and ensure exemplary punishment. He also said victims were not receiving proper justice and court delays were causing public frustration. Shafiqur called for greater social awareness to protect people from such crimes.

Three people described as an Islami Chhatra Shibir worker and two supporters were shot by masked attackers in Baraital village of Jirtali ইউনিয়ন, Begumganj upazila, Noakhali, at about 9:30pm on Saturday. The injured were identified as Sakibul Hasan, 17, Md Nadim, 17, and Md Saher. They were admitted to Noakhali 250-bed General Hospital after local residents rescued them.

Local sources said the three were returning home from Bangla Bazar on a motorcycle when several masked people travelling in a CNG-run autorickshaw tried to stop them. After failing to block the motorcycle, the attackers allegedly fired indiscriminately, leaving all three injured. Residents approached the scene, after which the attackers fled. A shooting at a wedding in Alaiarpur union of Begumganj had injured at least five people the previous Monday.

Begumganj Jamaat emir Md Abu Zayed alleged that a Jubo Dal leader named Harun led the attack, an allegation rejected by Jubo Dal member secretary Mohi Uddin Raju. Police said two injured people had shrapnel wounds, while their political identities remained unconfirmed. No written complaint had been filed, and police said legal action would follow if one is submitted.

A Lalmonirhat court on Sunday sentenced Bidhan Chandra to death for the murder of seven-year-old schoolgirl Nandini Roy of Falimari village in Aditmari upazila. District and Sessions Judge Md Haidar Ali delivered the verdict on August 23, 2026, within six working days after the case was transferred for trial. Two other accused, Ranjit Kumar Roy and Mamata Rani, received five years’ rigorous imprisonment each.

Nandini’s father, Nalani Mohan Barman, filed the murder case at Aditmari police station on June 16 against three accused. The complaint alleged that Nandini was killed between 3pm on June 15 and 6am on June 16, and her body was buried in a maize field belonging to Javed Ali to conceal it. Police said Bidhan gave a confession under Section 164, leading to the recovery of the body and seizure of a spade and other evidence.

Bidhan was convicted under Section 302 and fined Tk20,000, with additional penalties under Section 404. The death sentence requires High Court Division approval, and he may appeal within seven days. All three convicts were ordered sent to Lalmonirhat District Jail.

Rangpur Metropolitan Police said they detained two people over the killings of retired teacher and homeopathic practitioner Ganapati Chakraborty and three relatives at their home in the Daspara-Machhuapara area of Rangpur city. Police recovered the bodies of Ganapati, his wife Pritilata, daughter Prarthi and 12-year-old son Priyam from the two-storey house at about 11:30pm on Saturday.

At a Sunday press conference, Police Commissioner Mohammad Abdul Mabud identified the detainees as Mugdha Das and Siddhartha Das, relatives from the same area. Police said one works as a goldsmith. Investigators allege the two entered through a neighbouring under-construction house, used yaba on the roof, and killed the four family members after an altercation.

Police said the detainees admitted during questioning that they remained in the house for six to seven hours, bathed, ate dates and cucumber, and left with gold jewellery. Officers said jewellery was recovered from an abandoned area behind a temple based on their information. Ganapati's brother filed a case against unidentified people and called for a proper investigation.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Detective Branch chief Md Shafiqul Islam said police are working on threats involving several foreign embassies. He made the remarks at a press conference at the DMP Media Centre on Minto Road in the capital on Sunday.

Islam said a group was carrying out the activity to damage the country’s image. He said authorities were attempting to identify the network responsible for the threats.

The report did not specify which embassies received threats, the nature of the threats, or whether any suspects had been identified. It also did not provide details of any arrests, investigations or security measures announced at the press conference.