A video showing a young man urinating on a graffiti of Shahid Sharif Osman Hadi, spokesperson of Inkilab Moncho, in Chatmohar, Pabna, has gone viral and triggered widespread anger. The footage, shared on a reel titled 'Matrivumi-71', shows a man in white pants and a maroon jacket committing the act while another records it. The video was accompanied by a song and quickly spread across social media, drawing condemnation from local residents.

CCTV footage from the area shows that around 1 a.m. on January 1, five young men were present near the boundary wall at the entrance of Chatmohar upazila. One left, while four remained; one urinated on the graffiti, another filmed, and two stood nearby. After the act, they left the scene. The incident has caused severe dissatisfaction among the public.

Member Md Hasanuzzaman Sabuj of the group '36 July Amlan' stated that discussions have been held regarding the incident and further action will be taken. Locals have demanded swift legal measures against those involved.

Police in Taraganj, Rangpur, have arrested AB Party leader Yunus Ali, 35, in connection with the widely discussed Rupolal and Pradip murder case. The arrest took place on Saturday, January 17, 2026, around 6 p.m. during a special operation at Burirhat Bazar in the Sayer Union area. Yunus Ali, son of Khairat Hossain from Damodarpur Mamunpara village, serves as the member secretary of the AB Party’s Taraganj upazila unit.

According to Taraganj Police Station’s investigation officer Khondaker Abdullah Al Mahmud, the case stems from an incident on August 9, 2025, when Rupolal Das, 40, and his nephew-in-law Pradip Lal, 35, both from the Dalit community, were beaten to death by a mob in Burirhat Bottola area on suspicion of theft. The next day, Rupolal’s wife, Bharati Rani, filed a murder case with Taraganj Police Station.

Police stated that video footage analysis confirmed Yunus Ali’s direct involvement in the killings. Following legal procedures, he will be sent to jail custody.

A fire that broke out at a shoe factory in Old Dhaka’s Nazirabazar area on Saturday evening, January 17, 2026, has been brought under control. According to the Fire Service, four units worked for about half an hour to contain the blaze, which started on the third floor of a four-storey building. The fire was reported at 7:13 p.m., and firefighters reached the scene within ten minutes, bringing the situation under control by around 7:45 p.m.

Md. Enamul Haque, Deputy Assistant Director of Fire Service (Zone-1), confirmed that the fire was successfully controlled after prompt action. However, the cause of the fire has not yet been determined. Officials stated that a detailed investigation will be conducted to identify how the fire originated.

No further details about casualties or property damage were provided in the initial report, and the Fire Service is expected to release more information after the investigation.

Four members of the Bangladesh Army were injured when their patrol vehicle collided with a truck and fell into a roadside ditch in Maheshpur upazila of Jhenaidah on Saturday morning, January 17, 2026. The accident occurred around 10 a.m. near Beloghat Eidgah on the Maheshpur–Khalishpur road. Both vehicles lost control and plunged into the ditch following the collision. The information was confirmed by Major Navid Hasan, commander of the Maheshpur Army Camp.

According to the report, the injured soldiers were rescued by army personnel and taken to Maheshpur Upazila Health Complex for treatment. The truck driver fled the scene after the incident. The condition of the four injured soldiers was described as serious by their colleagues. No further details about the cause of the collision or the identity of the truck driver were provided.

Authorities have not yet released any statement regarding possible investigations or road safety measures following the accident.

A fire broke out at a shoe factory in the Nazira Bazar area of Old Dhaka on Saturday evening, January 17, 2026. Four units of the Fire Service and Civil Defence responded promptly and brought the blaze under control. The fire started on the third floor of a four-storey building, but the cause of the incident has not yet been determined.

According to the Fire Service, they received the report of the fire at 7:13 p.m. and reached the site within ten minutes. After about half an hour of effort, the fire was brought under control at around 7:45 p.m. Md. Enamul Haque, Deputy Assistant Director (Zone-1) of the Fire Service, confirmed that the fire was fully contained and that further investigation would reveal the source of ignition.

Authorities have not yet provided details on damages or casualties, and an official investigation is underway to determine the cause of the fire.

The Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) has released a new wanted list containing 330 individuals accused in multiple criminal cases, including murder, robbery, arms, narcotics, extortion, and vandalism. The public notice, issued on Saturday and signed by Police Commissioner Hasib Aziz, prohibits these individuals from entering or staying within the city until further orders. The CMP stated that the listed persons pose a significant threat to Chattogram’s public safety and that legal action will be taken against anyone violating the order.

Assistant Commissioner (Media) Aminur Rashid said the list reflects the city’s current security situation, noting that most of the suspects are fugitives with several police case records. He added that technology is being used to monitor their movements, with additional checkpoints set up at all 17 city entry points. Facial recognition cameras and mobile tracking are also being deployed to prevent unauthorized entry.

Rashid emphasized that the measure is temporary and aimed at ensuring safety around key economic zones, ports, and tunnels. The CMP’s intensified surveillance seeks to prevent potential sabotage and maintain law and order in the city.

Police in Dhaka recovered the bodies of four women from separate locations in Badda, Mirpur, Demra, and Jatrabari between Friday night, January 16, and Saturday morning, January 17, 2026. The bodies were sent to Dhaka Medical College morgue for autopsy. Authorities initially suspect suicide in all four cases, but the exact causes of death will be confirmed after post-mortem reports.

In Jatrabari’s Konapara Adarshabagh area, Asha Akter, 29, was found dead after reportedly hanging herself. In Demra’s Purbo Boxnagar, police recovered the body of Kohinur, 36, around 3 a.m. In Mirpur’s Sector 10, Sanjida Islam Mim, 19, was declared dead at Dhaka Medical College Hospital after being found hanging early Saturday. In Badda’s Aftabnagar Baghapur area, Suborna Khatun, 30, a domestic worker, was found dead following an alleged family dispute.

Police are awaiting autopsy results to determine the exact causes of death in all four cases.

A man named Rafiqul Islam, aged 45, was critically injured after jumping under a moving train in Goaland, Rajbari, on Saturday morning. The incident occurred around 8 a.m. near the Goaland Bazar rail crossing when a shuttle train from Daulatdia Ghat to Kushtia–Poradah was passing. Witnesses said Rafiqul suddenly jumped under the train, resulting in both his legs being completely severed. Fire service personnel rescued him in critical condition and took him to the Upazila Health Complex.

Family sources said Rafiqul had been suffering from mental health issues for a long time and was the father of three sons. The attending doctor at the health complex confirmed that both of his legs were fully detached and referred him to Faridpur Medical College Hospital for advanced treatment.

According to the Goaland Ghat Railway Police outpost in-charge, the injured man was rescued through the fire service and later transferred to Faridpur Medical College Hospital for further care.

A petrol pump employee named Ripon Saha, aged 30, was killed early Friday morning, January 16, in Rajbari’s Goaland Mor area when he was run over by a car while trying to stop it from fleeing without paying for fuel. CCTV footage later identified the car’s owner as former Jubo Dal leader Abul Hashem Sujon and his driver Kamal Hossain Sardar. Police arrested both men from their homes that night, and Ripon’s younger brother, Protap Saha, filed a murder case against them at Rajbari Police Station.

According to eyewitness Nazrul Islam, two men arrived in a private car around 4:30 a.m. and took fuel worth 5,000 taka. When asked for payment, they became aggressive and attempted to drive away. Ripon tried to stop them, but the driver reversed the car, fatally hitting him. Police said Sujon has multiple prior cases involving weapons and drugs and has served jail time. Local Jubo Dal leaders clarified that Sujon resigned from the party in 2019 and later joined Awami League politics.

Authorities are continuing the investigation into the murder and the suspects’ criminal background.

Iranian police announced the seizure of nearly 60,000 illegal weapons during an operation in the southern city of Bushehr, according to a statement released on January 17, 2026. Two suspected terrorists were arrested in the raid, and the weapons were reportedly being transported to the capital, Tehran. The statement, cited by Press TV, said the country’s intelligence forces identified and detained members of a 'dangerous and armed terrorist group' allegedly trained by Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad.

Authorities claimed the group had been assigned to carry out killings and was involved in multiple terrorist activities. The weapons were said to have been obtained from smugglers. The announcement came as Iran faced widespread anti-government protests that have continued for about 20 days across the country.

The demonstrations began on December 28 in response to the falling value of the Iranian rial and rising living costs. The protests have since turned violent, marking the largest unrest since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) seized narcotics worth Tk 2.9 million during operations along the Naogaon border in Dhamoirhat upazila. The 14 BGB battalion recovered 14,600 tapentadol tablets from a mustard field in Chakshobdol village near border pillar 266/1S late Saturday night. The operation was led by Havildar Mehedi Hasan of the Chakilam Border Outpost, and the seizure was confirmed in a statement by Lieutenant Colonel Abdullah Al Mamun, commanding officer of the Patnitala 14 BGB battalion. The confiscated drugs are being processed for handover to Dhamoirhat police.

On the same night, another BGB team from the Kalupara Border Outpost, led by Havildar Badsha Alamgir, seized 126 bottles of narcotic cough syrup from the Ustamabad area near border pillar 272MP. Both operations were conducted inside Bangladeshi territory, and no owners were identified for the seized items.

The BGB stated that the operations were part of ongoing efforts to curb cross-border drug trafficking in the Naogaon region.

Police in Gobindaganj, Gaibandha, arrested two suspected drug dealers in separate operations, seizing a large quantity of cannabis and yaba tablets. On Saturday morning, acting on a tip-off, officers stopped a passenger bus named ‘Sifat Special’ near the Dutch-Bangla Bank at Charmatha intersection on the Dhaka-Rangpur highway. They detained passenger Robiul Islam Palash, 34, from Pabna Sadar, and recovered 2.5 kilograms of cannabis wrapped in white polythene hidden on his body.

In another operation on Friday evening, a team from the Department of Narcotics Control raided a grocery shop on Upazila Road in Gobindaganj town and arrested shopkeeper Bichitra Barman, 42, with 102 yaba tablets. He is from Kochmordan Baroipara village in Gumaniganj Union. Gobindaganj Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mozammel Haque confirmed both arrests and stated that two separate cases have been filed.

The arrested individuals were sent to Gaibandha District Jail through the court following the legal procedures, according to police authorities.

A young man named Md Faruk, 28, from Purbo Bara Veyola Union in Chakaria, Cox’s Bazar, has allegedly defrauded several Bangladeshi expatriates in Saudi Arabia of large sums of money and fled back to Bangladesh. Victims claim Faruk took millions of taka through false investment promises, including a petrol pump venture in Abha province. When they visited his home in Chakaria, they could not find him and were instead verbally abused by his sisters. Victims believe Faruk is hiding between his family homes in Cox’s Bazar and Dhaka.

One victim, expatriate worker Mohammad Abu Saleh from Lohagara, Chattogram, alleged that Faruk took 45,000 Saudi riyals—about 1.45 million taka—promising monthly profits that never materialized. Another victim, Shahajul Islam from Kushtia, said Faruk embezzled six lakh taka from a welfare lottery fund and also took 250,000 taka from a mobile banking agent. Saleh said he is preparing to take legal action.

The acting chairman of Purbo Bara Veyola Union Parishad confirmed knowing Faruk but said he could not verify whether the fraud allegations were true.

A man named Md. Shakil, aged 40, was killed and another person injured in a head-on collision between a jeep and a motorcycle in Fatikchhari upazila of Chattogram on Saturday morning. The accident occurred on the Khiram–Nanupur road at a place called Lambatila. The deceased, Shakil, was the son of Abdul Kader from Khiram Union’s Muktijoddha Abdul Baten Bari. The injured motorcyclist was identified as 39-year-old Alauddin Talukder.

According to local and police sources, Shakil and Alauddin were traveling by motorcycle from Chattogram city to Shakil’s village home in Moggkata of Khiram Union when the collision took place. Locals rescued the victims and took them to Fatikchhari Upazila Health Complex, where doctors declared Shakil dead. Alauddin received primary treatment before being referred to Chattogram Medical College Hospital for advanced care.

Fatikchhari Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md. Selim said police had reached the scene after receiving the report and that necessary legal steps would be taken once the team returned.

A fatal road accident occurred on Saturday morning, January 17, 2026, when an Ena Paribahan bus and a pickup van collided head-on on the Sunamganj–Sylhet regional highway near Buraigaon village in Chhatak upazila. The pickup driver, identified as Rakib from Jashore district, died on the spot, while at least eight others sustained injuries. Following the collision, the bus veered off the road into a small canal, and the pickup was completely mangled.

Eyewitnesses reported that the Ena Paribahan bus was traveling from Dhaka toward Sunamganj when it crashed into the oncoming pickup van. Among the injured were passengers from the bus, including its driver. Two of the seriously injured victims were transferred to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital for treatment.

Local residents immediately began rescue efforts to free trapped passengers before a fire service unit arrived to assist. Police from Joykolos Highway Station confirmed the incident and stated that the pickup was severely damaged in the crash.