Popular Pakistani TikTok content creator Shamso Bibi, also known as Ayesha Gilamana, was shot dead in an attack on a vehicle, according to local media reports. The shooting occurred on August 14 near a petrol pump as she was travelling with her siblings. Two unidentified people on a motorcycle allegedly opened indiscriminate fire at their car, and a bullet struck Bibi in the neck, killing her at the scene.

Police registered a murder case based on a complaint filed by her father, Fazal Sahibzada. He told police that a man named Kashif had called his daughter on the day of the incident and asked her to come outside. Bibi then left with her 15-year-old sister Asima and brother Naimatullah. After the shooting, the car lost control and struck another vehicle, leaving Asima seriously injured.

Her father said Bibi had financial dealings with two men, Kausar and Javed, who allegedly threatened her over a demand for repayment. He had previously filed a written complaint against them in Islamabad. He suspects they may have been directly involved or may have arranged the attack, while also questioning Kashif's role in the call. Bibi had created TikTok videos for about three to four years and had around 1.3 million followers.

Chattogram district police arrested four people accused of running a fraud scheme that produced forged police clearance certificates for citizens preparing to travel abroad. The arrests were announced on August 17 by the District Special Branch and District Detective Branch. The detainees were identified as Ashraf Ali Khan, Md. Nishan, Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun and Abdur Rahman.

Police said the group took Tk120,000 from one prospective overseas traveler after promising a quick and easy police clearance. Instead of applying through official procedures, members allegedly made a counterfeit certificate modeled on an authentic document and forged government officials’ signatures. They also created a fake website and QR code so that scans directed users to false clearance information rather than an official government website.

The document was detected when the traveler submitted it to a travel agency, which found inconsistencies during verification. The victim later filed a written complaint with the Chattogram superintendent of police, and a regular case was filed at Banshkhali police station. Police said other people may be involved and efforts are underway to identify them. Authorities urged citizens to avoid brokers and use the designated official process for police clearances.

A petition seeking suspension of the death sentence of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, also known as Bachchu, has been filed with the Appellate Division. The application was submitted on Monday morning, according to the report. Azad was sentenced to death for crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 war.

The report does not specify who filed the petition, the legal grounds for seeking suspension, or whether the court issued any immediate order. It also provides no information about a hearing date or the next procedural steps before the Appellate Division.

Earlier this year, on January 21, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad surrendered before the International Crimes Tribunal. No further details were provided about subsequent judicial proceedings following his surrender or the outcome of the latest application seeking suspension of his sentence.

At least seven people were killed in a stampede inside the Ashokdham Shiva temple in Lakhisarai, Bihar, India, while they had gone to offer prayers on Monday. The incident occurred at about 7 a.m., and several others were injured. The death toll may rise, according to the report.

Reports said panic spread after word circulated that an electric wire was lying in the temple premises. Fearing electrocution, devotees began rushing, with people trying to move ahead of one another amid an unusually large crowd. Pushing and jostling followed, and seven people died after being trampled in the crowd.

Lakhisarai District Magistrate Shailendra Kumar told ANI that two trains carrying devotees arrived at a nearby station between 6:30 a.m. and 6:45 a.m., increasing the crowd at the temple. He said crowd-control arrangements were in place, but a barricade on one side broke during the rush. Several people were rescued quickly, though authorities could not immediately bring everyone out because of the crowd pressure. The injured were taken to Lakhisarai hospital.

At least seven people were killed in a major fire at Hotel Bideshini, located in front of a temple in Tarapith, Birbhum district of West Bengal, India. The report, published on August 17, said the blaze broke out on the ground floor of the five-storey building early Monday. At least six of those killed were pilgrims who had travelled to Tarapith for worship during the month of Shravan. Several people were seriously injured, and the death toll was feared to rise.

Two fire service vehicles were dispatched after the fire was reported, and firefighters began efforts to bring it under control. The immediate cause was not known, although an electrical short circuit was initially suspected. The fire spread rapidly through rooms while most hotel guests were asleep. Children were also present in the hotel, and many people became trapped inside before they could understand the scale of the blaze.

Hotel owner Kalyan Pal said night guards activated fire extinguishers and disconnected electrical wires after spotting the fire. He said the flames had already spread by then. Although firefighters extinguished the fire, smoke rose to the fifth floor. Guests tried to leave in panic, and several people suffered burns after being unable to find an exit.

Rajshahi University has permanently dismissed Statistics Department professor Prabhas Kumar over sexual harassment and academic corruption. The decision was taken on Thursday evening at the university Syndicate’s 548th meeting, its policy-making forum. Vice-Chancellor Professor Faridul Islam confirmed the action on Sunday evening.

Acting Registrar Professor Iftikharul Alam Masud said two inquiry committees had been formed over allegations that Kumar sexually harassed a student and committed academic corruption. Both committees recommended his dismissal. A higher committee was subsequently formed under university rules, and the Syndicate approved the punishment based on its recommendation.

According to the university, Kumar was entitled to nominate a representative to the higher committee but did not do so, instead submitting written statements at different times. Allegations arose that he physically and mentally harassed a female student in his office on August 4 last year. After student protests, he was temporarily relieved of academic and administrative duties on September 9 last year.

Police in Sylhet have taken arrested suspect Babul Mia on four days’ remand for questioning over the throat-slitting killings of a couple and their domestic worker in the Raynagar Mitali residential area. A judge of the Sylhet Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court, Farhana Sultana, granted the remand after Babul was produced before the court on Sunday morning.

Sylhet Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner for the North Saiful Islam said investigators had sought a 10-day remand. Police recovered the bodies of Abdus Sattar, 82, his wife Suraiya Begum, 72, and their 15-year-old domestic worker Tahmina from the second floor of Nikunja Villa on Wednesday morning. Abdus Sattar was a former director of the Sylhet Chamber of Commerce.

Police detained Babul, a painter, on the afternoon of the incident. They said he initially confessed to the killings during questioning, and a knife allegedly used in the attack was recovered based on his information. The victims’ daughter, Selina Sultana, disputed police’s initial suggested motive and alleged a planned killing linked to a longstanding land dispute. Police said they have not yet found evidence supporting her suspicion involving Sirajul Islam.

Mohammad Rubel, the elder brother of slain Mamun Mia, gave testimony as the 11th witness in a crimes against humanity case over the killing of 28 people in Rampura during the July revolution. He testified on Sunday before International Crimes Tribunal-1 in a case against Border Guard Bangladesh officer Lieutenant Colonel Redowanul Islam and three others. Rubel said Mamun was a master’s student in political science at Government Titumir College.

Rubel said he learned from a neighbour, Nirab, at 2pm on July 11 that Mamun had been shot and was at the Neuroscience Hospital. He said a bullet entered through the back of Mamun’s head and exited above his left eye. Mamun underwent surgery, was placed on life support, and was declared dead by the attending doctor at 11:30am on July 19.

Citing Mamun’s roommate Parvez, Rubel said Mamun went outside on July 18 because there was no electricity or internet. He said Border Guard Bangladesh and police fired in the area of Rampura Wapda Road, where Mamun was shot. Rubel said Parvez took him first to Better Life Hospital, then to Mugda Hospital, and finally to the Neuroscience Hospital. He demanded justice for those he named as responsible.

Matihar police sent Rajshahi University Chhatra Dal joint general secretary Hasib Hasan to court after detaining him with Indian tapentadol tablets, according to a report published on August 16, 2026. He was sent to court on Sunday morning. Police filed a case as complainant under Section 36(1), Table 29(a) of the Narcotics Control Act, 2018.

The case complaint identifies the detained person as Md Hasibul Hasan, 29, a resident of Meherchandi Madhyapara in Rajshahi metropolitan area’s Chandrima police station jurisdiction. The case was registered at Matihar police station as case number 17 on August 15.

According to the complaint, seven illegal intoxicating tapentadol tablets, cut into individual pieces, were recovered from Hasan. The tablets weighed 2.80 grams and were estimated to be worth Tk2,100. Police also recovered a red-and-black Pulsar 150cc motorcycle from him. Matihar police station officer-in-charge Golam Kabir confirmed that Hasan had been sent to court and that police had filed the narcotics case.

A fitter named Alauddin was seriously injured while working at the Baraka Ship Breaking Yard in Chowdhuryghata, Sitakunda, on Sunday morning, August 16. The incident occurred around 8am at the green-certified yard after heavy material slipped from his hands and fell below, according to local sources. Alauddin, a resident of Sitakunda’s Kumira area, suffered severe injuries.

Co-workers quickly rescued him and sent him to Chattogram for treatment in critical condition. He is currently receiving treatment at a private hospital in Chattogram. Sahed Parvez Talukdar, a labour inspector with the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments in Chattogram, said authorities had learned of the incident and that the injured worker is now well.

The accident came before concerns had subsided over the deaths of nine workers at Ferdous Steel. Young Power in Social Action, or YPSA, expressed deep concern over safety across the shipbreaking industry and oversight by government agencies. Its head of advocacy, Mohammad Ali Shahin, called for special government monitoring and effective measures to make the sector safer and more orderly.

Police in Feni have formed a three-member departmental committee to investigate allegations that Daganbhuiyan police station officer-in-charge Muhammad Faizul Azim Noman refused to register cases. Feni Superintendent of Police Pratyush Kumar Majumdar confirmed that the inquiry began on Sunday and said the committee must submit its report within seven working days.

On August 9, Judge A N M Morshed Khan of the district’s Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal directed the superintendent to investigate complaints involving two separate incidents and take departmental action against the officer. The court also ordered his removal from duty. The committee was formed last Thursday, led by Additional Superintendent of Police Md Saiful Islam, with DIO-1 Muhammad Rashid and Inspector Haidar as members.

The superintendent said the inquiry would examine the matters identified by the court and be handled under departmental rules. In one case, the court accepted Bibi Marjahan’s complaint of dowry-related assault as an FIR and ordered steps for a PBI investigation. Lawyers also raised an allegation that police had not registered a dowry-related murder complaint involving Tania Akter.

Police arrested three leaders and activists of the banned Chhatra League over an alleged attempt to carry out sabotage on a highway in Bahubal, Habiganj. The arrests were made early Sunday near Mirpur Cherag Ali Filling Station in the upazila, according to police.

Police said several banned Chhatra League leaders and activists had gathered on the highway with the intention of sabotage under the leadership of former upazila Chhatra League general secretary Nazrul Islam Helal. Bahubal Model Police Station launched an operation after receiving information about the gathering. Helal, 31, Chhatra League leader Mostakim Ahmed Raj, 23, and Abdul Aziz, 48, were arrested during the operation.

Bahubal Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md Ruhul Amin Talukdar confirmed the matter. He said the three detainees were shown arrested in a case under the Anti-Terrorism Act and were sent to court. The source did not provide further details about the alleged sabotage attempt or the court proceedings.

A Dhaka court has set September 1 to deliver its verdict in a corruption case over the construction of the collapsed Rana Plaza building in Savar. The case involves building owner Sohel Rana and seven other accused. The verdict had been scheduled for August 16 at the court of Dhaka Divisional Special Judge BM Tarikul Kabir, but was deferred because the judgment was not ready.

The other accused include former Savar municipal mayor Refat Ullah, former chief executive officer Uttam Kumar Roy, executive engineer Rafiqul Islam, former assistant engineer Mahbubur Rahman, former sub-assistant engineer Rakibul Hasan Russell, former town planner Farzana Islam and licence inspector Md Abdul Mottalib. Sohel Rana's father Abdul Khaleq and mother Marzina Khatun Begum were exempted from the case after they died during the trial.

According to the allegations, the Rana Plaza building near Savar bus stand collapsed on April 24, 2013, killing 1,136 people and injuring more than 1,500. The Anti-Corruption Commission filed the case against 17 people on June 15, 2014 over construction outside the approved design. Investigators later found evidence of Sohel Rana's involvement as the building's main overseer. Nineteen of 20 witnesses testified before the case reached the verdict stage.

Police recovered the bodies of a tea-worker couple who were found hanging from the same rope in Mathiura Tea Garden in Rajnagar, Moulvibazar. The bodies were recovered on Sunday morning from the Mokam Akashi Tila area of Section No. 20 of the garden. The deceased were identified as Udna Tea Garden workers Mangal Bauri, 35, and Binota Bauri, 32.

According to police, Mangal Bauri married Binota, a widow from the same garden, one month earlier without informing his first wife. Police said family objections prevented him from taking his second wife to his home. As a result, Mangal had been moving with Binota among relatives' homes in different tea gardens.

A guard at Mathiura Tea Garden saw the couple's bodies hanging on Sunday morning. Garden authorities then informed police, who recovered the bodies. Police are initially treating the incident as suicide. The report did not provide further details about any investigation, other possible circumstances, or subsequent legal action.

A special judge’s court in Noakhali sentenced three defendants to death and three others to life imprisonment in a widely discussed triple murder case in Noakhali Sadar. Judge Md. Shawkat Ali of the Noakhali Special Judge’s Court delivered the verdict at about noon on Sunday. Each person sentenced to life imprisonment was also fined Tk100,000, with an additional year in prison if the fine is unpaid.

Those sentenced to death are Omar Nasir Saju, Omar Sharif Sultan and Md. Sourav. Firoz Mahmud Bappi, Kudrat Ullah and Harunur Rashid Babul received life terms. According to the case account, an argument over bathing a dog in a hostel pond beside Noakhali Government College on May 21, 2016 led to a local mediation meeting and a subsequent attack. Wasim, Rajib and Yasin were shot and later died.

Rajib’s wife, Kamrun Nahar Chhobi, filed the murder case with Sudharam police station. The prosecution said the court issued its ruling after hearing 19 witnesses. The verdict was announced in the presence of the only arrested accused, Firoz Alam Bappi, while five other accused have remained absconding since the case was filed. Rajib’s mother and brother expressed satisfaction and called for the fugitives’ arrest and implementation of the verdict.