Bangladesh Coast Guard arrested two suspected drug traffickers and seized 250,000 yaba pills during a special operation in the outer anchorage area of Chattogram. The Coast Guard said the seized pills were worth about Tk 125 million. The operation was conducted at 3am on Monday, August 10, 2026, by Coast Guard ship Kutubdia and Patenga outpost personnel assigned to Operation Somudra Prohori, acting on intelligence.

Coast Guard media officer Lieutenant Commander Sabbir Alam Sujon disclosed the information on Monday afternoon. He said a suspicious boat was signalled to stop but ignored the order and attempted to flee at high speed. The operational team pursued and detained the boat, then recovered the yaba pills and took two alleged traffickers into custody along with the vessel used for smuggling.

Initial questioning indicated that an organised drug network had collected the yaba consignment from different areas of Myanmar and was attempting to smuggle it into Chattogram, according to the Coast Guard. It said long-term intelligence surveillance enabled the interception of the shipment. Intelligence activity and coordination with other law-enforcement agencies are continuing to identify other network members. Legal procedures involving the seized drugs, boat and detainees are under way.

A sub-inspector in Ajmiriganj, Habiganj, has been accused of taking a mobile phone from a fruit seller’s shop after buying fruit. The incident occurred on Saturday evening, August 8, at Rajib Mia’s fruit shop in Middle Bazar, beside Ajmiriganj police station. CCTV footage from the shop circulated the following day, prompting discussion and criticism among local traders and residents.

The locally obtained footage, about one minute and nine seconds long, reportedly shows SI Russell paying shopkeeper Rajib Mia for fruit. It then shows him taking his own phone in his left hand while picking up another phone from the table with his right hand and putting it in his pocket before leaving. Rajib Mia reviewed the footage after failing to find his phone, but declined to speak directly to the media.

An unidentified trader said the matter was resolved that night in the presence of both sides, considering the police department’s image. Investigation Officer-in-Charge Bishwajit Pal confirmed an amicable settlement. OC Mohammad Akbar Hossain said the phones had been placed together and the device was taken mistakenly; he said Tk15,000 was paid because the phone was lost and necessary action would be taken against the officer.

The Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate seized gold worth nearly Tk4 crore from a suspected car at the outer roundabout of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. The report, published on August 10, 2026, said the driver abandoned the vehicle and fled during the operation. The driver is named Md Shamim Mia in one part of the report and Mizan in another.

Acting on a tip-off, customs officers stopped the vehicle for a search and conducted the operation with assistance from several intelligence agencies. Officers from the Airfreight Circle recovered 14 gold bars and 12 gold sheets. The total weight was 1,812 grams, or about 155.35 bhori.

Tests using equipment at Customs House Dhaka confirmed that the recovered gold was 24 carat, with an estimated market value of Tk372,72,892. The car also contained three mobile phones, Tk107,585 in cash, a used laptop, eight debit and credit cards from different banks, two driving licences and a national identity card. Authorities are examining the source and intended destination of the gold and possible involvement of others. Procedures to file a case at Airport Police Station are under way.

A court in Satkhira denied bail to Burigoalini Union Parishad Chairman Haji Md Nazrul Islam and Biswajit Mondal in an extortion case linked to a JICA-funded flood-control embankment construction project in Shyamnagar. The two appeared before the Satkhira court on Monday seeking renewed bail. After a hearing, Chief Judicial Magistrate Md Saidur Rahman rejected their applications and ordered them sent to jail.

According to complainant-side lawyer Pabitra Kumar, prosecutors told the court that the accused faced allegations of extortion involving government project work and that their release could disrupt construction. Nazrul Islam and Mondal had previously received six weeks of bail from the High Court, but sought bail again after that period ended. Lawyers Abu Bakkar and Syed Iftekhar Ali represented the accused.

The case was filed at Shyamnagar police station on May 25 by Md Jalal Uddin, legal officer of project implementer R-Rad Corporation. The complaint alleges extortion, assault and disruption of work. Nazrul Islam, the main accused, has denied the allegations as false and motivated, saying he was attending a Union Parishad budget session at the time of the alleged assault. Project-related officials said delays before the monsoon could put broad coastal areas at risk.

Police arrested Awami League leader Borhan Uddin Chowdhury Murad from the Gulshan residence of former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed in Dhaka. The operation took place in the Gulshan-2 area at about 10:30am on Sunday, August 10, 2026. Murad is the relief and social welfare secretary of Anwara উপজেলা Awami League and previously served as a personal assistant to former Chattogram-13 MP Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu.

Murad faces multiple cases involving allegations of abuse of power, abduction, ransom collection and involvement in banned political activities. In October 2024, he was named as a principal accused in a case filed at Anwara police station against Javed and his associates. The complaint alleged that, on the former minister’s instructions, the accused took a person away, held him at an undisclosed location, tortured him and collected Tk10 lakh in ransom.

Murad was also named in a case against 138 people under the Anti-Terrorism Act over a procession by the banned Awami League in Anwara in October 2025. Javed and former state minister for finance Wasika Ayesha Khan were also accused in that case. Anwara police station officer-in-charge Jonayet Chowdhury said Murad would be shown arrested in the multiple cases filed there.

A Dhaka court has granted three days’ remand for questioning of former Gazipur-5 member of parliament Akhtaruzzaman, who was arrested in a case under the Anti-Terrorism Act filed by Tejgaon Industrial Area police. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ariful Islam issued the order on Monday afternoon, August 10. Prosecution department Sub-Inspector Arif Reza confirmed the matter.

Last Thursday, the investigating officer, Tejgaon zonal team Inspector Md Masudur Rahman, produced Akhtaruzzaman before the court and sought seven days’ remand. As the hearing was not held that day, he was sent to jail and Monday was set for the remand hearing. He was brought to court under police guard on Monday afternoon.

The remand petition said preliminary questioning had produced evidence of the accused’s involvement in the incident. It cited the need to identify and arrest absconding associates, gather information on their alleged anti-state illegal plans, and determine the source of illegal cocktail bombs in custody. Akhtaruzzaman’s lawyers sought cancellation of remand and bail, while state lawyer Omar Faruk Faruqui argued in favour of remand.

The High Court granted eight weeks’ anticipatory bail to Gazi Nazrul Islam, the expelled Jamaat-e-Islami member of parliament for Satkhira-4, in an attempted murder case filed at Pallabi police station in the capital. A bench of Justice K M Zahid Sarwar and Justice Sheikh Abu Taher issued the order on Monday after hearing the matter.

The court also directed the accused to surrender before a lower court. Senior lawyer S M Shahjahan represented Nazrul in support of the bail application. On July 21, his personal driver Obaidur Rahman filed the case alleging attempted murder. Four others—Aminur Rahman, Masum Billah, Mostasim Billah and Rakibul Hasan—were also named as accused.

According to the case statement, Nazrul became angry with Obaidur after a video described as showing the MP’s private moments spread on social media. Obaidur alleged he was beaten and an attempt was made on his life because he protested an alleged unethical relationship and was suspected of involvement in the video leak. Jamaat expelled Nazrul after an investigation found evidence of moral misconduct following another viral video.

Police in Dinajpur arrested Mujibur Rahman Mujib, general secretary of the district Krishak Dal, over allegations that he physically assaulted CID officer Md Nawabur Rahman at Kotwali police station. He was arrested around 11 pm on Sunday night, according to the report. Mujib is the son of Sheikh Ismail of the Balubadanga area in Dinajpur municipality.

A case was filed at Kotwali police station by Nawabur Rahman on Sunday night, naming two unidentified people as accused. The complaint says the CID officer went to the station to collect documents for an investigation. After collecting them, a person asked about the officer-in-charge's whereabouts. Nawabur identified himself as police personnel and said he did not know where the OC was.

The complaint alleges that the person used abusive language and that Mujib later slapped the CID officer on the cheek. Police personnel present tried to restrain the accused. The complaint also alleges threats and abusive, defamatory remarks after witnesses identified the victim as a CID officer. Kotwali police station OC Mohammad Nur Nabi said Mujib had been sent to court.

Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC has filed a formal complaint with the Anti-Corruption Commission against 38 people, including former president Md Shahabuddin Chuppu and businessman S Alam, over allegations of embezzling Tk500 crore through loans. The complaint was submitted at the ACC office on Monday afternoon.

According to the complaint, after S Alam Group took control of the bank in 2017, the loan limit of Suprov Composite Knit Limited, described as a weak company, was fraudulently raised from Tk100 crore to Tk500 crore. The money was subsequently withdrawn and allegedly embezzled.

The complaint said S Alam played a role in securing the allegedly illegal loan allocation for Suprov Composite Knit Limited, an associate company of Anontex Group’s Yunus Badal. It also alleged that Md Shahabuddin, as a then board member, and former managing directors Monirul Moula, Abdul Hamid Miah and Mahbub Ul Alam approved the arrangement and benefited financially. Bank authorities said irregularities were identified through investigations by four audit firms.

Bangladesh’s IMED has identified slow implementation, construction flaws, weak oversight and unresolved financial irregularities in a Tk430.13 crore education infrastructure project in Kishoreganj’s haor region. The project, approved by ECNEC on January 16, 2020, is being implemented by the Education Engineering Department under the Secondary and Higher Education Division. Its deadline is June 2027. By May 2026, financial progress stood at 59.88 percent, while physical progress was 73.5 percent.

Fourteen audit objections covering Tk34.237 crore in alleged irregularities were raised between fiscal years 2020-21 and 2024-25, with none resolved. Audit observations included billing for excess piles, rods and concrete, payment for unused rods, payments before contracts, fund releases without test reports, and use of materials outside specifications. Field inspections also found cracks, uneven plaster, water leakage, inadequate roof slopes and poor finishing in several buildings.

The scheme covers 36 buildings at 25 institutions in Itna, Mithamain, Austagram and Nikli, but only 14 buildings were completed by May 2026. Many completed structures lacked furniture, laboratory equipment and ICT tools. IMED recommended resolving audit objections, correcting defects, completing remaining buildings and coordinating equipment supply with construction.

Bangladesh’s Amar Bangladesh Party, or AB Party, expressed deep sorrow and concern after 16 Bangladeshi expatriates died in a fire at a sofa factory in Riyadh’s Manfuha area of Saudi Arabia. In a joint condolence message, party chairman Mojibur Rahman Manju and secretary general Barrister Asaduzzaman Fuaad offered sympathy to the bereaved families. The fire occurred on Sunday, according to the source.

The leaders described the deaths of workers who had gone abroad for livelihoods as deeply painful and an irreparable loss for both their families and the nation. They said expatriate workers are among the driving forces of the country’s economy, while questions repeatedly arise over their safety and working conditions abroad. They added that Bangladeshi workers should not be viewed only as sources of foreign currency, and that their lives and safety have equal value.

AB Party called on the government to swiftly return the bodies of those killed, provide appropriate financial assistance and compensation to every family, and ensure treatment and necessary support for injured or affected Bangladeshis. It also urged regular monitoring by Bangladeshi embassies and missions of workplaces, housing and fire-safety arrangements for workers abroad.

Assistant Judge AKM Samiul Haque, 28, was killed in a road crash while returning to his workplace in Jamalpur after leave. The accident occurred around 4am on Monday in the Laherikanda area of Sadar upazila on the Jamalpur-Mymensingh highway. A private car carrying him struck the rear of a rod-laden truck standing beside the highway. Haque served as an assistant judge at the Islampur Amli Court under the Jamalpur Chief Judicial Magistrate Court.

Police and local sources said Haque had left Lalmatia in Dhaka for Jamalpur. The impact crushed the front of the private car, and rods from the truck entered the vehicle and pierced several parts of his body. The car driver, Idris Mia, was also seriously injured in the collision.

Police and Fire Service personnel rescued both men and took them to Jamalpur General Hospital, where a duty doctor declared Haque dead. Idris Mia was admitted to hospital and was reported to be in critical condition. Sadar Police Station Officer-in-Charge Nazmul Sakib said legal action would be taken if a written complaint is filed. The district lawyers' association expressed grief and condolences.

Three Bangladeshi expatriates from Naldanga upazila in Natore have died in a severe fire at a sofa manufacturing factory in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The information was reported on August 10, based on local sources and the families of those killed. The three men died from burns after the fire suddenly broke out at their workplace.

The victims were Md Sabbir Hossain Shuvo, 30, son of Rabbani from Sripur village in Khajura union; Shamim Hossain, son of Zakher Ali from the Dighirpar area; and Robiul Awal Hridoy, son of Aslam Hossain from Mohishdanga village. Khajura Union Parishad chairman Sohrab Hossain confirmed the deaths of the three expatriates.

News of the deaths has brought grief to the victims’ respective villages in Naldanga, with relatives mourning their loss. Their families and concerned parties are trying to bring the bodies back to Bangladesh quickly, according to the report.

Four police personnel, including two officers from Pirgachha police station in Rangpur, have been withdrawn and attached to the police lines following allegations that Monarul Islam Bakshi was thrown from a roof and killed during a raid in Savar. The action was taken on Saturday night after the operation to recover a female student. The withdrawn members are SI Konok Ranjan Barman, ASI Md Osman Ali, constable Prashanta Kumar and Sumi Akter.

According to the victim’s family, a nine-member team led by SI Konok Chandra Barman raided BPATC quarters in Savar late on Thursday, acting on a general diary concerning a student who had left home. It was alleged that the complainant in the diary, Awami League leader Mintu Mia, and his brother-in-law Mintu were present in plain clothes. The allegation says Monarul was thrown from the roof during the operation.

Relatives, local residents and political colleagues protested outside Pirgachha police station on Saturday, demanding exemplary punishment. Officer-in-Charge Selim Malick said separate inquiry committees had been formed in Dhaka and Rangpur. Savar Model Police Station’s OC Saiful Islam said action would be taken if allegations against two personnel who assisted the operation were proven.

A charge sheet has been submitted against Nizam Uddin Hazari and seven others over allegations that businessman Anwar Hossain was deprived of Tk 9 crore 2 lakh 80 thousand in Feni. Investigating officer Parsit Chakma filed the charge sheet in court, according to the report published on August 10, 2026.

Anwar filed the case at Feni Model Police Station on November 14, 2024, alleging embezzlement and assault and torture after he refused to pay Tk 5 crore in extortion money. The other accused are former Jatiya Party MP Ahsan Adelur Rahman, Zinat Rezwana, Abdul Awal, Rakib Mia, Alim Talukdar, Kohinur Akhtar and Farhana Akhtar.

The investigation said Anwar had a business relationship with Zinat Rezwana and was owed money by her. When he sought repayment, she allegedly filed two general diaries alleging theft of company pads and cheques and issued threats. The charge sheet further alleges that Anwar was taken to Hazari's house, where Tk 5 crore was demanded and he was beaten after refusing. It says his family paid Tk 20 lakh before he was released on a condition concerning the remaining amount.