Four civil rights, lawyers’ and labour organisations have alleged that hundreds of migrant workers were detained in Bengaluru, India, during a purported operation to identify Bangladeshis. The groups said women and children were among those held and submitted a complaint to Karnataka’s home minister, director general of police and Bengaluru police commissioner. The report was published on August 9, 2026.

The complainants alleged illegal detention, beatings and inhuman treatment during the police operation. They said police went door to door in slums and working-class neighbourhoods early Saturday, seeking identity documents, but forcibly detained many people despite documents being shown. Those detained were allegedly taken in police jeeps or buses to police stations, convention centres, marriage halls and other locations.

The organisations alleged that more than 200 people were detained in Bandepalya, about 150 in Hebbagodi and over 400 in Parappana Agrahara, with further detentions reported elsewhere. They also alleged beatings at Varthur police station, damage to doors and CCTV cameras in Hebbagodi, and the seizure of more than 50 phones. They demanded immediate release, medical treatment for injured people, an independent investigation, action against officers, preservation of evidence and compensation.

AKM Saiful Islam Tipu, joint general secretary of the Burichang upazila BNP in Cumilla, has announced rewards for people providing information about drug dealers and drug users. In a Facebook post on Saturday night, he urged residents to help make every union, ward and village in Burichang free from drugs.

Tipu said social resistance against drugs was needed to implement Cumilla-5 lawmaker Haji Md Jasim Uddin’s “zero tolerance” policy. He said informants who provide accurate information leading to assistance in handing a drug dealer over to law-enforcement agencies would receive Tk10,000. Those whose information helps legal action against a drug user would receive Tk5,000.

The Facebook post called on residents to play a courageous and effective role, saying drugs destroy individuals, families and society. It said local people must act responsibly alongside the administration to make Burichang drug-free. However, residents were specifically urged not to detain suspects or enforce the law themselves, and instead to provide information about drug dealers or users to law-enforcement agencies.

Two BNP leaders in Ramganj, Lakshmipur, have been permanently expelled over allegations that they took bribes while promising to secure government allowances for an imam, muezzin and khadem. The expelled leaders are Md Harunur Rashid, president of Ward No. 1 BNP in Darbeshpur Union, and general secretary Md Yusuf Hossain. The report was published and updated on August 9, 2026.

According to party sources, the two leaders allegedly collected Tk5,000 each, or Tk15,000 in total, from the imam, muezzin and khadem of Uttar Darbeshpur Hajibari Jame Mosque. They reportedly said the money was connected to obtaining government allowances for the three mosque staff members. An investigation was launched after the allegation was received, and the accusation was found to be true, the report said.

Darbeshpur Union BNP president Khorshed Alam said he and the committee's organisational secretary investigated the matter and found evidence supporting the allegation. He said the two leaders had taken Tk5,000 from each of the three people linked to the mosque in their ward. Organisational action was taken after discussions with upazila-level leaders, he added.

At least 10 people, including Satkhira district Chhatra Dal vice-president Monjurul Alam Bappi, were hospitalized after an alleged attack in the Ghona area of Sadar upazila on Saturday night. The incident, reported at about 9:30pm, was linked to a protest over a call recording. Bappi alleged that activists of Chhatra League and Awami League attacked him and other Chhatra Dal members. The injured were admitted to Satkhira Medical College Hospital.

Bappi said a call recording involving Chhatra League leader Nazmul had reached them around 9pm and allegedly contained abusive remarks about a Chhatra Dal leader and the BNP. He said Ghona union Chhatra Dal president Nayan was detained when he went to ask Nazmul about the matter. Bappi said he and several activists went to the location after receiving the information and were attacked with bamboo sticks and iron rods.

Local residents said Ghona union Chhatra Dal president Jahid Hossain was detained before Bappi and 10 to 15 other activists arrived. They alleged the attack was led by Ghona union Chhatra League leader Md Nazmul Hasan and his father, Laltu Member. Police inspected the site and detained two suspected attackers, according to Sadar police station officer-in-charge Md Masudur Rahman. District Chhatra Dal and BNP leaders demanded arrests of those involved.

Three people, including a father and son, were killed after a moving truck struck the rear of a disabled truck on the Dhaka-Bogura highway flyover in Bogura. The crash occurred on Sunday morning near the Shilimpur Palli Bidyut office in the city. The dead were identified as Tapash Sarkar, 35, of Ramchandrapur in Sherpur upazila, and his son Tibra Sarkar, 18. The identity of the third victim was not immediately confirmed.

Local sources said a Dhaka-bound truck developed a wheel problem before dawn and its driver and assistant were repairing it. Tapash asked his son to bring a wheel, and the father and son later joined the repair work, according to Tapash's brother-in-law Nayan Ray. A Rangpur-bound truck then lost control and forcefully hit the stationary vehicle from behind, crushing its front section. Three people died at the scene.

Another person, Nur Islam from Birampur in Dinajpur, was injured and admitted to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital in Bogura. Fire service personnel began rescue work after receiving the report and recovered two bodies from a badly crushed truck cabin. Police said they were removing the damaged vehicles and goods from the road, and the bodies would be handed to families after legal procedures.

Residents, relatives and political colleagues gave a tearful final farewell to Mohammad Salahuddin, a member of Bonarpara Union Islami Chhatra Shibir in Saghata, Gaibandha. His funeral prayer was held at 8:30am on Sunday at Bonarpara Government Kazi Azhar Ali Government Model High School field. Salahuddin died at about 7:45am on Saturday after receiving treatment for 48 days.

Those attending the funeral included Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami central secretary general Professor Mumtaz Uddin, Gaibandha-5 lawmaker Bir Muktijoddha Abdul Warech, and Gaibandha district Jamaat amir and Sadar constituency lawmaker Abdul Karim. Salahuddin's father Shamsul Huda Dudu, district and upazila-level Shibir and Jamaat leaders, and other local figures also attended.

According to the report, Salahuddin and Shibir leader Saifullah Bari were attacked at Bonarpara intersection on June 21 after a dispute over forming a school managing committee. Salahuddin was stabbed, while Saifullah Bari was also stabbed and later declared dead. Salahuddin was initially taken to hospitals in Gaibandha and Bogura before being admitted to a hospital in Dhaka as his condition worsened.

A Bangladeshi youth, Tara Mia, 20, was killed in firing by India’s Border Security Force near the Alinagar border in Kulaura, Moulvibazar, according to Border Guard Bangladesh. The incident occurred around 4 a.m. on Sunday in Maguruli, Tripura, across pillar 1845, 63 S. Tara Mia was the son of Abdul Malek from the Muraichhara Basti area of Kulaura.

BGB said Tara Mia was among a group of four or five people who crossed into India through the Alinagar border to bring in Indian Nasiruddin leaf cigarettes, which are prohibited for import. The group had gone about 500 yards inside the border area when members of the Maguruli camp of the 199 Battalion BSF opened fire. Tara Mia died at the scene, BGB said.

Other members of the group fled back into Bangladesh and are in hiding, according to BGB. BGB also said Tara Mia had cases filed against him at Kulaura police station. Lieutenant Colonel Sarkar Asif Mahmud, commander of Srimangal 46 Battalion, said the BSF had taken the body and BGB was holding discussions with the BSF on the matter.

Allegations of irregularities and corruption have emerged over the excavation of the Basbaria canal in Keshabpur, Jashore. The canal was allegedly excavated in fiscal year 2023-24, yet funds were allocated again in fiscal year 2025-26 for the same work. Under an employment programme for the ultra-poor, Tk 5,154,189 was allocated to excavate a 3.350-metre stretch from Dharmapur Bridge. Work began on May 23 and was completed by June 30.

Project chairman and Sagardari Union Parishad member Md Kamrul Islam said administration and Project Implementation Office officials instructed subcontractor Moklesur Rahman Mukul to use an excavator. Workers said they were supposed to receive Tk 500 daily but were paid Tk 300. They also alleged that only 50 to 60 workers were employed for eight to 10 days.

Mukul said his work bill was about Tk 2.1 million but he received Tk 1.45 million, alleging the remainder was shared by relevant officials. Kamrul Islam said Mukul was paid Tk 1.45 million under the agreement and handled earthwork with labourers. Project Implementation Officer Istiaq Hossain denied corruption allegations, saying the work followed the project plan, and said he did not know whether the canal had been excavated in 2023-24.

Three judges of International Crimes Tribunal-1 visited the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence's Joint Interrogation Cell, known as Aynaghar, on Saturday afternoon as part of a judicial process. Tribunal-1 Chairman Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder, Justice Md Shafiul Alam Mahmud and Judge Md Mohitul Haque Enam Chowdhury took part in the inspection of the facility in a former two-storey building inside Dhaka Cantonment's Kafrul police station area.

The prosecution confirmed that the facility contained 26 permanent cells of varying sizes. Two larger rooms were known as VIP cells and had no windows, the report said. The complex also had cells with one or two exhaust fans, iron-barred doors with wooden doors, toilets and bathrooms. It included two soundproof rooms for interrogation, described as specially equipped with various materials for questioning and torture of victims.

Chief Prosecutor Md Aminul Islam, other prosecution members and defence lawyers attended the visit. The report alleges that important figures and Islamists were unlawfully detained and tortured there between 2009 and 2024. A crimes-against-humanity case over the alleged disappearances and torture is being tried at Tribunal-1 against Hasina and 12 military officers; three officers are in custody.

Three Bangladeshi fishermen were reportedly taken along with their trawler by Myanmar’s armed Arakan Army group from the Naf River estuary in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar. The incident occurred around 11:30am on Saturday, August 8, in the Naikhyangdia area, where the Naf River meets the Bay of Bengal. The report said the group crossed Bangladesh’s waters before detaining the fishermen.

The fishermen were identified as 30-year-old Jasim Uddin, son of Leda Mia, and 27-year-old Mohammad Ismail, son of Momtaz Mia, both from Jaliapara in Shahporir Dwip. A third detainee was described as an unidentified teenager. Abdul Gani, president of the Jaliapara boat terminal committee, said the fishermen had gone fishing that morning when Arakan Army members detained them.

Gani said 20 to 25 fishermen had previously been taken from the area and that fishing in the river and sea had become highly risky. Acting chairman of Sabrang Union Parishad Abdul Mannan said local authorities were being informed. Teknaf Upazila Nirbahi Officer SM Anik Chowdhury said contact was being made with Border Guard Bangladesh and necessary steps would be taken to bring the fishermen back.

International Crimes Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Md Aminul Islam said substantial evidence at the Joint Interrogation Centre, or JIC cell, was destroyed after 5 August. He made the allegation on Saturday at about 11:15am while visiting the centre at the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence headquarters.

International Crimes Tribunal-1 visited the defence JIC centre as part of an investigation into a crimes-against-humanity case over alleged enforced disappearances and torture during the Awami League government. Aminul Islam also said that during the One-Eleven period, current Prime Minister Tarique Rahman was detained and tortured in a DGFI “Aynaghar”.

The chief prosecutor alleged that the previous government led by Sheikh Hasina had established an inhumane state. He said the torture cell known as “Aynaghar” had been set up with dishonest intent and that many dissenting individuals were held in such cells for months and years.

Police Bureau of Investigation rearrested retired army member Hafizur Rahman in the Sohagi Jahan Tanu murder case on August 8. PBI detained him from his home in Keraniganj, Dhaka, after he did not surrender within the court-set deadline following the suspension of his High Court bail. Sources said arrangements were under way to send him to a court in Cumilla.

According to PBI, Rahman was first arrested in the case on April 22 and was sent to jail through a court order. He was released from prison on August 4 after receiving bail from the High Court. On August 6, however, the Appellate Division’s chamber judge court suspended that bail following an application by the state side.

The court ordered Rahman to surrender within 24 hours and directed police to arrest him if he failed to do so. PBI said it began efforts to locate him after the order, received information that he was at his Keraniganj residence, and carried out the arrest there. PBI cited non-compliance with the court order and concern that the accused might flee. Tanu’s body was recovered in the Cumilla cantonment area in March 2016.

International Crimes Tribunal-1 judges and prosecution team members inspected the Joint Interrogation Centre at the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence headquarters on Saturday, 8 August 2026. The visit is part of an investigation into a crimes-against-humanity case filed over alleged disappearances and torture during the Awami League government’s tenure. The delegation arrived at about 11:15am.

According to prosecution sources, the step was taken as part of judicial proceedings concerning various inhumane incidents that occurred during the previous government’s term. Tribunal-1 Chairman Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder joined the inspection, along with member Justice Md Shafiul Alam Mahmud and judge Md Mohitul Haque Enam Chowdhury.

Chief Prosecutor Md Aminul Islam was also in the delegation, alongside prosecutors Gazi MH Tamim, Faruk Ahmad, Shaikh Mahdi and Tasmirul Islam, as well as other prosecution team members. Lawyers representing the accused were permitted to be present during the inspection.

The parents of July martyr Abdullah Al Roman say they have left their home area and are living in fear because of alleged public death threats and harassment by Awami League leaders. Roman’s mother, Rozina Begum, said police had not filed a chargesheet two years after a murder case was lodged at Rupganj police station on 21 August 2024. She asked the government to ensure justice for her son and allow her to handle the case.

According to the family, Roman, a 17-year-old tenth-grade student, joined a student-public victory procession in Chanpara, Rupganj, Narayanganj, on 5 August 2024 after the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government. Gunfire at the procession injured at least 15 people and killed six, including Roman. He was struck by 18 pellet shots and was declared dead by doctors after being taken to hospital.

Roman’s aunt Rina Begum filed the case naming 105 people, including Sheikh Hasina, Obaidul Quader and Ghulam Dastagir Gazi, along with 60 unidentified accused. Rozina alleged that Rina received death threats and could not attend court dates. Roman’s father, Anwar Hossain, also demanded justice for the killing.

The abduction case linked to the disappearance and killing of former Jhenaidah lawmaker Anwarul Islam Anar has not been converted into a murder case after two years, the report said. Anar’s daughter, Mumtarin Ferdous Dorin, filed the abduction case at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police station in Dhaka. The report said Anar was killed in Kolkata, India, on May 13, 2024.

According to the report, six arrested suspects gave confessional statements, but the case classification was not changed and a DNA report was not collected. Detective police detained several people, including Shimul Bhuiyan, Tanvir Bhuiyan, Shilasti Rahman, Saidul Karim Mintu and Kazi Kamal Ahmed. Faisal and Mostafiz were detained in Khagrachhari, while Jihad and Siam were arrested in India and Nepal and remain in custody.

Anar travelled to India for treatment on May 12 and stayed at a friend’s home in Baranagar, Kolkata, before going missing. Reports of his killing emerged on May 22 from a residential building in New Town, though no body was found there. The article cited Indian media and West Bengal CID statements saying DNA from recovered human flesh matched Dorin. Jhenaidah court public prosecutor Mashiur Rahman said police must eventually submit an investigation report to court.