Dr. Kamda Prasad Saha, former head of the forensic department at Comilla Medical College, has publicly defended his role in the second autopsy of Sohagi Jahan Tanu, a student of Comilla Victoria Government College whose murder case resurfaced after a suspect was arrested ten years later. Facing intense criticism and threats on social media, Dr. Saha posted a detailed explanation on Facebook on Monday evening, clarifying his involvement and the technical limitations of the second autopsy.

He stated that the first autopsy was conducted by another doctor, and he only led the second examination under court order as part of a three-member expert board. The body was decomposed when exhumed 10–15 days after burial, preventing a clear determination of the cause of death. However, DNA tests found sperm from three men, which was noted in the report. Dr. Saha emphasized that the report never suggested consensual sexual activity and that the findings were scientifically valid.

He expressed concern over personal attacks and misinformation online, asserting that all his actions were legally documented and that he supports a fair investigation to identify and punish the real perpetrators.

Three people were killed and four others were seriously injured when a microbus lost control and crashed into a roadside tree on the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar highway in Lohagara upazila on Tuesday morning. The accident occurred around 8 a.m. near Kabir Auto Block Bricks in the Jangalia area. Locals rescued the injured and took them to the upazila health complex, from where doctors referred them to Chattogram Medical College Hospital for advanced treatment.

According to local sources, the Ex Noah microbus was traveling at high speed from Cox’s Bazar to Khagrachhari when it lost control and veered off the road, hitting the tree. The collision killed three people on the spot. Police from Dohazari Highway Station visited the scene, took the vehicle into custody, and stated that the bodies would be handed over to the families after legal formalities.

Authorities have begun legal procedures related to the accident, and the injured remain under medical care.

A van driver named Nasir Sheikh was injured in a parcel bomb explosion in Kushtia’s Lihini Bottola area on Monday night. The incident occurred around 10:30 p.m. when Nasir, a resident of Lihini Karmakar Para, was delivering a parcel given by two unidentified men. Police recovered several items, including batteries, from the scene. Nasir was admitted to Kushtia 250-bed General Hospital for treatment.

According to eyewitnesses, two unknown individuals hired Nasir for 30 taka to deliver a parcel to the house of Hamidul Islam in Lihini Jowardar Para. When Hamidul refused to accept it, Nasir returned to Lihini Bottola and opened the parcel in front of several locals. Upon opening a wooden box inside, it exploded, damaging a nearby fruit shop’s refrigerator. Hospital officials said Nasir sustained lower-body injuries but is out of danger.

Kushtia’s Additional Superintendent of Police (Crime) Faisal Mahmud confirmed the explosion and said evidence had been collected, though those responsible have not yet been identified.

Two political activists were shot dead in Raozan upazila of Chattogram within two days, marking the latest in a series of violent incidents. Since the February 12 election, four murders have occurred in two months, and over the past 21 months since August 2024, a total of 23 killings have been recorded in the area, 19 of which are reported to be politically motivated. Most victims were affiliated with the BNP and its associated organizations.

Local residents describe Raozan as a hotspot of armed violence, where illegal weapons are widespread and rival gangs compete for dominance. Police Superintendent Nazir Ahmed Khan stated that most killings stem from disputes over control of sand and soil businesses in Raozan and Rangunia. He said suspects have been arrested in each case, including three linked to the latest murder, and pledged intensified operations to curb terrorism.

Analysts and human rights activists have criticized law enforcement for failing to restore order, arguing that the prolonged violence reflects administrative weakness and possible political interference.

Police in Narayanganj have arrested six teenagers accused of murdering 11-year-old Hossain to satisfy a perverse curiosity about experiencing prison life. The killing took place in Fatullah, where the group allegedly planned the act to understand the criminal world. Superintendent of Police Mizanur Rahman Munshi disclosed the arrests at a press conference on Monday, noting that the main accused, 18-year-old Yasin, has given a confessional statement in court.

According to police, the teenagers used to gather and consume drugs at an abandoned house near Fatullah railway station. Driven by the desire to know what it feels like to go to jail, they decided to kill someone. They lured Hossain, who sold flowers with his father, to an abandoned house in Dapa Idrakpur Bank Colony by offering him marijuana. There, the group stabbed him to death and left the body.

Hossain went missing on April 18, and his decomposed body was recovered on April 23. Police later arrested the suspects and recovered the murder weapon. One more suspect remains at large. Experts have described the incident as a grave warning about rising violent tendencies among youths.

At least 29 people were killed when militants attacked sleeping villagers in Guyaku village, Adamawa State, Nigeria, on Sunday night. The Islamic State (ISIS) claimed responsibility for the assault through a message on Telegram. According to government sources, armed militants entered the village in several groups and opened fire indiscriminately, killing many on the spot and injuring others. Several houses were also set on fire as terrified residents fled for safety.

Police arrived at the scene after receiving reports and took the injured to a local hospital. On Monday, Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri visited the site and condemned the incident as a cowardly attack. In a separate incident the same day, armed assailants stormed an orphanage in Lokoja, Kogi State, abducting 23 teenagers. Police later rescued 15 of them, while the search for the remaining missing youths continues. No group has claimed responsibility for the abductions.

Authorities are continuing rescue operations and investigations into both attacks, which have heightened security concerns in the affected regions.

Three people, including two members of the same family, were hacked to death in the Khushi Bazar area of Gadadhardangi village under Aliyabad Union in Faridpur Sadar upazila on Monday night around 9:30 pm. The accused, identified as 28-year-old Akash, allegedly used a sharp axe and spade in the attack before fleeing the scene. The victims were Rahila Begum, 50, Amena Begum, 75, and neighbor Kabul Chowdhury, 45. Another person, Riaz Molla, 45, was injured and taken to hospital for treatment.

According to police, two of the victims were the suspect’s grandmother and aunt, while the neighbor was killed while trying to intervene. Following the incident, senior police officials, including Assistant Superintendent of Police Md Shamsul Azam, visited the site. Faridpur Kotwali Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md Shahidul Islam confirmed the incident and said legal proceedings are underway.

As of the latest update, the suspect remains at large, and police operations to apprehend him are ongoing.

Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) rescued 69 Rohingya, including women and children, from a human trafficking attempt to Malaysia through the sea route in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar. The operation took place early Monday, April 27, 2026, when BGB’s Teknaf-2 Battalion surrounded a suspected hideout near Maheshkhali Para. Three traffickers were detained during the raid, while several others managed to escape.

According to Lieutenant Colonel Md Hanifur Rahman, all rescued individuals are Myanmar nationals residing in Rohingya camps in Ukhiya and Teknaf. The search of the hideout led to the recovery of five men, twenty women, and thirty-three children, along with an autorickshaw and two empty gas cylinders used in the trafficking operation. Later that day, BGB conducted a separate operation in Nazir Para, detaining eleven more Rohingya, including women and children.

BGB stated that Rohingya with valid camp identification cards will be returned to their respective camps, while those without cards will be pushed back to Myanmar. The detained traffickers are being processed for legal action through Teknaf police.

A clash broke out at the Laboni Filling Station in Madarganj upazila of Jamalpur on Monday afternoon over fuel collection. Witnesses said motorcyclists and farmers gathered at the station from early morning despite a storm. Arguments over standing in line escalated into a physical altercation, leading to stone-throwing and panic in the area. Police officers and station staff intervened to bring the situation under control, and fuel sales were temporarily suspended.

Later in the afternoon, fuel distribution resumed in the presence of the upazila executive officer Suman Chowdhury, upazila BNP president Advocate Manjur Kader Babul Khan, and general secretary Mizanur Rahman Ratan. A mobile court fined three drivers three thousand taka each and another driver two thousand taka for lacking registration cards, driving licenses, and helmets.

The incident highlighted tensions among local fuel consumers during supply disruptions and prompted immediate administrative action to restore order.

The funeral prayer for Jubo Dal activist Md. Nasir Talukdar, also known as Madhu Nasir, who was shot dead by armed assailants in Raozan, Chattogram, has been completed. The burial took place on Monday evening, April 27, 2026, at the Shomserpara Tilapara social graveyard in Kadolpur Union. His body was brought home from Chattogram Medical College Hospital after an autopsy, where relatives and neighbors gathered to pay their respects.

Local Jubo Dal leaders claimed Nasir was politically affiliated with their organization. However, no leaders or activists from BNP or Jubo Dal were seen attending the funeral, despite the presence of villagers and family members. Locals remarked that although Nasir was involved in Jubo Dal politics, no party representatives came to his final farewell.

According to Raozan Police Station Officer-in-Charge Sajedul Islam, Nasir was shot dead by armed assailants on Sunday night, April 26, around 9:30 p.m., after which the attackers fled the scene.

Four robbery suspects have confessed in court to their involvement in the murder of customs officer Bullet Bairagi, aged 27, in Comilla. The court also granted a three-day remand for another suspect in the same case. The five accused were presented before the Comilla court on Monday, April 27, where the investigating officer, Sub-Inspector Titu Kumar Nath of Sadar Dakshin Police Station, sought a 10-day remand and permission to record confessional statements.

Court Inspector Mamunur Rashid confirmed that one suspect was placed on remand while the remaining four gave confessional statements. The arrests followed operations across different areas of Comilla on Sunday, during which five suspects were detained. Sohag was first arrested near Comilla Railway Station, leading to further arrests in the Bibirbazar area and the seizure of a CNG-run autorickshaw near Ershad Degree College in Burichang.

Law enforcement recovered stolen mobile phones and other evidence. RAB-11 stated that analysis of information technology and CCTV footage confirmed the suspects’ involvement in the killing.

At the International Crimes Tribunal-1 in Dhaka, Nargis Akter, aunt of slain Rita Akter, gave her testimony as the eighth witness in the case against Sheikh Hasina’s adviser Salman F Rahman and former law minister Anisul Huq. The tribunal, chaired by Justice Golam Murtuza Mojumdar, heard her account of the events during the July Revolution-related unrest. Nargis stated that on August 5, 2024, during the quota reform movement near Mirpur-2 Stadium, her niece Rita was shot in the back of the head and died on the spot.

She testified that Awami League supporters and police opened fire during the protest. Nargis said she took Rita to Suhrawardy Hospital, where doctors declared her dead, and later buried her in Joypurhat. She held Sheikh Hasina, Obaidul Quader, Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud, Anisul Huq, and Salman F Rahman responsible for the killing, claiming she heard they were close to Hasina. Nargis demanded justice for her niece’s death.

The tribunal proceedings are part of ongoing trials concerning crimes against humanity allegedly committed during the July Revolution period.

A tea vendor named Arafat, aged 23, died after being struck by lightning in Hatiya upazila of Noakhali on Sunday, April 27, 2026. The incident occurred around noon in Gamchakhali village of Char Ishwar Union’s Ward 6, leaving the local community in mourning. Arafat, son of Md. Afsar Uddin, earned his living by running a tea stall in a nearby market.

According to local sources, Arafat had gone to inspect a peanut field near his home when a sudden Kalbaishakhi storm began. He was struck by lightning on his way back and died instantly at the scene. Hatiya Upazila Nirbahi Officer Russell Iqbal confirmed the death and reminded residents that lightning strikes increase during the Baishakh–Jaistha months, urging people to stay indoors and seek shelter during storms.

Authorities have advised residents to remain cautious during seasonal storms to prevent further casualties from lightning incidents.

A Mymensingh court has sentenced three people to death and three others to life imprisonment for the 2014 murder of farmer Ashrab Ali in Phulpur upazila. The verdict was delivered on Monday afternoon by Judge Farhana Ferdous of the Mymensingh Special Judge Court. The death sentences were handed to Nur Hossain, his son Ujjal Mia, and Shahidul, while Sohrab Ali, his wife Sworupa Khatun, and Rehena Khatun received life imprisonment. Each convict was also fined 30,000 taka, with an additional six months of rigorous imprisonment in case of non-payment.

According to the case details, the victim and the accused were neighbors engaged in a long-standing land dispute. On January 18, 2014, the accused attacked Ashrab Ali with local weapons following a plan allegedly led by Sohrab Ali, resulting in his death. The next day, the victim’s son Julhas Uddin filed a murder case against six people at Phulpur Police Station.

After examining 15 witnesses and hearing arguments from both sides, the court found the accused guilty and issued the verdict. Advocate Mohammad Akram Hossain represented the state, while Advocate A.H.M. Khalekuzzaman defended the accused.

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed announced that a coordinated nationwide operation against drugs, gambling, and online gambling will begin immediately after the current parliamentary session ends on April 30. He made the statement in parliament on Monday while responding to a notice on urgent public importance, presided over by Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed.

The announcement followed a notice from Noakhali-2 MP Zainul Abdin Faruk, who raised concerns about illegal shisha lounges operating under the guise of restaurants and cafes in Dhaka’s upscale areas. The minister said the government has declared zero tolerance against drugs and gambling, adding that protecting the youth requires decisive action. He also noted that from 2009 to 2024, such illegal establishments had operated under political and administrative protection, but recent raids have seized large quantities of shisha equipment.

Ahmed assured that intelligence surveillance has been intensified and that any individuals or police officers found aiding illegal businesses will face strict legal action. The upcoming operation will involve all law enforcement agencies at district and upazila levels.