A 16-year-old student, Jamil Sheikh, died after a clash over a goal during a football match in Sherpur, Bogura, on Monday afternoon. Local sources said an argument among players escalated into a physical confrontation. Jamil reportedly tried to calm the situation when a player named Shakil kicked him in the stomach and struck him repeatedly. He collapsed and died while being taken to hospital.

Jamil was the son of Rafiqul Islam from Sherua village in Shahbandegi union of the upazila. He was a tenth-grade student at Palli Unnayan Academy Laboratory School and College. The report said tensions spread in the area after the incident, but the situation is now normal. His family is mourning his death.

Shahbandegi Union Parishad Chairman Abul Kalam Azad confirmed the incident and said such a tragedy over sports was unacceptable. He offered condolences to Jamil's family and called for responsible conduct to prevent similar incidents. Sherpur police station Officer-in-Charge S M Moinuddin said legal action would be taken if a complaint is filed.

A five-year-old child, Ardashi Tanchangya, died after choking while playing on a swing made from a towel at her home in Paglipara of Wagga Union, Kaptai Upazila, Rangamati. The incident occurred at about 5 pm on Monday. Ardashi was the daughter of local resident Tapan Bikash Tanchangya.

Kaptai police station officer-in-charge Sheikh Mahmudul Hasan Rubel said Ardashi had been playing in the towel swing inside her home, as she did regularly. Her parents were in the hills for jhum cultivation work at the time. Police said the towel accidentally became wrapped around her neck while she was playing, leaving her seriously ill from suffocation.

Her elder sister noticed the situation and, with help from local people, took her quickly to Kaptai Upazila Health Complex. Health and Family Planning Officer Dr Ruihla Ang Marma said the child was brought to the hospital around 6 pm and was declared dead after examination; she had died before arrival. Police visited the scene, and necessary legal procedures are under way.

Police statistics show Bangladesh recorded 1,775 killings and more than 10,000 incidents of violence against women and children during the first six months of the year. In a report published on August 4, killings rose from 287 in January to 323 in June, while reported violence against women and children increased from 1,281 to 2,194. Reports of snatching, robbery, extortion and attacks in Dhaka and elsewhere have heightened public fears over security.

On August 2, at least three killings were reported in Dhaka and other districts, alongside the recovery of two bodies and the shooting of one person during a snatching incident. Robbers were accused of taking about Tk 6 million on the Teknaf-Cox's Bazar highway after blocking vehicles with trees; one passenger was injured by gunfire. In Kalabagan, a man named Shipon was accused of killing his wife and mother-in-law and later surrendered. In Raipura, Momen Mia was shot dead and three others were injured.

A total of 18,749 cases were recorded in June, described as the highest monthly figure in the report. Police found no explosives in two abandoned objects recovered beneath Mirpur-10 and Farmgate metro stations. Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said all such incidents were under investigation, while police said intelligence work, special operations and patrols had been strengthened.

Members of Apon Small Traders Association Limited staged a human chain and protest march against its owner, Alam Hossain, who is also general secretary of Kachikata Union BNP in Monohardi, Narsingdi. They alleged that nearly Tk5 crore of members’ deposits had been embezzled. The demonstration took place on Monday afternoon outside the association’s office at Shekher Bazar in Kachikata Union, followed by a march demanding refunds and punishment for the accused.

Speakers said Alam Hossain had enrolled local people in the association by promising high profits. They said about 300 members had deposited nearly Tk5 crore, but had received no dividends for the past three years. Members also alleged they faced discourteous treatment and intimidation when seeking the return of their deposits.

The protesters further alleged that several members had been harassed through legal cases. They said their life savings were tied up in the association, causing severe financial hardship and unrest in many households. More than 100 customers, including Shafiqul Islam, Delwar Hossain Rokon, Manik Mia, Akash Mia and Mahmuda Begum, attended. Members later submitted a memorandum to Monohardi Upazila Nirbahi Officer M. A. Muhaimin Al Jihan. Alam Hossain could not be reached by phone for comment.

Inspector General of Police Md Ali Hossain Fakir met a two-member FBI delegation led by Riley Palmtree at Police Headquarters on Monday. The courtesy meeting focused on potential assistance to strengthen Bangladesh Police’s cyber capabilities and address cyber scams, social media monitoring, financial crime and technology-based investigations.

The delegation leader discussed providing support in the identified areas during the meeting, which was held in a cordial atmosphere. The discussions covered cyber-related fraud, oversight of social media activity, efforts against financial offences and the use of technology in investigations.

The IGP stressed the need to further strengthen mutual cooperation and relations between the FBI and several Bangladesh Police units, including PBI, CID, ATU and CTTC. He also emphasized expanding FBI support to stop rumors and fraud on social media. Senior Bangladesh Police officials were present at the meeting.

The family of Shaheed Rabiul Islam Rahul, who was shot dead during the July-August mass movement, has demanded a swift trial for those involved in his killing. In a report published on August 3, 2026, relatives also asked the government to arrange employment for Rahul’s elder brother because of the family’s financial hardship. Rahul was the youngest of three sons of Md Muslim Uddin and Farida Begum from Bidurshahi village in Fazilpur union of Dinajpur Sadar upazila.

According to the family, Rahul was shot while joining an Anti-Discrimination Student Movement programme near Kachari intersection beside Dinajpur city’s Judge Court on August 4, 2024. They say he sustained 19 bullet wounds. He was treated first at Dinajpur General Hospital and then Dinajpur Medical College Hospital. After initially returning home, he was hospitalised again on August 7 as his condition worsened and died in intensive care on the evening of August 9.

His father said Rahul’s elder brother, Faridul Islam, filed a case, but no one has been arrested so far. The family owns only a five-and-a-half-decimal homestead and no farmland. Muslim Uddin, formerly a vegetable and fish seller, says trauma, illness and heart problems have left him unable to work.

Two people died in separate lightning and drowning incidents in the Dhumghat area of Ishwaripur Union, Shyamnagar upazila in Satkhira on Monday. Around 1pm, Khairunnesa, 40, a homemaker from Moterchar village, was killed by lightning while working in a field beside her home. She was the wife of Abdul Aziz Gazi.

Relatives of the victim and local Union Parishad member Md Abul Kalam said Khairunnesa died at the scene after lightning struck while she was working in the field. Earlier that day, at around 10am, farmer Krishnapada Baidya, 50, died after drowning in a pond in Shiltala village of the same Dhumghat area. He was the son of the late Narayan Baidya.

Family members said Krishnapada Baidya accidentally fell into a roadside pond while heading to the fields for farming work. After he could not be found for a long time, relatives began searching and later recovered his body from the pond. Shyamnagar police station officer-in-charge Md Shafiul Alam Patowary said police were looking into the drowning death, alongside confirming the lightning fatality.

Police recovered 17 sacks of Phensedyl during a special operation in Barura upazila of Cumilla, but no alleged drug traffickers were detained. The raid was conducted at about 12:30 a.m. on Sunday in the Daspara area of Muguji village, under South Khoshbas union, based on confidential information.

Barura police station Inspector (Investigation) Sanjay Sarkar confirmed the operation. He said a police team led by Sub-Inspector Tajul Islam recovered a large quantity of Phensedyl packed in sacks from one location. According to Sarkar, the alleged traffickers fled after becoming aware of the police presence.

Authorities have not yet counted the number of bottles recovered from the 17 sacks, Sarkar said. Necessary legal action will be taken after the bottles are counted. Police operations to identify and arrest those involved in the incident are continuing, he added.

A shotgun was recovered from a fishing net in Araihazar, Narayanganj, after fishermen found it in a pond in Singarpur area of Fatepur union. The incident occurred at about 8am on Monday at a pond owned by a man named Rezaul. Araihazar police went to the scene after being informed and took the weapon to the police station.

Local sources said the firearm became caught in the net while fishermen were casting it to catch fish. SI Shafiul Islam, who is responsible for weapons maintenance at Araihazar Police Station, checked the weapon against the station’s arms register and confirmed that it belonged to the police. The shotgun’s butt number is 651.

Araihazar Police Station officer-in-charge Sabujel Hossain said the shotgun was among weapons looted from the station during the student-public movement in 2024. Police are investigating how the weapon ended up in the pond and how long it had remained there.

A Mongla resident, Sanjit Majumdar, has alleged irregularities, harassment and a demand for Tk30,000 in bribes during the mutation process for his ancestral property at the Mongla উপজেলা land office in Bagerhat. Speaking at a press conference at Bagerhat Press Club at noon on Sunday, he said the mutation had remained pending for a long time because he did not pay the alleged bribe. He sought an impartial investigation and urgent intervention by the district commissioner.

In a written statement, Majumdar said his applications for mutation and registration had been rejected repeatedly on different grounds. He said he later submitted all required documents but received no positive response. He alleged that office assistant Naimul Islam demanded Tk30,000 for each mutation case and that he was told the assistant commissioner for land would not sign the application without payment.

Majumdar said he had informed the district commissioner but had not received effective relief, causing his family mental distress and financial loss. He demanded legal action against those responsible and prompt completion of the mutation. Mongla Assistant Commissioner for Land Nowsheena Arif said mutation was not processed because the heirs’ documentation was inaccurate, adding it would be completed once the documents were corrected.

Chattogram Superintendent of Police Masud Alam said Md Didarul Alam, known as Didar, and his associate Morshed, alias Akhil, allegedly became involved in killings for payments of Tk10,000 to Tk15,000. Speaking at a news conference at the district police superintendent’s office on Monday, he said Didar was arrested in Keraniganj, Dhaka, late Sunday night. Police brought him to Chattogram for questioning after identifying him as the main accused in the Nurul Azim murder case.

According to police, Didar faces 13 cases, including murder, and had arrest warrants in six of them. Nurul Azim was hacked to death on July 10 in Khalifapara of Mekhal union, Hathazari upazila. Didar was named the principal accused in a case filed by the victim’s family and had been absconding since the incident.

Police said operations are continuing to arrest Morshed and other members of the alleged criminal group. Investigators are also examining allegations that the group was involved in extortion, terrorist activities and contract attacks. In recent operations, police arrested three other identified criminals—Didar, Afsar and Borhan—and recovered two foreign firearms and ammunition, according to the police.

A police constable in Khagrachhari has been taken into custody over allegations that he posed as a Detective Branch police officer to commit fraud. Police acted on information from the Khagrachhari unit of the National Security Intelligence agency, according to a report published on August 3, 2026. Officers raided Dar Al Hijaz residential hotel on Pankhaiya Para Road after receiving confidential information and detained the man, who had reportedly been staying there with a woman for about a month.

Police identified him during questioning as Md. Shimul Hossain, constable No. 1516, with BP No. 9716190695, assigned to the Khagrachhari District Police Lines. He had left his workplace on May 19, 2026, with permission from Armed Reserve Inspector Ayub Ali to attend a court appearance in a case in Kushtia, but did not return to duty.

Police said departmental notices and letters sent to his home address received no response. His salary and allowances were suspended as an initial administrative measure for unauthorized absence. Locals alleged he intimidated people and tried to collect money while claiming to be a DB officer. Legal proceedings are under way, and police said further details would be disclosed after the investigation.

Three people, including a woman and a child, died in separate incidents in Sarishabari, Jamalpur. Five-year-old Sakhawat Hossain drowned in a pond in Char-Dhanata village of Sarishabari municipality on Sunday afternoon. Housewife Sadia Sabrin Brishti, 19, died in Baiser Char village of Pogaldigha union the same day, while motorcyclist Akram Hossain, 22, was killed in a road crash in Panchpir Bazar on Saturday night.

Local residents said Sakhawat entered the water while trying to retrieve a football that had fallen into a pond beside his home. He was taken to Sarishabari উপজেলা Health Complex, where he was declared dead. Duty doctor Samiul Haque said the child had died before being brought to hospital and that drowning caused the death.

Local and family sources said Brishti died by hanging after becoming upset with her husband; police recovered her body and took it to the police station. Akram was seriously injured after his motorcycle collided head-on with a van and died while being taken to hospital. Two others were injured: motorcycle passenger Nirab is being treated at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, while van passenger Aminul Islam is receiving treatment at Sarishabari উপজেলা Health Complex.

All officials and employees of the Kashimpur Land Office in Gazipur were temporarily suspended over corruption allegations, the district administration said. Gazipur Deputy Commissioner Nurul Karim Bhuiya ordered the action on Monday morning after an operation at the office involving the additional deputy commissioner for revenue, the upazila land officer and other relevant officials.

During the operation, the officials spoke with members of the public present at the office to receive services and heard a range of complaints. They also reviewed all office activities. According to the deputy commissioner, evidence supporting the allegations was found, leading to the temporary suspension of every official and employee at the Kashimpur Land Office.

Local residents who had come to receive services praised the deputy commissioner’s action. Bhuiya said his office had received written complaints about several land offices in Gazipur over a long period. He said the operation was conducted to provide corruption-free land services in line with public expectations. The deputy commissioner said the campaign would continue, with action to be taken after evidence is verified wherever corruption reports emerge.

A major cyberattack in the United Kingdom has exposed the names and contact details of nearly 100,000 police officers on the dark web, according to a report published on August 3, 2026. Hackers allegedly infiltrated a key law-enforcement database and obtained sensitive information, raising serious concerns over the personal safety of officers involved in crime-fighting work over many years.

British media reported that the attackers targeted the Police National Legal Database, an online system used by police forces across the UK for routine administrative work and legal support. Following an initial investigation, police believe a cybercrime group called ExfilSquad may be behind the breach. Investigators view the incident as part of a series of recent cyberattacks against Western government and strategic institutions.

A police officer whose name appeared on the leaked list said exposure of sensitive details had put the officer and colleagues at extreme risk after work against dangerous organised criminal groups. Authorities fear the number affected could rise, as most officers in England and Wales use the database during their careers. About 145,000 full-time police officers currently serve in the two regions. Authorities have begun a high-level investigation and taken urgent steps to strengthen cybersecurity.