A Saudi expatriate, Md. Yamin Bhuiya, 30, was killed after a truck crushed an autorickshaw in the Bhadughar area of Brahmanbaria town on the Cumilla-Sylhet highway. The crash occurred on Monday evening. Yamin, son of Md. Abul Bashar, was from Bijeshwar village in Ramrail union of Sadar upazila.

His wife, Suma Akter, was injured in the incident and is receiving treatment at the district sadar hospital. Family members said the couple were returning home by autorickshaw after visiting her parental home when the truck hit their vehicle in Bhadughar. Both suffered serious injuries in the collision.

Local people rescued the couple and took them to the district sadar hospital, where doctors declared Yamin dead. Brahmanbaria Sadar police station Officer-in-Charge Md. Shahidul Islam said the body has been kept in the hospital morgue for investigation. Legal action over the incident is under process.

Border Guard Bangladesh personnel seized illegal Indian current nets, medicines and leaf cigarettes in separate operations in Kushtia, with a total seizure value of Tk44.85 lakh. The information was released in a press statement sent on behalf of the commander of Kushtia Battalion, 47 BGB, and published on July 27, 2026.

In an operation in the Bhalabaria area of the upazila, BGB recovered 590 kilograms of ownerless illegal Indian current nets, 25 China nets and 25 kilograms of net thread. The seized fishing-related materials were valued at Tk41.80 lakh. BGB said the recovered illegal nets were subsequently burned and destroyed.

In a separate operation at Dharmadaha field on the Daulatpur border, personnel recovered 500 Indian dexamethasone tablets, 500 cyproheptadine tablets and 98 packets of leaf cigarettes, all found ownerless. The seizure value of those materials was Tk305,390. The press statement did not identify any owner of the goods or report any arrests in connection with either operation.

The Department of Narcotics Control recovered 125 grams of heroin valued at about Tk 1.25 million in Netrokona and detained three people, including Lalita Akter, 45, whom it described as the alleged ringleader. The operation took place early Monday at a temporary checkpoint on the Netrokona-Mymensingh regional highway in the Chollisha area of the district headquarters.

A team from the Netrokona district office searched a Dhaka-bound passenger bus and recovered the heroin from Md Sagar Ahmed, 38, a resident of Matihar upazila in Rajshahi, who was posing as a passenger. Based on information provided by him, officers detained Md Masud Mia, 42, from the Goruhatta area of Netrokona Sadar upazila. Lalita was later detained during an operation in Gopalpur Bazar, Barhatta upazila.

The department said Lalita has seven cases under the Narcotics Control Act. Two button mobile phones were also seized during the operation. On Monday evening, Sub-Inspector Md Nazmul Huda filed a case at Netrokona Model Police Station under the Narcotics Control Act. Assistant Director Md Nazmul Haque said operations against drugs would continue and the three detainees would be sent to court the following morning.

Police recovered the bullet-riddled body of a 21-year-old man, identified as Imon, from in front of Arangghata railway station in Khulna metropolitan area on Monday, July 27. Officers reached the scene around 5:30pm after receiving information from local residents. Imon was the son of Sobhan Sheikh, a resident of Arangghata police station area.

Police initially suspect that assailants shot Imon dead and left his body at the location. However, law enforcement authorities have not yet determined the motive or identified those responsible. Arangghata police station Officer-in-Charge Md Halimur Islam confirmed that residents saw a young man lying with gunshot injuries and informed police, who recovered him dead.

An investigation has begun around the scene. Senior Khulna Metropolitan Police officials and the crime scene unit are collecting evidence, while investigators gather local information, speak with witnesses and examine possible leads. After preparation of an inquest report, the body will be sent to the Khulna Medical College Hospital morgue for an autopsy. Police said the autopsy findings and investigation progress may clarify the cause of the killing and those involved.

Police arrested two men in Chattogram city after recovering a foreign pistol and four rounds of ammunition, according to police. Mohammad Asif, 25, and Saidul Islam, also known as Arif, 24, were detained during a raid near Wajedia playground on the Oxygen–Koyesh Road in the Bayezid Bostami police station area on the night of July 27. Police said Asif was a fugitive accused named in a warrant in another case.

Chattogram Metropolitan Police Additional Commissioner for Crime and Operations Muhammad Faisal Ahmed said officers had launched the operation to arrest Asif. He said Asif and his companion tried to flee after noticing police presence. Police recovered a foreign pistol from Asif's waist, with two rounds loaded in its magazine, and found two more rounds in Arif's trouser pocket. They could not produce valid licences or documents for the weapon and ammunition, police said.

Police claimed the two men said during initial questioning that they were associates of identified criminal David Emon and were involved in extortion and other criminal activities using illegal weapons. An Arms Act case has been filed at Bayezid Bostami police station. Mobar Hossain Emon said he did not know the detainees and denied they were his associates. Police records list 11 cases against Asif and two extortion cases against Arif.

Police arrested a man in Daganbhuiyan on July 27 after a day laborer was allegedly stabbed to death beneath Feni town’s Mohipal flyover for protesting an attempted molestation of his wife. The victim, Nur Nabi Hossain, 30, was attacked at about 5:30am on July 26 and later died while being taken to Dhaka for treatment.

According to police, Nur Nabi and his wife, Bibi Fatema, were sleeping under the flyover when the accused, Md Shah Paran Faisal, also known as Saddam Hossain, allegedly tried to molest Fatema. Police said an argument followed after Nur Nabi intervened, and Faisal allegedly stabbed him repeatedly on both sides of his abdomen before fleeing.

Nur Nabi, originally from Bhola Sadar, had come to Feni after losing everything to river erosion and supported himself by collecting bottles and working as a day laborer. Fatema filed a murder case with Feni Model Police Station. Police said Faisal admitted involvement during preliminary questioning, and officers recovered a bloodstained knife from an abandoned pit beneath the flyover based on his information. He was sent to jail through a court.

An organised gang allegedly held residents at gunpoint and looted two homes in Pekua, a coastal upazila of Cox’s Bazar, during the early hours of Monday. The incident occurred at about 3:15am in Sikdarpara of Pekua municipality, at the homes of Saudi expatriate Jomir Alam and Maheshkhali resident Rezaul Karim. Victims said the gang took cash worth Tk850,000 and 17 bhori of gold ornaments. Pekua police visited the scene after receiving information.

Rezaul Karim said he was sitting with several people at a nearby shop after going outside to check a motorcycle when he saw a white microbus pass quickly around 3am. Shortly afterwards, three or four unknown men asked his identity, held him at gunpoint and took him home. He said seven or eight masked robbers already inside confined family members to one room, searched the house and threatened to shoot if anyone shouted.

According to Karim, Tk650,000 and 10 bhori of gold were taken from his room, while Tk250,000 and seven bhori of gold were taken from Alam’s room. Alam’s wife, Amina Begum, said the robbers threatened to kill her, removed her chain and earrings, and broke a wardrobe lock to take cash and jewellery. Officer-in-Charge Md Mehedi Hasan said an investigation is under way and police are conducting operations to identify and arrest those involved.

A 15-year-old boy, Jisan, was detained after he allegedly beat his father to death in Savar’s Rajfulbaria Chhakipara area on Monday afternoon. The victim, Mohin Mia, 38, bought milk in Savar and sold it in Dhaka. Neighbours detained the boy following the incident and handed him over to police.

Police and local sources said both father and son used cannabis, and they had arguments and disputes over drug use. A murder case has been filed at Savar Model Police Station in connection with the death.

Savar Model Police recovered Mohin Mia’s body and sent it to the morgue of Shaheed Suhrawardy Hospital in the capital for investigation. Nur Mohammad, investigation officer at Savar Model Police Station, confirmed the matter and said police were working to uncover the circumstances of the killing.

Dhaka Metropolitan Detective Police say they have uncovered the main plot behind the killing of Jubo Dal worker Md Yusuf in Mirpur. According to DB, four professional shooters from Magura and Jhenaidah were hired under a Tk 25 lakh contract to kill Kafrul thana Jubo Dal member secretary Hafizul Islam Babu, but Yusuf was killed after the attack missed its intended target. Yusuf was shot dead on July 23 on a link road south of Opex Garments in Kafrul, while vegetable sellers Nalam Sardar and Monir Hossain were injured.

At a press conference at the DMP Media Centre on Minto Road, DB Additional Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam said eight people have been arrested. DB identified Hafizur Rahman Hafiz, also known as CNG Hafiz and joint convener of Kafrul thana Swechchhasebak Dal, as the alleged planner. Investigators said a longstanding dispute over local waste tenders, pavement shops, businesses and possession of a tin-shed house had existed between him and Babu.

DB said an initial attempt was prepared on June 29 but failed because of a firearm misfire. The suspects allegedly arrived in Dhaka on July 22 and stayed at a hotel in Mirpur-2 before the following night's attack. One firearm has been recovered, while investigators are tracing the source of other weapons. Separate murder and Arms Act cases have been filed at Kafrul police station, and efforts to arrest other accused continue.

Police in Tongi, Gazipur, arrested a leader of the banned Chhatra League over allegations of attempting sabotage. Niamul Hasan Nahid, 16, was detained during an operation in the Dharpara area of Sataish Chowrasta early Monday. The report was published on July 27, 2026.

Nahid is the vice-president of the Chhatra League’s Ward No. 51 unit under the Gazipur City Corporation, police said. He is the son of Hakim Ali of the Sataish Chowrasta area in Tongi. Police said the operation began at about 4:30 a.m. after they received confidential information that he was in the Dharpara area.

Police said Nahid is accused of attempting sabotage recently in the Prottasha field area of Tongi. Tongi West Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md. Arifur Rahman said officers arrested him on the basis of the confidential information. After a case was filed and legal procedures were completed, Nahid was sent to the Gazipur court on Monday afternoon.

A Khulna court sentenced three people to death in the murder case of Sheikh Rezaul, who was killed amid a land-related dispute in Batiaghata. Additional Sessions Judge Khurshid Alam delivered the verdict on Monday. The convicted men are Khurshid Alam, Abdus Salam and Khairul. Another accused, Ershad, was acquitted after the allegation against him was not proven.

According to the case complaint, Sheikh Rezaul was attacked at Jhalbunia Bazar in Batiaghata upazila on March 31, 2018. He died at the scene after being struck on the head with bamboo. Rezaul and the main accused, Khurshid Alam, were cousins. Case documents stated that they had long been involved in a dispute over ancestral land.

Rezaul's younger brother, Mesbah Uddin, filed the murder case at Batiaghata police station against the four accused on the day of the incident. Following a court order, the Police Bureau of Investigation took charge of the investigation and submitted its final report to the court in November 2019. State counsel Advocate ATM Moniruzzaman confirmed the verdict, saying it was based on witness testimony and evidence, and expressed satisfaction.

Police recovered the body of APBn-6 Sub-Inspector (Armed) B.M. Mahmudul Islam from a pond near his in-laws’ home in Paikandi Union of Gopalganj Sadar Upazila on Monday morning. The body was recovered at about 8:30am. Mahmudul Islam, 38, was the son of Haidar Ali Bhuiyan of Bijoypasha village and was posted in Mahalchhari, Khagrachhari.

Police detained his wife, Fatema Kaniz, and father-in-law, Kabirul Islam alias Jhunu Sheikh, for questioning. Local residents informed police after seeing a body floating in a pond near the in-laws’ house. Police later recovered the body and sent it to the morgue of Gopalganj 250-bed General Hospital for an autopsy.

Mahmudul Islam’s elder brother, B.M. Ashikuzzaman, alleged that a dispute had arisen with his wife and her family over money to send a brother-in-law abroad after the officer came home on leave. He said he suspected the in-laws had killed him and dumped his body in the pond, and demanded an investigation and justice. Officer-in-Charge Aminul Islam said Mahmudul Islam had returned on leave from his workplace last Friday and that the cause of death would be known after the autopsy report.

Imran Sheikh, an assistant officer at the Satair ‘Kha’ Union Land Office in Boalmari, Faridpur, was temporarily suspended after a video showing him taking Tk 5,000 spread on social media. The Faridpur deputy commissioner’s office issued the suspension order on Sunday, after the 2-minute-22-second video was released online in the evening and prompted widespread criticism.

The footage shows Sheikh counting money received from a service seeker. The conversation identifies the person as Baharul Alam of Satair, son of Syed Abu Hasan. Sheikh asks for the original deed to be submitted in the afternoon and says he would prepare the application that night, submit it the following week and complete the mutation work within two weeks.

The conversation suggests the payment was taken in connection with land mutation services. The suspension order cited allegations of misconduct and corruption under relevant provisions of the Government Servants (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 2018. It said Sheikh would receive subsistence allowance during suspension under the rules. Assistant Commissioner (Land) Shibbir Ahmed said the district commissioner was informed in writing and departmental action would be taken against him.

Five forest workers, including Paner Chhara Range Officer Shariful Alam, were seriously injured in an attack in Ramu, Cox’s Bazar, after an eviction drive over alleged betel-leaf garden construction on reserved forest land. The incident occurred around 9:30 a.m. on Monday in Samitipara of Ward 6, South Mithachhari Union. The injured workers were taken to Cox’s Bazar District Sadar Hospital for treatment.

The other injured personnel were forest guard Humayun Kabir, gardeners Saidul Islam and Md Sajid, and ERT member Mizanur Rahman. Shariful Alam alleged that more than 100 people, led by BNP leaders Jasim Uddin, Nazir Hossain and Sahab Uddin, attacked the team with local weapons and sticks as it returned after the operation. Jasim Uddin is identified as president of Ward 6 BNP in South Mithachhari Union.

Divisional Forest Officer Abdullah Al Mamun said two workers, including the range officer, suffered head injuries, while three others had broken arms. The forest department was preparing to file a case by the afternoon. Ramu police said no complaint had yet been received. The Bangladesh Foresters Association condemned the attack and demanded arrests and stronger security for field-level forest workers.

Bangladesh Border Guard personnel seized four pistols, 14 rounds of ammunition and other equipment after a gunfight with armed smugglers near the Yamini Para border in Matiranga upazila of Khagrachhari. A patrol team from Yamini Para Battalion, 23 BGB, conducted a special operation late Monday night near the Indian border in Singhapara village, Tablachhari union.

Battalion commander Lieutenant Colonel Md Khalid Ibn Hossain said the patrol identified the smugglers' position at about 3:15 a.m. acting on a tip-off. A search of the site recovered two foreign pistols, two locally made pistols, 14 rounds of ammunition, other items and 1,600 Indian rupees.

According to the commander, armed smugglers suddenly opened fire on BGB personnel as they were returning with the seized weapons and materials. BGB returned fire in self-defence, and intermittent firing continued for about eight to 10 minutes before the smugglers fled. No casualties were reported on either side. BGB said it was continuing close monitoring and strict surveillance of suspected routes for illegal entry, arms and ammunition trafficking, and drug smuggling.