Daily Desh Rupantor representative K M Bacchu was allegedly attacked with hammers in Kuakata, Patuakhali, and is receiving treatment at Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital. The incident occurred around 11:30pm on Friday in the beach area in front of Kuakata Hotel Saikat. The journalist was seriously injured, according to the report.

The victim and local sources said the attack was launched suddenly while Bacchu was at the beach, allegedly over a recently published news report. Latichapli Union Ward No. 3 Chhatra Dal president Baijid Rana and Kuakata municipal Jubo Dal religious affairs secretary Harun Musalli were accused of leading five or six others involved in the attack.

The allegations state that attackers struck Bacchu on the head and both legs with hammers, causing him to fall to the ground. Nearby people rescued him and took him to Kuakata's 20-bed hospital before doctors referred him to Barishal as his condition worsened. The accused could not be reached because their phones were switched off. Police visited the scene and said they would investigate and take necessary legal action.

RAB-7 recovered a US-made 7.65mm-caliber pistol abandoned outside the home of slain criminal Sarwar Hossain, known as Babla, in Chittagong city’s Bayezid Bostami area. Members of the RAB-7 Hathazari camp conducted the operation late Friday night, according to the report published on July 25, 2026.

RAB-7 commander Lt Col Hafizur Rahman confirmed the recovery. He said personnel searched Babla’s home, but the pistol was not recovered from inside the house. Instead, it was found abandoned outside. Authorities are investigating the weapon’s ownership and how it came to be left at the location.

Babla was a known figure in Chittagong’s criminal underworld and faced multiple cases involving allegations including murder, weapons and extortion, the report said. He was killed in a public shooting in the Chalitattali area last year. Law enforcement operations connected to him have continued based on various information and evidence.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Traffic Division filed 3,257 cases against traffic-law violators during a two-day enforcement drive across different parts of the capital. The operations were conducted on Thursday and Friday, July 23 and 24, with the information published on July 25. The division said the action was aimed at maintaining traffic discipline in the Dhaka metropolitan area.

Traffic-Mirpur recorded the highest number of cases, with 670. It was followed by Motijheel with 492, Gulshan with 458, Wari with 450, Uttara with 401, Tejgaon with 372, Lalbagh with 246 and Ramna with 168. The cases involved buses, trucks, covered vans, CNG vehicles and motorcycles.

During the drive, authorities dumped 908 vehicles and towed 426 vehicles using wreckers. DMP's Traffic Division said its enforcement operations would continue to maintain traffic discipline across the Dhaka metropolitan area.

Three young men were killed in a head-on collision between two motorcycles on the Gopalganj-Tekerhat regional highway in Gopalganj. The crash occurred in front of Bedepalli on Friday night. The victims were Achintya Kundu, 25, of Sindiaghat in Muksudpur; Ujjal Barai, 35, of Purba Nagardi in Rajoir, Madaripur; and Faisal Bepari, 20, of Goalakandi.

Sub-Inspector Shamim Al Mamun of the Boultali police investigation centre confirmed the incident. He said the men were travelling toward Gopalganj on one motorcycle when it collided head-on with another motorcycle travelling toward Tekerhat. Achintya Kundu died at the scene, while Ujjal Barai and Faisal Bepari were seriously injured.

Police from the Boultali investigation centre recovered the body and admitted the injured men to an upazila health complex. Faisal Bepari was sent to Dhaka for advanced treatment but died on the way. Ujjal Barai died while receiving treatment at Rajoir Upazila Health Complex. Police handed over the bodies of all three victims to their families on Saturday after completing their investigation.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested 442 people during regular operations across police station areas of the capital over the past 24 hours, according to a report published on July 25, 2026. Police also filed 29 cases during the same period. The arrests were made alongside the recovery of narcotics and other items.

Mirpur Division recorded the highest number of arrests, with 119 people detained, followed by Tejgaon with 67, Uttara with 56, Motijheel with 54 and Wari with 49. Police arrested 31 people in Ramna, 30 in Lalbagh, 29 in Gulshan, six through the Detective Branch and one through CTTC.

Items recovered included burnt brown umbrella fabric, umbrella handles and rod fragments, battery parts, bearing balls and GI pipe fragments. Police also reported recovering 46 yaba tablets, 216 grams of cannabis, yaba-use equipment, 16 mobile phones, 21 credit and debit cards, 10 cheque books and 443 SIM cards. One victim was rescued. Legal action against those arrested is under process.

Bangladesh Coast Guard has launched a special operation to prevent petty theft, ship robberies and piracy at the outer anchorage of Chattogram port. The operation began at 12 noon on Saturday, July 25, with intensified patrols around domestic and foreign commercial vessels anchored offshore and along nearby waterways.

Coast Guard sources said the operation was initiated in view of risks from organised groups involved in theft, attempted robbery and piracy targeting anchored ships. Multiple patrol vessels and high-speed boats are participating. Personnel are searching suspicious watercraft, monitoring vessel security and maintaining continuous surveillance on maritime routes.

Officials said ships at the outer anchorage are important to the country’s import-export trade, and criminal incidents could cause financial losses and raise concerns about maritime trade security. Suspicious trawlers, fishing boats and small vessels are being closely monitored and searched when necessary. The Coast Guard is also coordinating with ship captains and shipping agents. It said patrols and special operations will continue until such crimes are fully controlled, alongside coordination with other law-enforcement agencies.

Chattogram district detective police arrested two people during an operation in a remote hilly area of Kelishahar Union in Patiya and later recovered four firearms, locally made weapons and two mobile phones, police said. Superintendent of Police Md Masud Alam disclosed the information at a news conference at the Chattogram district police office at noon on Saturday. The detainees were identified as Md Delwar Hossain, 54, and Md Mohsin, 33, both residents of Innapara in Kelishahar Union.

According to the police superintendent, a DB team conducted the operation on Thursday afternoon after receiving confidential information. Police said the raid was carried out despite difficult terrain and the risk of possible armed resistance. A later search of Delwar Hossain’s home in Innapara recovered six kirich blades, five ramda machetes, one damada, an iron-cutting tool and two mobile phones from beneath a bed.

DB police then raided a tree garden belonging to Afsar in Chativanga of the same union and recovered two single-barrel guns and two locally made LG firearms that had been hidden there. Preliminary police findings say the firearms and other weapons were stockpiled for use in terrorist and criminal activities. Investigations and operations are continuing to identify other associates, the source of the weapons and possible armed groups, while legal action is being processed.

Shila Islam, 35, a leader of the banned Awami League and a union council member in Agailjhara, Barishal, died after an attempted hanging, according to the report. She was taken to Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital in critical condition on Friday night and was declared dead by the doctor on duty. Islam was the labour affairs secretary of the উপজেলা মহিলা আওয়ামী লীগ and a reserved female member for wards 7, 8 and 9 of Gaila Union.

Her father, Abdus Salam Hawlader of Seral village, alleged that her husband, Maruf Serniabath, had frequently beaten her after their marriage. He said that at about 3 p.m. on Friday, Maruf assaulted Islam at their rented home in Seral village. Islam then locked the door and attempted suicide by hanging, he alleged.

Neighbours broke open the door, rescued Islam and admitted her to Agailjhara উপজেলা Health Complex. As her condition deteriorated, she was transferred to Barishal Shabchim Hospital. Her husband is a union council member for ward 8 of the same union and was her second husband. Kotwali Model Police Station officer-in-charge Md Al Mamun Ul Islam said police were sent to the hospital and legal action would follow an investigation.

Three people, including BNP worker Riaz Uddin Tipu, were injured in cocktail explosions and gunfire linked to a dispute between two BNP groups over seized sand in Chhagalnaiya, Feni. The incident occurred around 1:30am on Friday night near the Shaheed Minar on the Chhagalnaiya-Karerhat road, beside the upazila parishad compound. On Saturday, Tipu filed a written complaint with police naming local BNP leader Alamgir Siddiqui and 14 others.

Tipu alleged that Siddiqui was illegally selling sand seized by the government at night and that he was called to the Shaheed Minar after raising the matter. He said people led by Siddiqui attacked him there, leaving him with a cocktail injury to the head, a gunshot wound to the leg and sharp-weapon injuries elsewhere. Siddiqui denied the allegation, saying he was resting because of illness and was not at the scene.

An unidentified witness said 25 to 30 helmeted people arrived in several microbuses before explosions and gunfire were heard. Police took Tipu to the upazila health complex, but accompanying people removed him before his treatment was completed. Police said no one was immediately detained, patrols have been increased, the complaint is under investigation and preparations are underway to file a case.

Allegations of irregularities have emerged over the procurement and supply of answer sheets for the 2026 HSC examinations at the Cumilla Education Board. A report published on July 25 said answer sheets were made with cheaper, lower-quality paper than specified in the tender. Visits to several examination centres reportedly found 55-gram sheets being issued instead of the required 65-gram paper.

The Dhaka-based firm Gonolipi reportedly received a contract to supply 65-gram answer sheets but supplied sheets made with 52-gram paper. The allocation for purchasing the sheets was Tk 12.9 million, while the supplied quantity was valued at Tk 8 million to Tk 8.5 million, according to the report. It alleged that roughly Tk 4 million to Tk 4.5 million was misappropriated. Teachers at several centres said this year’s answer sheets were markedly poorer in quality than in previous years.

Gonolipi owner Mohammad Jasim Uddin and several committee members did not respond to contact attempts. Deputy Director Md Shahjahan said his responsibility was to receive sheets from the contractor. Board chairman Professor Ahsan Parvez said he had joined only days earlier and that the matter would need to be investigated.

The Coast Guard detained Hafiz Ullah, a former vice president of Teknaf Upazila Awami League, with 4,500 yaba pills in the Inani area of Cox’s Bazar. The operation was conducted at 10am on Friday near the Inani Marine Drive after the Coast Guard Station Inani received secret information. Hafiz Ullah, 66, was identified as a resident of Dailpara in ward No. 3 of Teknaf Sadar Union.

According to Lieutenant Commander BN Suman Al Mukit, media officer for the Coast Guard East Zone, personnel searched a passenger bus travelling from Teknaf to Cox’s Bazar during the special operation. They detained Hafiz Ullah and recovered the yaba pills. The seized pills were estimated to be worth about Tk22.5 lakh.

Hafiz Ullah is the son of the late Toiyom Golal and previously served as vice president of the Teknaf Upazila Awami League. The Coast Guard said procedures for further legal action regarding the seized drugs and the detained alleged drug dealer were under process.

The murder trial of Mahbub Alam Shaheen, a Bogura BNP leader, lawyer and transport businessman, is nearing completion seven years after his killing, according to the report published July 25, 2026. Shaheen was attacked and killed in the Nishindara suburb area of Bogura city on the night of April 14, 2019. His wife, Akhtar Jahan Shilpi, filed the murder case at Bogura Sadar police station two days later.

Case records say a group of eight or nine people attacked Shaheen with sharp weapons around 11 p.m. in the Upashahar Bazar area. The prosecution alleges the killing was premeditated and linked to a dispute over control and dominance of a transport owners’ organisation. His wife said he had received death threats for several days over conflict involving the district motor owners group.

Police submitted charges against principal accused Aminul Islam and 14 others on January 30, 2020. Charges were framed against 14 accused in 2024, while testimony from 23 of 24 witnesses has been completed. Public Prosecutor Advocate Abdul Bached said the case awaits testimony from investigating officer Ambar Hossain, who is serving on a United Nations peacekeeping mission.

A 48-year-old man, Babul Mia, died after being electrocuted while attempting to take an illegal electricity connection in Baroruhi village of Bishkakuni ইউনিয়ন, Purbadhala upazila, Netrokona. The incident occurred at about 10 p.m. on Friday. Babul Mia was the son of Jaher Ali of the same village.

Local sources said the rural electricity authority disconnected electricity at his home around three months earlier because he had not paid an outstanding bill of Tk6,000. He allegedly tried to reconnect the supply himself on Friday night and became entangled in an electric wire, sustaining serious injuries.

Family members took him to Purbadhala উপজেলা Health Complex, where the duty doctor declared him dead. Union Parishad member Anwar Hossain confirmed the incident. Police prepared an inquest report after visiting the scene. The body was handed to relatives after legal procedures, following a written application from the family and in the absence of any complaint.

Police detained a Chhatra Dal leader with cannabis in Nalchity, Jhalakathi, on Friday night, according to the report. Adnan Rubel, 28, a member of the municipal Chhatra Dal convening committee, was taken into custody from the town’s Sabujbag area while allegedly consuming cannabis. In a separate operation that night, police also arrested Hasibur Rahman, 35, with 20 yaba pills.

Police said Rubel was brought to the police station after being detained in Sabujbag. Family members reportedly sought his release, but police did not release him, citing a zero-tolerance policy against drugs. Rubel is the son of Abdus Sattar Hawlader of the area.

Nalchity police arrested Rahman at a checkpoint in the Kalijira area on the Jhalakathi-Barishal regional highway and recovered the yaba pills, police said. A case under the Narcotics Control Act was filed against him. Officer-in-Charge Md Touhiduzzaman said cases were filed against both men and they were sent to court on Saturday afternoon. District Chhatra Dal convener Syed Ali Hasan said organizational action would follow if allegations against any member are proven.

The formal trial in the case over killings at a Hefazat gathering at Shapla Chattar in Motijheel, Dhaka, on May 5, 2013, is scheduled to begin on Monday. International Crimes Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Md Aminul Islam announced the development on Saturday morning. The tribunal is investigating the incident with importance, according to the report.

An investigation report naming 41 people as accused has been submitted to the prosecution. The International Crimes Tribunal investigation agency submitted the report on Sunday morning, July 19. Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, described as absconding in India, has been named as the principal accused in the case.

Other notable accused include former army chief General Aziz Ahmed, former state minister for home affairs Shamsul Haque Tuku, and former inspectors general of police Benazir Ahmed and A K M Shahidul Haque. Retired Major General Ziaul Ahsan and the then Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner are also among those accused in the investigation report.