A Dhaka court has sentenced Md. Shamsul Haque Jewel to death for murdering his stepmother, Saleha Begum, nearly two decades ago in the capital’s Kafrul area. The verdict was delivered by Judge Md. Zahidul Islam of the 13th Additional Metropolitan Sessions Court on Tuesday. Jewel, who remains absconding, was also fined Tk 50,000, and an arrest warrant was issued against him. The court ordered that the death sentence be executed by hanging, subject to approval by the High Court Division.

According to the case details, Jewel killed his stepmother on the night of September 18, 2005, after she refused to give him money for traveling abroad. Witnesses, including the victim’s children, testified that they saw Jewel leaving the house with a machete after the attack. Saleha Begum was taken to a local clinic and later to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where she was declared dead. Her husband, Md. A. Haque, filed a murder case the following day, and police submitted the charge sheet in March 2006 after investigation.

The court heard testimonies from 14 prosecution witnesses before delivering the judgment, concluding a legal process that lasted nearly 20 years.

A murder case has been filed in Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar, 48 hours after a woman was killed while trying to save her son from an attack. The case names ten accused, including local leaders of the BNP and Chhatra Dal, as well as seven to eight unidentified individuals. The complaint was lodged on Monday night by the victim’s son, Abdur Rahman, at Ukhiya Police Station. The deceased, 55-year-old Chhoyeda Khatun, was a resident of the Rajapalong Union’s Taipalong village and wife of Sabbir Ahmed.

According to the case statement, the incident occurred on Saturday night when a group of men attacked Abdur Rahman over a previous dispute. When his mother intervened to protect him, the attackers allegedly beat her to death. The named accused include several BNP and Chhatra Dal leaders, a government ambulance driver, and other local figures.

Ukhiya Police Station’s officer-in-charge Mujibur Rahman confirmed that the case was accepted based on the written complaint and that operations are underway to arrest the suspects.

An eight-year-old girl named Ramisa was found murdered in her home in Dhaka’s Pallabi area on Tuesday. Police said the child was alone when she was killed by having her throat slit, allegedly by a neighbor identified as Sohel Rana, aged 32. The incident occurred between 10:00 and 11:30 a.m. at a house on Road No. 7 near Millat Camp in Mirpur-11, Block B. Police recovered the body and sent it for autopsy after completing legal procedures.

According to preliminary investigation, Sohel Rana, a resident of the adjacent house, fled the scene after committing the crime. The victim, Ramisa, was the daughter of rickshaw mechanic Hannan and Parvin from Shialdi village in Sirajdikhan, Munshiganj. Police have detained Sohel Rana’s wife, Swapna, for questioning. The motive behind the killing remains unclear, and the investigation is ongoing.

The incident has caused shock in the local community, and police have launched an operation to arrest the fugitive suspect.

A Sirajganj court has sentenced two men to life imprisonment for the murder of cloth trader Jafar Pramanik in Enayetpur. The verdict was delivered on Tuesday afternoon by Md. Nazrul Islam, judge of the Sirajganj Additional District and Sessions Judge Court-3. Both convicts, Shah Ali of Dattabari in Sirajganj municipality and Manjil Hossain of Talgachi village in Shahjadpur, were also fined Tk 20,000 each, with one year of imprisonment in default. The convicts were absent during the verdict, and arrest warrants have been issued against them.

According to the case documents, Jafar Pramanik, a resident of Goprekhi village and owner of a handloom factory, was attacked on November 4, 2011, while returning home from Bogura after selling cloth. The assailants attempted to snatch his money and fatally injured him with sharp weapons, taking Tk 16,000 before fleeing. Police later found him injured by the roadside, but he was declared dead at Sirajganj General Hospital.

Police arrested Manjil Hossain first using technology, followed by Shah Ali based on his information. Both confessed to their involvement, leading to the court’s life sentence after a lengthy trial.

A Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) team from Faridpur arrested one person with 220 bottles of Phensedyl during an operation at Goaland Mor in Rajbari district headquarters on Tuesday morning. The detainee, identified as Shahinur, 25, is a resident of Daulatpur upazila in Kushtia district. RAB also seized a Nasimon vehicle allegedly used for transporting the drugs.

According to a press briefing, RAB stated that the arrested individual is a professional drug dealer who had been supplying Phensedyl and other narcotics from border areas to different parts of the country for a long time. Faridpur RAB-10 Assistant Director (Media) and Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police Tapas Karmakar said the process of handing over the detainee to the concerned police station is underway.

RAB officials added that their operations against drugs, illegal arms, terrorism, and extortion will continue across the region.

Police in Chattogram recovered the body of a man named Noren Dhar, aged 38, from the premises of the Indian Assistant High Commission located in the city’s Khulshi area on Tuesday morning. The body was sent to Chattogram Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy after being found around 9:30 a.m. A senior officer from the city’s north zone police confirmed the recovery, noting that all procedures were followed as the incident occurred inside a foreign mission. The mission reportedly requested confidentiality regarding the matter.

Police suspect that Noren Dhar worked at the Indian Assistant High Commission, but the cause of his death remains unclear. Authorities have not disclosed whether any signs of injury, conflict, or suspicious evidence were found at the scene. The officer stated that the cause of death would be confirmed after receiving the autopsy report. Police have yet to gather detailed information about Dhar’s identity or occupation. Attempts to contact officials at the Indian Assistant High Commission for comment were unsuccessful.

Local witnesses said they saw police and an ambulance at the mission in the morning before the body was taken away.

A wounded participant of the July uprising, Md. Ruhul Amin, testified on Tuesday before International Crimes Tribunal-1 as the sixth witness in the case concerning the killing of 28 people in Rampura, Dhaka. The case names former Border Guard Bangladesh officer Lt. Col. Redwanul Islam and three others as accused. Ruhul Amin, now 55, described being shot near Meradia market on July 19, 2024, while observing a student protest, and said he was taken to Mugda Medical College Hospital after being injured.

He told the tribunal that on July 20, 2024, he was forcibly discharged from the hospital after alleged threats from local Awami League members to doctors, who were told to kill the wounded with injections. Ruhul Amin said he received no medical documents and was later threatened at home by party members. He continued treatment at a private hospital and later learned through social media that security personnel were involved in the shooting. He appealed for justice against the accused.

Two of the four accused, Lt. Col. Redwanul Islam and Maj. Md. Rafat Bin Alam Mun, were produced in court from prison, while two former police officers remain fugitives.

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-11 has arrested the prime suspect in the killing of a third-gender person who was burned alive in Comilla’s Burichang area. The arrest took place late Monday night in a joint operation by RAB-11 and RAB-6 in the Bhomra area of Satkhira district. The detainee, identified as Zahid Islam alias Apon alias Zahid Hijra, aged 46, is a resident of Burichang. The incident occurred on May 13 when Enamul Haque Shishir alias Mahi, aged 29, was tied up, doused with petrol, and set on fire inside a tin-shed house near the Muktijoddha Complex in Burichang Bazar. He later died on May 17 while under treatment at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka.

According to RAB, both the victim and the suspect belonged to the third-gender community and had been living together for a long time. Law enforcement officials reported that they were involved in drug trading, and a dispute over money led to the killing. The victim’s father filed a murder case with Burichang Police Station, and the incident sparked widespread attention on social media across the country.

RAB stated that the arrested suspect has initially confessed to his involvement in the murder, and legal proceedings are underway.

A Dhaka court has ordered the seizure of income tax records belonging to Md. Abdus Sobhan, a cartographer in the Air Traffic Management division of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB), and his wife, Mrs. Salma. The order was issued on Tuesday, March 19, 2026, by Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md. Sabbir Faiz following a petition from the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

According to the petition filed by ACC Assistant Director Md. Mahbub Morshed, the couple allegedly acquired and possessed assets worth Tk 46,50,387 beyond their known sources of income and concealed information about assets worth Tk 19,32,000 in their tax filings. The ACC had filed a case against them in November 2023 under sections 26(2) and 27(1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004.

The investigator stated that under section 309(3)(a)(i)(ii) of the Income Tax Act, 2023, tax records cannot be seized without a court order. The court granted the request to seize the documents to ensure proper investigation.

Member of Parliament for Madaripur-1, Sayeed Uddin Ahmad Hanzala, personally joined a special anti-drug operation in Shibchar upazila of Madaripur district on the night of May 18. Despite heavy rain, the operation was conducted in Ramrayer Kandi area under Umedpur Union, leading to the arrest of three individuals with drugs. A mobile court later sentenced each of them to two years in prison.

According to local sources, the detainees were identified as Abdul Ali, 63, his wife Shahida, 48, and Md. Wasim Aknon, 40. Assistant Commissioner (Land) Shaikha Sultana led the mobile court, which also recovered drug paraphernalia and cash during the raid. MP Hanzala stated that eliminating drugs from society requires collective effort and reaffirmed that such operations will continue.

Local residents said the MP’s direct participation in the field boosted public confidence and created fear among drug dealers, bringing a sense of relief to the community.

A woman was killed after coming into contact with an electric trap set to deter wild elephants in Lama upazila of Bandarban. The incident occurred early Tuesday in the South Haydarnashi area of Fasiakhali Union, inside an orchard owned by Gias Uddin. The deceased was identified as Ruby Akter, 38, wife of Abdus Shukkur from the same village. Police recovered the body after being informed of the incident.

According to local accounts, wild elephants had been damaging croplands in the area, prompting Gias Uddin to install an electric trap around his orchard to protect it. When Ruby Akter entered the field early in the morning, she accidentally came into contact with the live wire and died on the spot. Police said legal action would be taken regarding the incident.

Authorities have not yet disclosed further details about possible charges or preventive measures to avoid similar accidents in the future.

Three technicians were seriously injured when an air conditioner compressor pipe exploded during repair work at a hall room of the Engineering Institute in Dhaka’s Ramna area on Tuesday afternoon. The victims were rescued and admitted to the National Burn Institute. The incident occurred around 1:30 p.m., leaving one of the technicians, Md. Mamun, with burns covering 35 percent of his body. Doctors described his condition as critical.

According to eyewitness and colleague Abdul Malek, the explosion happened suddenly while the technicians were repairing the air conditioner. The injured were identified as Md. Mamun, 38, Mohammad Rusul, 30, and Ratan Chandra, 32. Local residents and coworkers quickly transported them to the hospital for treatment.

Dr. Shawon Bin Rahman of the National Burn Institute confirmed the extent of their injuries and said all three are receiving treatment. The families of the injured have demanded full medical support. Authorities have evacuated the hall room and ordered a safety inspection following the explosion.

A private tutor was beaten to death with a tube-well handle in Chapainawabganj’s municipal area on Monday night. The incident occurred at Adhirnengra Mor, where teacher Morium Begum had gone to give lessons to a student. Police said the attack led to her death on the spot. The accused, identified as Fomi Khatun, allegedly carried out the assault.

According to police and local sources, Morium Begum, wife of Abul Kalam from Choukpara area, was teaching Fomi’s daughter when the attack took place. Fomi had previously faced allegations of drugging women to steal their gold ornaments. Locals suspect the killing may have been motivated by an attempt to take Morium’s jewelry.

Officer-in-Charge Ekramul Hossain of Sadar Model Police Station confirmed that the body was recovered and sent to the district hospital morgue. Two individuals have been detained for questioning as part of the investigation.

At least 20 people, including three journalists, were injured on Tuesday afternoon when two groups of workers clashed in the Chaumuhana area of Sreemangal, Moulvibazar. Witnesses said the confrontation erupted suddenly following a previous dispute, leading to chasing and counter-chasing between the groups. Shops in the area closed quickly as panic spread among residents, and traffic on key roads was severely disrupted.

Law enforcement intervened after the situation escalated, dispersing both sides and restoring order. Sreemangal Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mohammad Zahirul Islam Munna confirmed that the situation was now under control and that legal action would follow after investigation. Upazila Nirbahi Officer Mohammad Ziaur Rahman stated that video footage was being collected to identify those involved, while local Member of Parliament Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury said he had spoken with both sides to resolve the issue through discussion.

The clash also caused a three-to-four-hour traffic halt on the Dhaka–Sylhet regional highway, leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded and causing severe suffering for long-distance passengers and locals.

A Dhaka court has rejected the bail petitions of retired Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik in two separate cases involving allegations of amassing wealth beyond known income and misusing power to seize a plot in Purbachal. The order was issued on Tuesday by Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Sabbir Foyez. Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) prosecutor Mohammad Tarikul Islam confirmed the decision, stating that defense lawyers sought bail in both cases, which the prosecution opposed.

According to the case files, ACC Assistant Director Abdullah Al Mamun filed the two cases against Manik. One case accuses him of acquiring assets worth Tk 5.39 crore illegally during his tenure as a judge, leading to charges under the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, the Money Laundering Prevention Act, and the Prevention of Corruption Act. The second case also names several others, including the wife of former finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal and former RAJUK officials, for allegedly collaborating to misappropriate a plot in the Purbachal New Town Project.

The court’s decision means the former justice remains without bail as the corruption proceedings continue.