Mohammad Emdadul, from Dhaoa village in Bhandaria upazila of Pirojpur, was killed during an anti-autocracy procession outside AMZ Hospital in North Badda, Dhaka, at 10am on July 20, 2024, the report said. It alleged that a police bullet struck his forehead. Emdadul had joined the movement with his friend Sajib.

Emdadul was the younger of two sons of Mohammad Abdus Sobahan and Hasina Begum. An HSC graduate, he moved to Dhaka hoping to pursue higher education, but could not continue after his father became ill. With an eight-member household dependent on the family, he took a job driving a private car. His father had worked as a rickshaw driver.

The family receives a monthly allowance of Tk20,000 as a July martyr’s family, while a large portion of funds from a Tk1 million savings certificate was spent on his father’s treatment, according to the report. His elder brother, Mohammad Hasan, now works as a day labourer. His mother requested government land to build a home. The family said it has not filed a case but seeks exemplary punishment, including execution, for those responsible.

Police arrested a 25-year-old suspected drug dealer, Soat Iman Pramanik, with 100 yaba pills during an anti-narcotics operation in Bhangura, Pabna. The arrest was made in the upazila’s Noubariya area on Friday evening. He was identified as the son of Abdur Rauf from Bhadrapara in the municipal town.

Bhangura police station Officer-in-Charge Sakiul Azam confirmed the arrest to Dainik Amar Desh. Police said officers detained Soat Iman during the anti-drug operation in Noubariya and recovered 100 yaba tablets after searching his body.

Police said procedures were under way to file a case against him under the Narcotics Control Act. The officer-in-charge said he would be sent to Pabna jail through a court on Saturday. He also said anti-drug operations would continue in the area. The report was published on July 25, 2026, at 6:54 a.m.

A Jubo Dal worker, Yusuf Ali alias Parvez, was killed in a shooting in Mirpur 13, Dhaka, on Friday night. Two others, Jubo Dal worker Monir Hossain and vegetable seller Salam Sardar, were wounded. Police said four people took part in the attack and detained a man named Chanchal along with a firearm allegedly used in the incident.

According to local residents, Yusuf and Monir were sitting near a shop in front of Opex Garments with Kafrul Thana Jubo Dal member secretary Hafizul Islam Babu at about 11pm. Four or five young men had been moving around the area. When they were asked why they were there, they opened fire indiscriminately, residents said.

Dhaka Medical College Hospital police outpost inspector Md Faruk said Yusuf was taken to the hospital after midnight and was declared dead by the attending doctor. Hospital sources said Yusuf was shot in the chest, Monir in the left leg, and Salam on the right side of the head. The two injured men remain under treatment, while police are conducting operations to detain the other three attackers.

Four police officers from Hatibandha police station in Lalmonirhat have been withdrawn over allegations that they suppressed a large drug consignment and a private car in exchange for Tk10 lakh during a drug recovery operation. Hatibandha Officer-in-Charge Ashrafuzzaman Sarkar confirmed the action on Friday. The officers named were sub-inspectors Tuhin and Rimon Mia, and assistant sub-inspectors Abdul Hakim and Lutfar Rahman.

According to police and local residents, the four officers raided the home of a known drug dealer in the Boarder Hat Bazar area on the afternoon of July 17. They allegedly seized a white private car, a motorcycle and a large quantity of drugs during the operation. The seized items, however, were not taken to the police station.

Instead, the evidence was taken to the premises of Velaguri Union Parishad, where the officers allegedly held a meeting and released the drug consignment for Tk10 lakh. The matter later became known through CCTV footage from the meeting location. OC Ashrafuzzaman Sarkar said the four officers were attached to the police lines after preliminary verification of the allegations.

Bangladesh’s Department of Narcotics Control arrested Indian national Md. Zulfikar Molla, 33, at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport with 11 kilograms and 800 grams of high-grade cannabis allegedly brought from Thailand. He was detained on Friday afternoon during customs checks at the Green Channel in the airport’s lower-level arrivals hall, according to Assistant Director Dr. Md. Abu Sayeed Mia.

A special team led by Inspector Shahriya Sharmin of the airport circle under the DNC’s Dhaka Metro North office took position at the Green Channel at 1:30 pm. Molla, who arrived from Bangkok on Thai Airways flight TG321, was held as a suspect. In the presence of witnesses and airport authorities, officers searched his travel trolley bag.

The search recovered 21 polythene packets containing the cannabis, concealed beneath clothing. Officers also recovered an Indian passport, a boarding card and an OPPO smartphone with a Jio India SIM card. Molla is a resident of Rajarhat police station in North 24 Parganas, West Bengal. A case has been filed at Airport Police Station under relevant provisions of the Narcotics Control Act, 2018.

Monowarul Hasan Russell, also known as “Chit Russell,” allegedly visited Godagari police station in Rajshahi despite being sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labour and remaining at large. A Chattogram court sentenced him on February 23 in a drug case filed by Kotwali police in 2019, also imposing a Tk10,000 fine. He was absent when the verdict was delivered, and the court issued an arrest warrant.

Sources said Russell went to Godagari police station on July 19 and spoke with Officer-in-Charge Atikur Rahman about progress in a theft case involving his home. On the same day, he submitted bail papers in a pending case at Paltan police station in Dhaka. No bail papers related to the Chattogram conviction had reached the station, yet he was not arrested, according to the report.

OC Atikur Rahman said he could not recall the matter. Sub-Inspector Nazmul Islam said he handles warrants in pending cases and that the conviction warrant was handled by another officer. Local civic committee president Salahuddin Biswas alleged influential drug traders can prevent warrants from being enforced and called for an inquiry into Russell’s assets and legal action.

BNP leader Samsuddin Khan, 55, was stabbed in Matuail, Kadamtali, in the capital, in what was described as an attack linked to prior enmity. The incident occurred around 11:30 a.m. Friday on a culvert in alley number 6 of the Shamimbagh area on Matuail Medical Road. He was rescued in critical condition, taken first to a nearby hospital and later admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for advanced treatment.

Khan is the joint convener of BNP’s Ward No. 65 and president of the Matuail Medical Unit. His wife, Shamsunnahar Munni, alleged that Shamim, Imran and Rakib, 27, had waited in the Shamimbagh culvert area after he left home. She said the attackers stabbed him in the back and fled, while local residents arranged his initial rescue and treatment.

Munni said Khan is involved in housing business alongside BNP politics and alleged that Shamim had repeatedly demanded extortion money from him. She also alleged prior vandalism and looting at their rod-and-cement shop after he refused to pay. Inspector Md Faruk of the DMCH police camp said Khan is receiving treatment in Ward 102. Relevant sources said law enforcement agencies are investigating the attack and seeking to arrest those involved.

RAB-6’s CPC Special Company arrested Nazim, also known as Nadim, and his associate Masud Rana in Khulna’s Labanchara area, recovering a foreign pistol, ammunition and a magazine. RAB described Nadim as a notorious criminal and extortionist. The report was published on the night of July 24, 2026.

According to RAB-6 sources, the special operation was conducted in the Islampura area under Labanchara police station at 11:50 a.m. on Friday following secret information. The two men were detained during the operation. RAB later searched Nadim’s residence and said the weapons and ammunition were recovered at his indication.

The seized items included one foreign pistol, four rounds of live ammunition, one empty cartridge case and one magazine. RAB said the evidence was seized legally in the presence of witnesses. It said the process of filing a case against the two accused under the Arms Act was under way. After the case is filed, they will be handed over to Labanchara police station along with the recovered weapon and other evidence.

A Dhaka court ordered one day of jail-gate questioning for arrested accused Rakibul Hasan in a Pallabi police case against Satkhira-4 lawmaker Gazi Nazrul Islam and four others. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Ripon Hossain issued the order on Friday afternoon, July 24. Prosecution division SI Saiful Islam confirmed the decision.

Investigating officer Md Rakibul Huda of the Pallabi zonal team had sought five days of remand. The application said questioning was needed to uncover the case’s main facts, arrest those involved, and recover viral videos involving MP Nazrul and complainant Obaidur’s niece. The court did not grant remand and instead directed that Rakibul be questioned at the jail gate.

According to the complaint, Obaidur রহমান was attacked on July 14 amid allegations involving an improper relationship and suspicion over leaked videos. He alleged that he was beaten with sticks and that Aminur attempted to kill him by strangulation. Aminur Rahman was previously sent to jail in the case. The other accused are Masum Billah and Motassim Billah. The court ordered an investigation report by August 28.

Two people, including an auto-rickshaw driver, were killed and at least five others injured in a three-vehicle collision on the Dhaka-Barishal highway in Uzirpur, Barishal. The crash involving a passenger bus, an auto-rickshaw and a truck occurred near Saju Pump in the Joyshree area at about 5:30 pm on Friday, July 24. Two of the injured were reported to be in critical condition.

Police and local sources said a BMF Paribahan passenger bus travelling from Dhaka to Barishal suffered brake failure and lost control, striking an auto-rickshaw before hitting the rear of a truck parked beside the road. The bus’s front section was badly damaged, while the auto-rickshaw was completely wrecked.

Residents took the injured to Uzirpur উপজেলা Health Complex, where doctors declared auto-rickshaw driver Mosharraf Hossain Bali, 61, dead. Md Selim Hawlader, 50, later died while receiving treatment at Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital. Three people were sent there in serious condition. Police seized the vehicles, and legal action is under process.

Authorities in Mirzapur, Tangail, seized more than fifty gazari trees from the Deohata timber market after allegations that naturally grown sal-gazari trees from government forest land were cut and trafficked to sawmills. The trees were being unloaded from a truck at about 8pm on Thursday when the matter came to light. People involved fled after noticing journalists, and police and Forest Department officials later reached the site and carried out the seizure.

Local residents alleged that illegal trade in sal-gazari trees and sawn timber from forest areas has continued at the market for a long time. Acting chairman of Gorai Union Parishad Kamruzzaman said a timber trader named Anwar brought the trees by truck for sale and fled, leaving them behind. Assistant Forest Conservator Ami Akhtar of Bashtail Range said no Forest Department sal-gazari trees are currently being sold through auction. Officials are investigating the trees’ origin and those involved, while preparations are underway to file a case.

A Dhaka College student was hospitalised after an alleged surprise attack at a mess in the capital’s Lalbagh area. Taher Hossain Noyon, a second-year honours student in the college’s Bangla department, was reportedly struck on the head with a lock by a person from a neighbouring room. He was rescued while bleeding and admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital. According to the general diary, the incident occurred at about 5pm on July 23 after an argument over mess finances.

Noyon’s friend Masud Rana said classmates went to the scene after learning of the incident, rescued him and arranged initial treatment at the hospital. The alleged attacker was not found when they later returned to the mess. The students went to Lalbagh police station and filed a general diary after local people surrounded them while they were trying to speak with the house owner. The victim and his classmates demanded swift, exemplary legal punishment. Police said the diary had been accepted and investigation and legal action were under way.

Child Hafsa, 8, and her uncle Anwar Hossain Shahin, 25, have died after suffering burns in an explosion caused by a gas leak in Bhatara, Dhaka. Hafsa died on Thursday night and Shahin died on Friday morning while receiving treatment in the intensive care unit of the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery. Residential surgeon Dr Shawon Bin Rahman confirmed the deaths.

The explosion occurred at dawn on Tuesday, 21 July, on the ground floor of a house in the Notun Bazar 100-foot area under Bhatara police station. Three members of the same family were seriously burned and taken to the burn institute by relatives. Hafsa had burns over about 40 percent of her body and Shahin over about 50 percent. Shahin’s wife, Fahima Akhtar, suffered burns over about 45 percent of her body and remains in critical condition in the ICU. Shahin worked at a clothing shop in the capital and had moved into the rented Bhatara home after marrying about six months earlier.

A garment worker couple was critically burned after a fire broke out late at night in their rented home in Savar’s Majidpur Dighirpar Mosque Bari area. The incident occurred on Thursday night. Local residents broke open the door and took Md Kaisar, 28, and his wife Rubi Akter, 24, to the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery. Kaisar was an employee of Vision Garments, and the couple lived in a ground-floor rented room of a semi-pucca two-storey building.

Residential surgeon Dr Shaon Bin Rahman said Kaisar sustained burns to about 100 percent of his body and Rubi to 88 percent, with both in extremely critical condition under intensive observation. Landlord Nur Mohammad said the couple had lit a mosquito coil before sleeping and he suspected it may have started the fire. Smoke filled the room, apparently preventing them from leaving. However, the exact cause remains unconfirmed, and there was no gas stove in their room.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested 428 people on various allegations during a 24-hour operation across the capital, according to a Friday press release. Police also filed 50 cases at different police stations during the same period and recovered drugs and other items described as evidence used in crime.

The operation covered DMP’s eight divisions, with 86 arrests in Wari, 70 in Mirpur, 65 in Motijheel, 62 in Uttara, 45 in Tejgaon, 39 in Gulshan, 33 in Lalbagh and 28 in Ramna. Seized drugs included 18 kilograms and 250 grams of cannabis, 2,120 yaba tablets, 353 bottles of phensedyl and three grams of heroin.

Police also seized eight mobile phones, a vehicle, three walkie-talkies, a fake RAB identity card and other items. DMP said the regular operations are being conducted to suppress crime and maintain normal law-and-order conditions, while legal action against those arrested is under way at the relevant police stations.