A Dhaka court has granted five days’ remand for actor Ashraful Haque, known as Don, in the murder case over the death of film actor Salman Shah. Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel Rana issued the order on Thursday afternoon after a hearing. Don had been brought from prison to the court lockup earlier in the morning.

The Criminal Investigation Department’s investigating officer, Inspector Md. Mujibur Rahman, had sought seven days to question Don in custody. Following the hearing, the court approved a five-day remand instead of the full period requested by the investigator.

According to the CID, questioning Don in police custody could yield important information to help uncover the circumstances of Salman Shah’s death in the murder case. The agency also said the interrogation may provide information on the whereabouts of other alleged associates in the case and assist efforts to arrest them.

BNP has removed Rafiqur Islam Bhuiyan Bakul from all party positions and primary membership after he was named the main accused in a rape and pornography law case in Kendua, Netrokona. The decision was announced on Wednesday night, while police said Bakul, a former joint general secretary of Kendua municipal BNP and general secretary of Ward 5 BNP, remained absconding.

Police said the case was filed Tuesday night against five named accused. The complainant is the father of a tenth-grade student at a local school. According to the case statement and the victim’s family, Bakul allegedly raped her at a house on November 20, 2022, when she was in sixth grade, recorded a video, and later used threats of releasing it to assault her repeatedly.

The party said in a press release that Bakul was relieved of all posts and primary membership over conduct contrary to party discipline and morality. Police arrested accused Abu Mia, 36, and sent him to court. Officer-in-Charge Tariqul Islam said operations were continuing to arrest the main accused and other suspects. The family learned of the alleged abuse after a video spread on August 1; a clinic examination on August 18 found the student six months pregnant.

A Dhaka court on Thursday, 27 August, acquitted BNP Standing Committee member and the prime minister’s political adviser Mirza Abbas and 11 others in 15 corruption cases. Judge Muhammad Kamrul Hasan Khan of Dhaka Special Judge Court No. 3 delivered the verdict. The court also acquitted Finance Minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury in two cases.

The Anti-Corruption Commission filed the 15 separate cases on 29 March 2007, accusing 21 people of causing a loss of Tk127 crore 64 lakh 19 thousand 59 through the sale of 18 government houses without tenders. Mirza Abbas and 11 others were named in every case, while several other accused were charged in separate cases.

The allegations concerned properties in Gulshan, Dhanmondi and Shantinagar, which were allegedly sold through manipulated RAJUK tenders at lower prices. Prosecutors alleged that higher bids submitted by Public Works Department executive engineers were not considered. Charges were framed on 25 September 2007, and the court heard testimony from 23 of 24 witnesses during the trial.

A Dhaka court on Thursday, 27 August, deferred submission of the investigation report in the murder case of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi for the 129th time. Metropolitan Magistrate Arifur Rahman set 30 September as the next date after the investigating officer, Police Bureau of Investigation additional superintendent Md Azizul Haque, did not submit the report.

The case names Rafiqul Islam, Bakul Mia, Masum Mintu, Kamrul Islam alias Arun, Abu Sayeed, two security guards at the couple’s home, Palash Rudra Pal and Enayet Ahmed, and their friend Tanvir Rahman Khan. Tanvir and Palash are on bail, while the others are in custody.

Sagar, news editor of Maasranga Television, and Runi, senior reporter at ATN Bangla, were killed on 11 February 2012. Runi’s brother Nawsher Alam Roman filed the murder case with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police station. The investigation later moved from police to DB, then RAB, before a High Court-directed four-member task force led by the PBI chief was formed.

A Jerusalem Magistrate Court on Wednesday cleared Israeli settler Yona Schreiber, who had been accused of attacking a French Catholic nun near Jerusalem’s Old City earlier this year. The court ruled that he was not criminally responsible for the assault because of mental illness.

The attack took place in April outside the Cenacle on Mount Zion. The 48-year-old nun was a researcher at the French Biblical and Archaeological School of Jerusalem. According to the report, Schreiber pushed her to the ground and kicked her in the head.

The nun required medical treatment immediately after the attack. Schreiber’s lawyer, Idan Gamliel, described the incident as unfortunate and said he had taken note of the nun’s suffering over the assault.

Suspended military officer Ziaul Ahsan was produced before the International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday in a case over the alleged enforced disappearance and torture of former state minister Salahuddin Ahmed at a RAB Taskforce Interrogation cell. Tribunal-1 had ordered his production on August 10 following a prosecution application. The prosecution was set to seek an order formally showing Ziaul Ahsan arrested in the case.

Salahuddin Ahmed previously filed the complaint alleging enforced disappearance and crimes against humanity with the chief prosecutor’s office last year. The case names Ziaul Ahsan, former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, former police chiefs Benazir Ahmed and A K M Shahidul Hoque, former DMP commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia, former Special Branch chief Monirul Islam and several unidentified people.

Ahmed’s wife, Hasina Ahmed, alleged that people identifying themselves as detective police took him from a home in Uttara on the night of March 10, 2015. He was then a BNP joint secretary general. After being missing for a long period, he was found in Shillong, Meghalaya, India, and returned to Bangladesh on August 11 after the Awami League government fell on August 5, 2024.

Pintu Das, owner of SK Shilpalay in Chandpur town, is reportedly in hiding with his family amid financial pressure, according to relatives and people claiming to be affected. Das has reportedly been unreachable since Tuesday along with his wife Rimi Das, elder son Priyom Das, a tenth-grade student, and younger son Rupom Das.

Relative Upoma De said the family lived in a rented house in Chandpur and claimed Das was burdened by debt. She said customers had recently pressured him to return pledged gold, while a man from Patowari Bari allegedly threatened him on behalf of customers. Several affected people alleged that Das ran a business providing money against pledged gold but failed to return the items.

Customers said Das had moved his shop several times before operating from the ground floor of Madina Market. Market owner Mofiz Uddin Sarker said Das rented the shop about five to six months ago and still owed several months of rent. Chandpur Sadar Model Police Station officer-in-charge Fayez Ahmed said police had just learned that four family members were missing and would investigate and take steps to locate them.

Police in Durgapur, Netrokona, detained a 22-year-old man named Hridoy after recovering 480 bottles of Phensedyl allegedly concealed using a special method inside a battery-operated auto-rickshaw. The operation was conducted on Wednesday in the Shimultali area of Noapara Union in Durgapur upazila. Police estimated the seized drugs’ market value at Tk 19.2 lakh.

Hridoy is the son of Abul Mia of the Markas Mor area in Durgapur town, police said. A team led by Sub-Inspector Md Mohibur Rahman was returning to the police station after duty at the Jhanjail night checkpoint when officers noticed a person with an auto-rickshaw in suspicious circumstances at Shimultali.

Police said Hridoy attempted to flee with the auto-rickshaw after seeing officers. He was later detained, and officers searched the vehicle in the presence of local residents, recovering the bottles. Police calculated the value at about Tk 4,000 per bottle. Netrokona district police spokesperson Additional Superintendent of Police Hafizul Islam confirmed that legal action was being taken against the detainee.

Police in Shreepur, Magura, detained seven people accused of posing as Criminal Investigation Department members and attempting to abduct a woman. The arrests were made around 1:50am on Tuesday night in Nakol Paschimpara of Nakol union, according to a briefing by Magura district police on Wednesday afternoon.

Police recovered four jackets marked “CID”, a toy pistol, a Noah microbus allegedly used for the attempted abduction, and eight mobile phones from the detainees. A patrol team from Nakol Police Camp received confidential information that a Noah microbus was moving suspiciously in the Nakol Paschimpara area.

The patrol team’s officer in charge, Sub-Inspector Abdul Malek, informed Magura Superintendent of Police Molla Azad Hossain. The superintendent ordered surveillance and directed Additional Superintendent of Police Thandar Khairul Hasan to verify the matter and take legal action. When police reached the location, the suspects tried to flee but were detained. Police said the seven initially admitted they had gone there to abduct a woman.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized an estimated 200,000 yaba pills during a special operation at the Palongkhali border in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar. The seizure occurred on Tuesday night while a patrol team from Palongkhali BOP, under Ukhiya Battalion 64 BGB, was conducting regular patrol duties at Gurjakhali Rubel’s enclosure in Farir Bill.

Using advanced technology, the patrol observed suspicious activity by several people. BGB personnel saw six individuals entering Bangladesh from Myanmar carrying bundles. When challenged by the patrol, the alleged smugglers dropped the bundles and fled back toward Myanmar.

BGB members searched the area and recovered six abandoned bundles containing yaba pills wrapped in khaki and blue airtight packets. No other illegal goods were found despite an extensive search. Lieutenant Colonel Md Zahurul Islam, commander of Ukhiya Battalion 64 BGB, said intelligence surveillance and operations had been increased to identify drug suppliers and smugglers linked to the recovered tablets and bring them under the law. He said operations and intelligence activities would continue to prevent illegal goods, including drugs, from entering through the border.

Araihazar Upazila নির্বাহী কর্মকর্তা মো. আসাদুর রহমান visited the families of four children who drowned in a pond in Khanpara village of Duptara Union, Narayanganj. During the Tuesday visit, he expressed grief and condolences to relatives of the victims and provided grants to each of the four affected families from the government relief fund.

The four children died after drowning in pond water in the Khanpara area on Thursday evening, 20 August. The victims were identified as Ozaifa, 10; Afsa, 12; Ria Moni, 8; and Rubaiya, 8.

Asadur Rahman said he was deeply saddened by the tragic incident and that the government stood beside the affected families. Duptara Union Parishad administrative officer Bashir Ahmad, ward BNP president Moniruzzaman Monir, general secretary Ahiduzzaman and local dignitaries were present during the visit.

Police in Jiyanagar, Pirojpur, arrested alleged drug dealer Liza Begum, 30, with 70 yaba tablets during a special operation on Tuesday, August 25. The operation took place at about 8:30pm in South Dhepsa Buniya village, Ward No. 3 of Balipara Union. Police said she was detained while allegedly selling the tablets from her home yard.

Liza Begum is the wife of Md Monir Hawlader and lives in the same ward, according to the report. Acting on confidential information, a police team led by Jiyanagar police station Sub-Inspector Ismail Hossain conducted the raid. The source described her as a known drug trader in the area.

A case under the Narcotics Control Act was filed at Jiyanagar Police Station on August 25, 2026, as case number 5. Officer-in-Charge Md Mohabbat Khan said police had arrested Begum with the yaba tablets based on secret information. SI Ismail urged residents to take a stand against drugs and assist police, while the officer-in-charge said operations against narcotics would continue.

An army member and his wife were killed in a road crash in the Gas Depot area of Jhenaidah town’s bypass at about 10am on Wednesday. The victims were Sohail Kazi, 35, an instructor at the Bangladesh Military Academy branch in Chattogram, and his wife Jannatul Ferdous Tuli, 25. Tuli died at the scene, while Sohail later died during treatment after being transferred to Jashore CMH.

Fire Service leader Liaqat Biswas said the couple had been travelling by motorcycle from the Jhenaidah Sadar Hospital area to Tuli’s parents’ home in Bardah, Shailkupa. Their motorcycle reportedly lost control and fell on the road while trying to avoid a collision with an autorickshaw coming from a side road.

At that point, Tuli was run over by a Garai Paribahan passenger bus travelling from Kushtia to Khulna. Fire Service personnel rescued the seriously injured Sohail and took him to Jhenaidah Sadar Hospital before he was referred for advanced treatment. Jhenaidah Sadar police said the bus has been seized and legal procedures are under way.

Police in Meherpur detained a man identified as Sayan on Wednesday morning after he was accused of attacking his former wife, Sanjida Rahman Smriti, and her parents following a divorce. The attack occurred around 1:30am on Tuesday night at the family home above Selim Electronics near Lord Market, a busy area of the town. Smriti’s right hand was severed in the assault, according to the report.

When Smriti’s parents, Selim Hossain and Rebeka Sultana, rushed from another room after hearing her cries, they were also allegedly attacked with a sharp weapon. Local people took all three victims to Meherpur 250-bed General Hospital. After initial treatment, doctors referred them to Dhaka Medical College Hospital because of the severity of their conditions, where they are now receiving treatment.

Smriti’s family said the couple married 10 days earlier and that she divorced Sayan three days before the incident, alleging he was addicted to drugs. Sayan’s mother denied that he was drug-addicted or that she knew of a divorce, saying her son was mentally distressed. Police said several teams conducted raids and took Sayan into custody, while legal proceedings and an internal investigation continue.

Bangladesh Coast Guard recovered a foreign G-3 rifle, ammunition and 5,000 yaba tablets during two separate operations in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar. Coast Guard media officer Lieutenant Commander Sabbir Alam Sujon disclosed the information on Wednesday afternoon. A joint Coast Guard and police operation was conducted near Damdamiya No. 14 Bridge at 5am on Wednesday after intelligence indicated a robbery group was gathering there.

The suspected group fled into the hills after detecting the joint force’s presence. Searches of the area recovered the G-3 rifle with a magazine, two locally made firearms, three locally made weapons, 13 rounds of live ammunition and one litre of locally made liquor. Authorities said the group had allegedly been positioned there for kidnapping and robbery.

In a separate special operation in the Sabrang area of Teknaf, Coast Guard personnel searched a suspicious residence at 8pm on Tuesday, August 25, 2026. They seized 5,000 yaba tablets, estimated in the source to be worth about Tk25 lakh. Legal action concerning the recovered weapons, ammunition and seized drugs is under process.