A ticket examiner named Suman has been temporarily suspended following allegations of assaulting Rajshahi University student Furkan Uddin on a train. Authorities announced the suspension along with the formation of two investigation committees and four other key decisions. After the administration accepted the students’ four-point demands, the eight-hour railway blockade was lifted around 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, restoring train services between Rajshahi and the rest of the country.

Earlier that morning, Rajshahi University students had blocked railway tracks demanding punishment for the accused and a fair investigation, halting train operations and causing significant passenger suffering. An emergency meeting at the Divisional Commissioner’s office, attended by railway officials, university representatives, and local administrators, led to the decisions.

The committees will separately investigate internal railway issues and conduct a neutral inquiry involving the Additional District Magistrate, railway security, and university representatives. The victim will receive treatment at a railway hospital or Rajshahi Medical College Hospital. Authorities also decided to resume late-night train stops at the university station and will review progress on August 6.

Unidentified individuals set fire to the country’s first July Martyrs Memorial located in Hajiganj, Fatullah of Narayanganj early Tuesday around 3 a.m. Police officers stationed at the site quickly brought the fire under control, preventing major damage. No arrests have been made so far, and the identities of those responsible remain unknown.

Narayanganj Additional Superintendent of Police (Crime) Tarek Al Mehdi confirmed the incident and said CCTV footage from nearby roads and areas is being collected to identify those involved. Fatullah Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mahbub stated that the fire may have started when a burning cloth was thrown from a distance, igniting decorative fabric left from a July 16 commemorative event. He added that the fire was minor and quickly extinguished.

A video circulating on social media appeared to show a larger blaze, but the OC claimed it might have been generated using artificial intelligence technology. The July Martyrs Memorial was inaugurated in July 2025 to honor those killed in the 2024 July–August mass uprising.

A court in Cumilla has ordered the collection of DNA samples from two former army members in connection with the murder of Victoria Government College student Sohagi Jahan Tonu. The order was issued on July 17 by Senior Judicial Magistrate Muminul Haque of Cumilla’s No. 1 Amli Court following an application from the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI). The two individuals are identified as former soldiers Zahidul Islam and Tonu’s friend Faisal Ahmed Rabbi.

According to PBI Inspector Md. Tarikul Islam, who is investigating the case, the court granted permission to collect the DNA samples to aid the ongoing investigation. The directive came after the arrest of former senior warrant officer Hafizur Rahman, while two other ex-sergeants, Zahiduzzaman Zahid and Shahin Alam, reportedly fled the country. With the latest order, DNA samples from a total of five former army personnel are now set to be examined.

Hafizur Rahman remains the only arrested suspect in the case, currently held at Cumilla Central Jail. Tonu was found dead inside the Cumilla Cantonment area on March 20, 2016, after she went missing while tutoring at a residence there.

Detective Branch (DB) police have arrested two Awami League leaders, former upazila chairman Golam Hasnain Russell and his associate Bashir Uddin, in connection with a sabotage case in Bhangura, Pabna. The arrests were confirmed on Tuesday afternoon by Pabna DB Officer-in-Charge Rashidul Islam. Acting on a tip-off, a DB team detained them from Dhaka’s Mirpur area around 3 a.m. on Monday night. Russell is the son of former MP Mokbul Hossain and serves as the general secretary of the Bhangura upazila Awami League, while Bashir Uddin is the party’s forest and environment affairs secretary and owner of Epic Printers.

Local residents alleged that Russell and his brother, along with several influential party leaders, had dominated the area for 16 years, intimidating residents and filing false cases against opposition BNP-Jamaat activists. They were also accused of large-scale corruption in recruitment at educational institutions across Bhangura, Faridpur, and Chatmohar upazilas.

Following the fall of the Hasina government on August 5, Russell reportedly fled the area to avoid public anger. After interrogation at the Pabna DB office, police sent him to court, showing his arrest in a case involving a cocktail explosion near a BNP office.

Towhid Afridi, son of MyTV chairman Nasir Uddin Sathi and a content creator, has been granted bail in a fraud and criminal breach of trust case filed at Wari Police Station in Dhaka. The bail was approved on Tuesday by Metropolitan Magistrate Ariful Islam. Afridi’s lawyer, Iqbal Mahmud Shovon, confirmed that with this order, his client now has bail in all three cases filed against him, removing any legal barrier to his release.

According to the case details, complainant Syeda Ashfa Toaha Dyuti alleged that she was deceived through a fraudulent online freelancing offer made via WhatsApp and Telegram in January of the previous year. The scammers, using false identities, convinced her to transfer a total of Tk 235,000, which was later misappropriated. Dyuti filed the case against unidentified persons at Wari Police Station.

Afridi was arrested by CID police in August of the previous year and later shown arrested in multiple cases, including this one. The latest bail order clears the way for his release from custody.

A farmer named Md. Sofi Ullah, aged 60, died after being struck by a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in front of Kabirhat Police Station in Noakhali on Monday night. The accident occurred around 8:30 p.m. when Sofi Ullah was crossing the road. He was initially taken to Kabirhat Upazila Health Complex and later transferred to a private hospital in Maijdee, where he died around 3 a.m. while receiving treatment.

Police confirmed that the auto-rickshaw driver, Md. Yusuf, aged 27, from Ashrafpur village in Batiya Union, was detained shortly after the incident. The deceased was a resident of Jagdananda village in Dhanshiri Union under Kabirhat Upazila. According to police and locals, Sofi Ullah had come to the area with a local union parishad member for personal work when the accident occurred.

Authorities stated that further legal action will be taken after discussions with the victim’s family.

Police have launched an investigation after the body of an 11-year-old madrasa student was found hanging inside a residential madrasa room in Gournadi, Barishal. The incident occurred on the night of July 19 in the Kasemabad area near Gerakul village. The deceased, Jannatul Ferdous, was the daughter of a Saudi expatriate and had been living with her maternal family in Kasemabad since childhood. Madrasa authorities claimed the student had taken her own life.

According to local sources, the madrasa named Miftahul Jannah Hifzul Quran Model Mohila Madrasa was established last November and operated with two female teachers and fifteen students. Fellow students said they discovered the locked room and saw the girl hanging through a window before teachers and locals broke in and found her dead. Police from Gournadi Model Station recovered the body and sent it for autopsy while continuing a detailed investigation.

Family members and locals expressed grief and urged senior administrative officials to ensure a thorough probe into the cause of the death.

The prosecution has filed a petition to begin the trial of 26 accused in connection with the killing of Mir Mahfuzur Rahman Mugdha and ten others during the July Revolution in Uttara, Dhaka. The petition was submitted before the three-member panel of International Crimes Tribunal-1, chaired by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mojumdar, with Justices Md Shafiul Alam Mahmud and Md Mohitul Haque Enam Chowdhury as members. Prosecutor Gazi MH Tamim read out two charges against the accused and sought the start of the trial, while state defense lawyer Amir Hossain argued that his clients were falsely implicated for political reasons. The tribunal set July 23 for the next hearing.

According to the first charge, on July 18, 2024, Mugdha, a student of Bangladesh University of Professionals, was shot dead while assisting injured protesters and distributing water and biscuits in Uttara. Several others were also killed that day, including Jahiduzzaman Tanvin and Sheikh Fahmin Zafar. The second charge states that four more people were shot dead in Uttara on July 19, 2024.

Eight of the accused, including former DMP Uttara Zone DC Mirza Salahuddin and Uttara East Police OC Mojibur Rahman, are in custody, while 18 remain absconding.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained three members of Myanmar’s security forces at the Teknaf border in Cox’s Bazar on Monday afternoon. The detainees were identified as Second Lieutenant Hein De Htet and police member Hein Zaw from Maungdaw Police Station in Rakhine, and Kyaw Naing from the No. 3 Border Guard Police unit in Buthidaung. They were apprehended after swimming across the Naf River and reaching the Naittyangpara area of Teknaf municipality.

According to the 2nd BGB Battalion, the three individuals were taken into custody around noon and later handed over to Teknaf Model Police Station at night. Officer-in-Charge Saiful Islam confirmed that the detainees were sent to court on Tuesday morning.

A case has been filed against them under relevant laws for illegal entry into Bangladesh. The report did not mention any official statement from Myanmar or further diplomatic actions following the arrests.

A Dhaka court has scheduled August 3 for delivering the charge framing order against former National Board of Revenue member Matiur Rahman in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). The case accuses him of acquiring wealth worth about Tk 5.28 crore beyond known income sources. The order date was deferred as the presiding judge, B. M. Tarikul Kabir, was on leave. Matiur was brought from jail to the court’s custody cell but was not produced before the judge.

The ACC filed two cases on December 15, 2024, against Matiur Rahman and his second wife for allegedly amassing illegal wealth and concealing asset information. The investigation report, approved on February 3, alleged that Matiur misused his official position to accumulate Tk 5.40 crore in undeclared assets and provided false information in his wealth statement. He faces charges under sections 26(2) and 27(1) of the ACC Act, 2004, and section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947.

Matiur Rahman was arrested by the Detective Branch on January 14, 2025, and has remained in custody since then.

Three people, including two women, were killed and two others injured in a collision between a truck and a battery-powered autorickshaw in Mymensingh on Tuesday morning. The accident occurred around 11:30 a.m. on the Mymensingh-Kishoreganj road near the Shambhuganj Palli Bidyut office. According to police and local sources, the autorickshaw was heading from Shambhuganj toward Kishoreganj when it collided with a truck emerging from a nearby depot.

One male passenger of the autorickshaw died on the spot, while the driver and three women were injured. Locals took the injured to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared two women dead. Another woman remains hospitalized in critical condition, and the autorickshaw driver left after receiving primary treatment. Police confirmed that the bodies have been sent for autopsy and that legal procedures are underway.

The identities of the deceased have not yet been confirmed, and authorities reported that the situation at the scene is now normal.

The prosecution has filed a petition to frame formal charges against former leader Sheikh Hasina and seven others in connection with the killings of nine youths at Jahazbari in Kallyanpur, Dhaka. The case alleges that the incident was staged as a counterterrorism operation and constitutes crimes against humanity. The petition was submitted on Tuesday before the International Crimes Tribunal-1, chaired by Justice Golam Mortuza Mojumdar, with Justices Shafiul Alam Mahmud and Mohitul Haque Enam Chowdhury as panel members.

Prosecutor Gazi MH Tamim presented the charges and sought formal indictment of the accused. The tribunal scheduled August 2 for the defense hearing after the defense requested additional time. Two of the accused, former IGP AKM Shahidul Haque and former DMP Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia, were produced before the tribunal, while six others, including Sheikh Hasina, remain fugitives.

The case marks a significant development in the ongoing proceedings concerning alleged crimes against humanity linked to the 2016 Kallyanpur operation.

Three members of the same family, including a child, died from electrocution in Chapainawabganj on Tuesday morning. The incident occurred around 7 a.m. in the Barghoria-Badurtala area of Sadar upazila. The deceased were identified as Hasina Begum, wife of Mohammad Bhikhu of Badurtala, her niece Asha Khatun, and Asha’s daughter Mim, a sixth-grade student at LBC Ideal Girls High School. The information was confirmed by the local police and union parishad chairman.

According to Barghoria Union Parishad Chairman Harunur Rashid, a metal ladder at their home had become electrified after getting wet in the rain. Asha Khatun and her daughter Mim were electrocuted while climbing the ladder, and Hasina Begum was fatally shocked while trying to rescue them. Police from Sadar Model Station prepared inquest reports for all three bodies and stated that legal procedures would follow.

Authorities have not yet provided further details about the investigation or any safety measures to prevent similar incidents.

Multiple allegations have been brought against Muktadul Alam, the Officer-in-Charge of Khetlal Police Station in Joypurhat, for allegedly extorting money, demanding monthly payments, and abusing his authority. Victims claim that within months of his appointment, complaints began circulating locally. One small business owner, Shubha Saha, alleged that the officer visited his puffed rice factory late at night under the guise of a magistrate-led operation, interrogated him, and later demanded money at the station. Saha said he paid 10,000 taka to settle the matter but was subsequently asked for regular monthly payments.

Another woman, Rabeya Bashori, alleged that after she posted a video about her ex-husband online, the officer threatened her with a cybercrime case and possible imprisonment. Additionally, Rumi Khatun claimed her attempted rape complaint was not accepted by police and that a counter-complaint was filed against her in exchange for money.

Officer-in-Charge Muktadul Alam denied all allegations, stating he had no involvement in the incidents. Joypurhat Superintendent of Police Shahnaz Begum said appropriate action would be taken if the allegations are proven true.

A government investigation has concluded that inadequate pilot training and insufficient supervision contributed to the F-7 BGI training jet crash at Milestone School and College’s Diabari campus in Uttara, Dhaka, on July 21 last year. The accident killed 36 people, including 28 schoolchildren, and injured many others. The report, submitted after more than three months of inquiry, detailed the aircraft’s flight path and communication with air traffic control before it lost contact and crashed.

The nine-member commission, led by former secretary A.K.M. Zafar Ullah Khan, reviewed findings from the Air Force, Fire Service, and RAJUK before submitting its report to the interim government. It found that the building had only one exit, located where the aircraft struck, which worsened casualties. The commission dismissed allegations of body concealment but recommended compensation for victims’ families, which remains unimplemented a year later.

Milestone College has marked the first anniversary with two days of mourning programs, including prayers and tributes at the crash site.