A Jessore court has acquitted four families accused in a so-called 'militant' case nine years after it was filed. The verdict came following the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government in July 2024. The victims—Tanzir Ahmed, Md. Mohiuddin, Mehedi Hasan Pasha, and Saddam Yasir Sajal—were declared innocent after years of imprisonment, harassment, and social stigma. They alleged that former Jessore Superintendent of Police and later Rajshahi DIG Md. Anisur Rahman orchestrated the fabricated cases and was also linked to the extrajudicial killing of BNP activist Abu Sayeed.

According to the report, Abu Sayeed’s wife filed a murder case against Anis in August 2024, which is under investigation. Police sources confirmed that Anis was suspended in July 2025 for being absent from duty. The accused officer served as Jessore SP from March 2014 to August 2018 and became Rajshahi DIG in July 2023. He has been untraceable since Hasina’s resignation and has not commented on the allegations.

The acquittal marks the end of a prolonged ordeal for the families, who faced torture, wrongful detention, and loss of livelihood under the previous administration.

A Rohingya woman and her one-year-old daughter were detained near the Durgapur border in Netrokona while allegedly attempting to cross illegally into India. Local residents apprehended them early Monday at Bhanti Bazar, about 2.5 kilometers inside Bangladesh from border pillar 1151/3-S. Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel from the Bijoypur camp rescued the pair and handed them over to Durgapur police later that day. Following legal procedures, they were sent back to the Kutupalong Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar under police escort Monday evening.

Police sources confirmed that the woman, identified as Majida, 25, is a resident of the Kutupalong camp and the daughter of Abdul Alim. She stated that her husband, Belal, is deceased. Durgapur Police Officer-in-Charge Khondaker Shaker Ahmed said the mother and child were returned to their camp after identity verification and completion of necessary legal formalities.

The incident highlights ongoing challenges in border management and the movement of Rohingya refugees attempting to cross into India from Bangladesh.

An under-construction church in Subhas village of South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, was attacked and vandalized by a group of people chanting 'Jai Shri Ram' on July 5. According to local Christians, the attackers broke crosses, doors, and pillars, and threatened Christian families. The incident was reported by BBC Bangla on July 13.

Residents said the attackers entered the church between 2:00 and 2:30 p.m., destroyed three crosses, and demanded lists of Christian families’ names and phone numbers. They also threatened to cut off water, electricity, and other services. Locals claimed the assailants identified themselves as members of the Hindu Jagaran Manch. The group’s organizational secretary, Tapas Barik, said he was unaware of any involvement but opposed religious conversions.

Police filed an FIR for property damage, trespassing, and issuing threats, and three people were reportedly detained though no arrests were confirmed. The Bengal Christian Service organization said such incidents are not isolated, citing multiple recent attacks on Christians in West Bengal, which have heightened fear and insecurity among the community.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested Haridas Chandra Tarani Das, who gained national attention for planning to build an 81-foot-tall Ram statue in Palashbari, Gaibandha. A Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court ordered four days of remand for interrogation after investigators sought seven days. The case alleges that Haridas was involved in money laundering and hundi operations under the guise of business, with over 93.5 million taka deposited into his accounts from suspicious sources.

According to the report, Haridas was detained on Sunday night by individuals identifying themselves as members of the Detective Branch. Police confirmed that no unrest occurred in the temple area following the arrest, and law and order remained stable with additional forces deployed. Haridas, originally from Komorpur village in Gaibandha, had previously lived in India and later worked as an air-conditioning mechanic in Dhaka.

Earlier in June, Haridas had announced plans to construct the country’s largest Ram statue, but the temple committee suspended the project to maintain communal harmony and public order.

A court in Joypurhat has sentenced a man named Alam Mondol to death for raping a seventh-grade madrasa student. The verdict was delivered on Monday afternoon by Judge Abdur Rahman of the Child Violence Suppression Tribunal Court. Along with the death sentence, the convict was fined 100,000 taka. Alam Mondol is the son of the late Kofil Uddin Mondol from Palsha village in Akkelpur upazila.

According to the case details, the 13-year-old victim was assaulted on October 9, 2023, when she returned home from her madrasa. Taking advantage of the absence of other family members, neighbor Alam Mondol forcibly raped her. Locals rushed to the scene after hearing the girl’s screams, but the accused fled. The victim later informed her family, and she was admitted to a hospital. Her father filed a case with Akkelpur Police Station on October 11, 2023. After a lengthy hearing, the court delivered the death sentence.

The death penalty information was confirmed by state prosecutor Advocate Rinat Ferdousi Rini.

The Bangladesh Coast Guard arrested three suspected robbers with weapons in the Baliakandi area of Bhola Sadar upazila on Sunday afternoon. The arrests were made with the assistance of local residents while the suspects were allegedly preparing for a robbery. The detainees were identified as Firoz Jamaddar, aged 55, Faisal, aged 25, and Ibrahim, aged 25, all from Daulatkhan upazila.

According to a media release from Coast Guard media officer Lieutenant Commander Sabbir Alam Sujon, the team recovered one single-barrel gun, three locally made weapons, four rounds of live ammunition, and a boat from the suspects. The official stated that legal action would be taken against the detainees.

The Coast Guard operation highlights continued law enforcement efforts in coastal areas to prevent armed robbery and ensure local security.

Bangladesh Police have arrested 33,000 people across the country during a special operation conducted over the past one and a half months. According to a press release from the Police Headquarters, the operation took place between May 1 and July 12, resulting in the arrest of 32,908 individuals under the ongoing special drive. Additionally, 83,817 others were detained in other cases and operations during the same period.

During these operations, police recovered 243 firearms, 2,313 rounds of ammunition, 88 magazines, 43 crude bombs, 2 kilograms of gunpowder, 503 locally made weapons, 18 weapon parts, 17 bomb-making tools, and 10,300 chocolate bombs. The seized firearms included pistols, revolvers, shotguns, rifles, and other types of guns.

Police also confiscated large quantities of illegal drugs, including over 7.6 million yaba tablets, heroin, phensedyl, foreign and local liquor, and cannabis. A total of 14,157 drug-related cases were filed, leading to the arrest of 20,439 suspects.

Authorities in Melandah upazila of Jamalpur seized a petrol-laden lorry on Monday for lacking valid documents and launched an operation at a local fuel business accused of mixing color into octane for sale. The raid took place near Rabeya School on Nangla Road at a shop named Hasi-Khushi Enterprise, where samples of powdered color, octane, and petrol were confiscated for laboratory testing.

According to the upazila administration, the operation was based on allegations that petrol was being mixed with color and sold as octane. The lorry was taken to Melandah police station, and officials confirmed that the owner failed to present legal documents or invoices for the fuel. The upazila executive officer stated that the seized samples would be sent to a laboratory to determine whether adulteration occurred.

Authorities said legal action would follow after verification of documents and test results, depending on whether the laboratory confirms any irregularities or fuel adulteration.

Five fishermen went missing after a fishing trawler sank in the sea near Kutubdia in Cox’s Bazar early Monday. The incident occurred around 4:30 a.m., and seven other fishermen were rescued. The vessel, named FB Fakira Mosque, was owned by Nurul Absar of Baraghop South Amjakhali and had 12 crew members on board when it went out to fish.

According to Kutubdia Fishery Federation president Abul Kalam, the missing fishermen are identified as Md Sagar (18), Md Karim (22), Aiyub Monir (20), Kamal (45), and one person from Mognama in Pekua upazila. Kutubdia Police Station’s investigation officer Faruk Ahmed said a general diary is being processed regarding the disappearance of the fishermen following the trawler sinking.

Local authorities have not yet confirmed the cause of the sinking or the current status of the search operation for the missing fishermen.

A Dhaka court has ordered a four-day remand for Shri Haridas Chandra Tarani Das, the organizer behind Asia’s largest 81-foot Ram statue in Palashbari, Gaibandha, after his arrest under the Money Laundering Prevention Act. The order was issued on Monday, July 13, 2026, by Metropolitan Magistrate Md Ripon Hossain following a request from the investigating officer, DB Inspector KM Rakibul Huda, who had sought seven days of remand.

Defense lawyers Shyamal Kumar Roy, Sushanta Adhikari, and Basudev Guha opposed the remand, arguing that the complaint contained no specific money laundering allegations and that the funds came from devotees for temple construction. Haridas told the court he was a farmer turned temple manager and denied wrongdoing. The prosecution claimed preliminary evidence showed his involvement in illegal currency transfers through hundi operations.

According to the case file, five bank accounts and four mobile financial service accounts under Haridas’s name received Tk 93.5 million from suspicious sources. Investigators allege he and unidentified associates laundered domestic and foreign currency. The CID arrested him on July 12 night, and the investigation remains ongoing.

Five litigants were injured when plaster from the ceiling of the Bagerhat District and Sessions Judge Court building collapsed on Monday afternoon. The incident occurred in front of the Kachua courtroom on the ground floor of the three-storey building. The injured were taken to the 250-bed Bagerhat District Hospital for treatment. They were identified as Suman Das, Hridoy Hawlader, Habibullah Sheikh, Md. Firoz Sheikh, and Motaleb Hossain, all residents of different areas of Bagerhat.

Judges from the District and Sessions Judge Court visited the hospital to check on the injured and monitor their treatment progress. Public Prosecutor M M Mahabub Morshed Lalon said the plaster fell suddenly from the veranda ceiling near the judicial magistrates’ courts, injuring those standing below. He added that the old three-storey building has developed cracks and plaster is peeling off in several places. The Public Works Department has been requested to urgently repair the structure.

Medical Officer Dr. Sheikh Adnan Hossain confirmed that the injured sustained head, neck, and leg injuries, but none were in critical condition.

Bangladesh’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has filed a money laundering case worth approximately Tk 34.69 crore against online travel company Flight Expert. The case was lodged at Motijheel Police Station based on findings from CID’s Financial Crime Unit, according to a notice signed by CID Special Superintendent (Media) Jasim Uddin Khan. The case, filed on July 11 under sections 4(2) and 4(4) of the Money Laundering Prevention Act 2012 (amended 2015), names seven accused including Flight Expert’s Managing Director and CEO Salman Bin Rashid Shah Sayem.

CID’s investigation found that Flight Expert, which began operations in 2016, collected large advance payments from customers and sub-agents for airline tickets but failed to deliver them. The company allegedly transferred funds between accounts under the names Flight Expert and FEBD, concealing the origin and ownership of the proceeds. Sayem reportedly left the country on August 1, 2025, after which other directors continued to withdraw and transfer funds.

Preliminary evidence suggests that Tk 34.69 crore was embezzled and laundered through multiple bank transactions. CID will continue its investigation and related actions.

A police sub-inspector in Dhunot, Bogura, has been withdrawn after an audio clip of him allegedly making indecent proposals to a migrant worker’s wife went viral on social media. The officer, identified as Mostafizar Rahman, was attached to the police lines following the incident. The audio spread after local journalists obtained recordings made by the woman, who had documented the officer’s inappropriate phone conversations.

According to local and police sources, the woman’s husband had gone to Saudi Arabia about six months earlier through two local brokers who took six lakh taka from his parents but failed to provide him with work. When the migrant’s mother complained to police about the brokers, Mostafizar Rahman was assigned to investigate. During the inquiry, he allegedly took money from the accused brokers and made repeated indecent advances toward the complainant’s daughter-in-law.

Bogura’s superintendent of police took the matter seriously and ordered the officer’s withdrawal. The Dhunot police officer-in-charge confirmed that higher authorities would take action under police service regulations.

A Dhaka court has ordered the arrest of Selim Pradhan, a figure previously linked to the casino scandal, as a suspect in a case filed under the Explosives and Attempted Murder Act at Gulshan Police Station. The order was issued on Monday, July 13, 2026, by Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md. Sefatullah. The prosecution confirmed the decision, stating that Pradhan’s involvement was suspected based on evidence of incitement and financial support related to the incident.

According to the case documents, the allegations stem from an attack on August 5, 2024, during an anti-discrimination student movement in the Bashatala area of Gulshan. Protesters were reportedly fired upon, injuring victim Touhid Mia, who later filed the case. The case names 88 identified and 100 to 200 unidentified individuals as accused. The defense opposed the arrest, but after hearing both sides, the court denied bail and ordered Pradhan’s detention.

The court’s decision allows investigators to proceed with questioning Pradhan as part of the ongoing probe into the violent incident.

District Detective Police in Louhajong, Munshiganj, arrested three members of an inter-district motorcycle theft ring and recovered five stolen motorcycles along with a large quantity of drugs. The arrests were announced by Superintendent of Police Menhajul Alam during a press briefing at Padma Bridge North Police Station on Monday morning. The operation followed the theft of a motorcycle on July 9 from the West Kumarbhog area under Padma Bridge North Police Station.

According to the police, the investigation led to the arrest of a suspect named Suman from Bappi Chattar in Narayanganj’s Nitaiganj area. Based on his information, two others—Hridoy Dewan and Sajib Paik—were detained from Tongibari upazila. Acting on further leads, police raided Goali Manda in Louhajong and recovered two stolen motorcycles. During the same operation, a drug dealer named Alauddin was arrested with two motorcycles, 1,100 yaba tablets, and two kilograms of cannabis.

Superintendent Menhajul Alam stated that efforts are continuing to apprehend other members of the gang and that legal action is being taken against those arrested.