Bangladesh Railway authorities conducted a daylong eviction drive on Saturday to remove illegal structures built on railway land in Ghorashal, Narsingdi. The operation covered areas from the Ghorashal Post Office Road to Chamrabo, where around two hundred unauthorized establishments were demolished.

The drive was led by Shimul Kumar Saha, Dhaka Divisional Estate Officer and Executive Magistrate of Bangladesh Railway, along with Rakin Masrur Khan, Assistant Commissioner (Land) of Palash Upazila. According to railway officials, approximately 20 acres of land near the Ghorashal railway station had been occupied illegally. A large number of law enforcement personnel were present during the operation to maintain order.

The eviction marks a continued effort by Bangladesh Railway to reclaim its land from illegal encroachment and restore control over key railway properties in the region.

Police in Rangpur’s Badraganj have arrested Jihad Sarkar Rana, a former vice president of the municipal unit of Chhatra Dal, on charges of extortion. He was detained on Saturday from the Upazila Health Complex following a complaint that he and several others demanded money from Fatema Begum, an outsourced employee at the complex, and vandalized her quarters when the demand was refused.

According to police, a case was filed at Badraganj Police Station over the extortion and vandalism incident. The following day, Rana allegedly led an obstruction at the office of the Upazila Health and Family Planning Officer, demanding withdrawal of the case. Police later arrested him from the health complex.

The officer-in-charge of Badraganj Police Station confirmed that Rana was sent to jail through the court and that he faces several other cases involving similar allegations.

Police recovered the body of an unidentified woman on Saturday morning in Uttar Ranipur village of Dakkhin Maizpara Union, Dobaura upazila, near the Mymensingh border. Locals found the body in front of a shop and informed police, who took it to the station. Residents said the woman had been seen entering the area from the Indian border several days earlier and had been wandering around local homes and roads since then.

Union Parishad Chairman Humayun Ahmed said police arrived promptly and took necessary action. He and locals suspected the woman might have been mentally unstable and had stayed in the area for several days. However, her identity remains unknown.

Officer-in-Charge Md Shafiqul Islam stated that no visible injury marks were found on the body. The body has been sent to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital for autopsy. Police have sought assistance from the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI), which will collect fingerprints to help confirm the woman’s identity and determine the cause of death.

Police in Maheshpur, Jhenaidah, arrested an Awami League leader who had previously been barred from political activities in connection with a rape case. The arrest took place on Saturday afternoon at Khalishpur Bazar, according to local police officials.

Maheshpur Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mehedi Hasan confirmed that the detainee, Sajjadul Islam Sajjad, serves as the president of the Maheshpur Upazila unit of the Awami League. He was taken into custody following a case filed against him under allegations of violence against a woman.

No further details about the case or subsequent legal proceedings were provided in the report.

Police in Kamalnagar upazila of Lakshmipur arrested Md. Milon, 25, a local youth leader, on Friday night from Koraitala Bazar in connection with an extortion case filed by a BNP leader. Milon, son of the late Abul Kashem of Char Lawrence Union, claims to be the general secretary of the union’s Jubo Dal. The case was filed on April 20 by Md. Morshed, general secretary of Char Lawrence Union BNP, naming Milon and four others as accused, along with 15 to 20 unidentified individuals.

According to the case and local sources, Milon allegedly engaged in extortion, illegal occupation of government land, and gambling activities in the Koraitala area after the fall of the Hasina government. Morshed stated that he filed the case under instructions from Whip and MP ABM Ashraf Uddin. However, Upazila Jubo Dal convener Yusuf Patwari denied Milon’s affiliation with the organization, calling his claim of being general secretary false.

Kamalnagar Police Officer-in-Charge Mohammad Faridul Alam confirmed Milon’s arrest and said he had been sent to jail, while efforts to apprehend the remaining suspects continue.

A court in Chapainawabganj has ordered BNP leader Abdullah Al Raihan to be sent to jail in connection with a case over assaulting a police officer. He was produced before the court on Saturday afternoon, where the judge denied his bail and issued the jail order. Raihan had been arrested the previous night from Dhaka’s Uttara area based on a tip-off while he was in hiding.

According to Gomostapur Police Station Officer-in-Charge Nure Alam, the incident occurred on April 26 at Raihan Filling Station in Khairabad area of Gomostapur upazila. Constable Shawkat Hossain from Nachol Police Station had gone there to collect engine oil for a vehicle under repair when Raihan, the station owner, allegedly assaulted him. Following the incident, Shawkat filed a case with Gomostapur Police Station, after which Raihan went into hiding.

Raihan is the former president of Gomostapur Union BNP and the son of former Gomostapur Upazila Parishad chairman Ashraf Hossain.

Authorities in Chatmohar upazila of Pabna recovered 600 liters of adulterated milk from the residence of Abdul Momin, the organizational secretary of the Bilchalon Union Krishak Dal. The operation was conducted around 9 a.m. on Saturday under the leadership of Lutfor Kabir, deputy director of the National Security Intelligence (NSI) in Pabna. Law enforcement also seized equipment used for milk production and detained a man named Azizul Pramanik, while Abdul Momin and another suspect, Al Amin, fled before the raid began.

Chatmohar police officer-in-charge Golam Mostafa confirmed that a case has been filed and further legal action is underway. According to Liton Biswas, president of the upazila Krishak Dal, Momin had previously been served a show-cause notice over a similar adulteration incident. The organization now plans to permanently expel him for violating party discipline.

The seizure highlights ongoing efforts by local authorities to curb food adulteration and enforce accountability among political figures involved in such illegal activities.

At least ten people were killed and five others seriously injured when a gas tanker collided with a private car in Pakistan’s Balochistan province. The accident occurred late on Friday night, May 8, near Dalbandin in Chagai district, according to Geo News. The car was reportedly carrying around fifteen passengers, exceeding its capacity, and several people died on the spot due to the impact. Rescue workers and local authorities quickly arrived and transported the injured to Prince Fahad Hospital in Dalbandin.

Chagai’s Deputy Superintendent of Police Abid Sherzai said five injured individuals are under treatment, with some in critical condition. Police have detained the gas tanker driver and launched an investigation into the cause of the crash. Among the deceased are four women and two children. The collision took place on a remote section of the RCD Highway, which connects Pakistan and Iran and has seen multiple fatal accidents in the past.

Earlier in January, a separate crash on the same highway in Chagai’s Yakmach area killed seven people and injured three others, highlighting ongoing safety concerns on this route.

Four passengers were killed and 15 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses in Lohagara upazila of Chattogram on Saturday morning. The accident occurred around 11:30 a.m. in front of Four Season Restaurant and Resort on the Chattogram–Cox’s Bazar highway. One passenger, Rehena Begum, 66, from Patiya upazila, died on the spot, while three others succumbed to their injuries later at Lohagara Trauma Centre.

According to a passenger, the driver of a Chattogram-bound Marsa Paribahan bus lost his temper after an argument with another driver in Harbang area of Cox’s Bazar, leading to the collision with another Marsa Paribahan bus heading toward Cox’s Bazar. Fire service leader Firoz Khan said one body was recovered from the scene and the injured were taken to local hospitals, with several in critical condition.

Officer-in-Charge Salah Uddin Chowdhury of Dohazari Highway Police Station said a team was sent to the site, and the bodies and damaged buses were brought to the station for legal procedures before handing over to families.

Eleven fishermen returned home on Friday evening after being held hostage for seven days by forest bandits in the Sundarbans and released upon payment of a ransom totaling 700,000 taka. The group had been abducted on the night of May 3 from the Alorkol area of the eastern Sundarbans by the Jahangir gang. Three days later, another bandit group, the Sharif gang, took control of the captives after an armed clash and held them in an undisclosed location.

According to Rubel Hawlader, one of the freed fishermen from Uttar Rajapur village in Sharankhola, the Jahangir gang initially chained them and subjected them to abuse. After receiving the ransom, the Sharif gang released the fishermen early Friday morning near the Aruar River estuary in the Dhansagar area, from where they walked several kilometers to reach home. A local fish trader, requesting anonymity, said the bandits initially demanded 100,000 taka per person but later settled for 70,000 each, totaling 700,000 taka.

Sharankhola Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md. Shaminul Haque stated that the police had not received any formal complaint regarding the ransom payment but would take legal action if one is filed.

A member of the United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) was shot dead by unidentified assailants in the Shuknachhara area of Sajek Union under Baghaichhari upazila in Rangamati district early Saturday. The incident occurred in the 10 No. Para of Shuknachhara, where the victim, identified as Hegera Chakma alias Lettbap, was attacked and killed by gunfire.

According to Sajek Police Station Officer-in-Charge Tofazzal Hossain, police were heading to the scene after receiving reports of the shooting. The deceased was known to be affiliated with the Prasit faction of the UPDF. Attempts to contact several UPDF leaders for comment were unsuccessful, and no immediate statement was available from the group.

Further details about the motive or those responsible for the attack were not disclosed in the initial report, and an investigation was reportedly underway.

Police in Moulvibazar conducted a special operation on Friday night, seizing a large quantity of Indian goods brought into Bangladesh illegally. Acting on a tip-off, officers from Moulvibazar Model Police Station intercepted a pickup van around 11:30 p.m. on the Kulaura Road in the Islambur area. The vehicle, reportedly transporting goods from Jaintapur in Sylhet, was carrying Indian-made lozenges and various cosmetic items hidden beneath chicken cages. The total value of the seized items is estimated at around Tk 3 million.

According to the police, the goods were intended to be booked at a courier service in Moulvibazar town. The driver of the pickup van was detained following the seizure. Authorities are preparing a case over allegations of smuggling and customs evasion involving the illegal import of Indian products.

The police operation highlights ongoing efforts to curb cross-border smuggling and enforce customs regulations in the region.

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has expressed deep sorrow and concern over the brutal killing of five people in Kapasia, Gazipur. The victims included a wife, brother-in-law, and three children who were murdered by having their throats slit on Friday night. In a statement issued to the media on Saturday, the party’s Secretary General, Mia Golam Porwar, described the incident as heart-wrenching, heinous, and inhumane.

He said the massacre has deeply shaken the nation and highlighted the alarming state of public safety in the country. Porwar noted that such a barbaric act in a civilized and independent nation is unacceptable and reflects the deterioration of law and order. He urged the government to uncover the truth behind the killings swiftly and bring those responsible to justice with exemplary punishment.

The Jamaat leader prayed for the departed souls and conveyed condolences to the bereaved family, asking for divine strength for them to endure the tragedy.

Police in Gazipur’s Kapasia recovered the bodies of five people, including a woman, her brother, and three children, from a rented house in Rautkona village on Saturday morning, May 9, 2026. The victims were allegedly killed by the woman’s husband, Forkan Mia, who fled after the incident. Forkan, a private car driver, had been living with his family in the ground floor of expatriate Monir Hossain’s house. The murders are believed to have occurred late Friday night.

A typed but unsigned document found near the bodies accused Forkan’s in-laws of misappropriating ten lakh taka, suggesting a financial dispute. Police sources said Forkan had ongoing family conflicts and had recently assaulted his wife. Local witnesses described the gruesome scene, with the victims’ throats slit and the mother’s body tied to a window grill. Law enforcement agencies including PBI, DB, and CID have begun a joint investigation to determine the motive.

Local political leaders and officials visited the site and expressed condolences. Police have sent the bodies for autopsy and launched multiple teams to arrest the fugitive suspect.

A goods-laden truck overturned early Saturday on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway, causing severe traffic congestion in the Gazaria area of Munshiganj. The incident occurred on the Chattogram-bound lane near the Bausia point, with the traffic jam stretching from there to the Meghna Bridge area.

According to the officer-in-charge of the Bhoberchar Highway Police Outpost, Md. Shah Kamal Akand, the truck overturned in the Vitikandi area, leading to the disruption. Highway police responded promptly, beginning the removal of goods and the damaged vehicle from the road to restore normal traffic flow.

Authorities expect vehicle movement to return to normal within a short time once the clearing operation is completed.