A hearing on the formation of charges against former mayor Fazle Noor Taposh, former textiles and jute minister Jahangir Kabir Nanak, and 26 others is scheduled to take place today at the International Crimes Tribunal-1 in Dhaka. The case concerns the killing of nine people in Mohammadpur during the July Revolution. The three-member judicial panel is chaired by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Majumder, with Justice Md Shafiul Alam Mahmud and retired district and sessions judge Md Mohitul Haque Enam Chowdhury as members.

The prosecution is set to present its arguments today. The hearing was previously scheduled for April 15 but was postponed following a prosecution request for more time. Among the accused are former Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Habibur Rahman, former Additional DIG Proloy Kumar Jowardar, and former Joint Police Commissioner Biplob Kumar Sarkar, along with leaders and activists from the banned Awami League, Jubo League, and Chhatra League.

Four accused are currently in custody and were brought to the tribunal from prison this morning. The tribunal is expected to deliver its order on charge framing on May 7.

A sudden gunfire incident caused panic during a dinner attended by U.S. President Donald Trump and White House correspondents in Washington, D.C. Trump confirmed that the suspected attacker had been detained and that the individual’s identity had been established.

Authorities identified the suspect as Cole Thomas Allen, a 31-year-old man from Torrance, a southwestern suburb of Los Angeles, California. Washington’s mayor stated that the suspect is receiving treatment at a nearby hospital while remaining in police custody. Attorney General Todd Blanche announced that formal charges will be filed against him soon.

The report, citing CNN, did not provide further details about the motive or the extent of the incident, but officials indicated that the investigation is ongoing.

A Comilla court has ordered former army officer Hafizur Rahman to be sent to jail after a three-day remand in connection with the murder of Sohagi Jahan Tonu, a Victoria Government College student killed ten years ago. The order was issued on Saturday by Chief Judicial Magistrate Abdullah Aman. Investigation officer Tariqul Islam of the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) said Hafizur was interrogated on key issues during remand, and his DNA sample has been collected for testing. Further legal steps will follow after verification of the obtained information.

Tonu’s father, Iyar Hossain, expressed dissatisfaction with the arrest, saying he wanted to see all suspects brought to justice, not just one. The PBI had earlier collected DNA samples from three retired army personnel, including Hafizur, for matching with evidence found in 2017. The case was filed in 2016 after Tonu’s body was discovered inside the Comilla Cantonment area.

The investigation continues as authorities await DNA test results to determine the next course of action.

In Sukash Union of Singra upazila, Natore, acting Union Parishad chairman Sohrab Hossain has repaid double the market value of rice to 247 poor women after being found guilty of misappropriating rice from the Vulnerable Women Benefit (VWB) program. The repayment, including fines, was made on Saturday at the union council office in the presence of the Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Abdullah Al Rifat. Each beneficiary received 3,425 taka.

According to the investigation, rice allocated for 247 cardholding women in March was withdrawn from the local food warehouse but sold in the open market instead of being distributed to beneficiaries. Following media reports, the upazila administration formed an inquiry committee that confirmed the embezzlement. Under section 9 of the VWB Implementation Guidelines 2011, double the market value must be recovered for misappropriated government goods.

UNO Abdullah Al Rifat stated that the recovery followed government rules and that no irregularities in government allocations would be tolerated. Sohrab Hossain admitted his wrongdoing, citing misunderstanding and external influence, and returned both the double value and the women’s savings. Beneficiaries expressed relief after receiving their due payments.

A joint anti-drug operation by the Pirgacha upazila administration and police in Rangpur led to the arrest of a drug dealer with cannabis at Pirgacha railway station on Saturday afternoon. The arrested man, Mohammad Roni, 32, from Guabari village, was caught red-handed while selling cannabis during a mobile court operation led by Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Debashish Basak.

During the search, authorities seized 14 packets of cannabis and 600 taka in cash from Roni. Locals alleged that he had been openly selling cannabis in the station area for a long time. After admitting his crime, the mobile court sentenced him to one month of imprisonment and fined him 500 taka under the Narcotics Control Act. He was later sent to Rangpur Central Jail.

Officials stated that such anti-drug operations will continue in the public interest and reaffirmed a zero-tolerance policy against narcotics in Pirgacha.

A case has been filed following an attack on police officers in Sarikaith Union of Sandwip, Chattogram, late Saturday night. The case names 11 individuals and includes 35 unidentified suspects, bringing the total number of accused to 46. Police have so far arrested six people in connection with the incident. The case was filed at Sandwip Police Station on Saturday afternoon, with the police as the complainant, confirmed Officer-in-Charge Sujan Halder.

According to the case statement, around 12:30 a.m. police conducted an anti-drug operation at the home of a man named Didar in Ward No. 7 of Sarikaith Union. Upon arrival, they encountered several armed local groups allegedly linked to drug networks. During a clash between these groups, the police came under sudden attack. The attackers reportedly confined and assaulted the officers, obstructing official duties and attempting to cause serious harm. Additional police forces later rescued the injured officers and detained six suspects.

Police reported that the situation in the area is now under control and operations to arrest the remaining fugitives are ongoing.

Police in the United States have recovered the body of Jamil Limon, a Bangladeshi PhD student at the University of South Florida, from the Howard Frankland Bridge area. Another student, Nahida Brishti, remains missing. Authorities have arrested Limon’s roommate, Hisham Abugharbieh, as a suspect in the case. Investigators informed Brishti’s family that based on the amount of blood found in the shared apartment, they believe she is also dead.

Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office identified the 26-year-old suspect as a former USF student. He faces charges including battery, unlawful confinement, evidence tampering, failure to report a death, and unlawful removal of a body. Sheriff Chad Chronister described the incident as deeply disturbing and said it has shaken the community. The pair had been reported missing on April 17 after last being seen near campus the previous day.

An autopsy is underway to determine Limon’s cause of death, with results expected over the weekend. Search operations for Brishti continue, while USF’s president said the university is maintaining contact with the victims’ families.

Police in Chattogram released two leaders of the BNP’s Volunteer Wing and two party activists 12 hours after detaining them on extortion allegations. The arrests took place Friday afternoon in the Kotwali area near Laldighi Maidan, where the group was accused of forcibly collecting money from traders during the traditional Jabbar’s Boli Khela fair. They were released around 3 a.m. on Saturday.

According to police, the operation was led by Sub-Inspector Abul Hossain, who said the suspects were caught red-handed and handed over to the officer-in-charge. Witnesses reported that the men demanded between 1,000 and 3,000 taka from shopkeepers under the pretext of local fair management, leading to scuffles when some traders protested. Police intervened to restore order.

Kotwali Police Station Officer-in-Charge Aftab Uddin stated that the trader who initially complained later withdrew his allegation, and his earlier statement was recorded on video. The reasons for the withdrawal were not explained in the report.

A man named Nazrul Islam, aged 50, died after setting himself on fire in Shahjahanpur upazila of Bogura on Friday afternoon. The incident occurred in front of the Machhir Bazar mosque in Baraanjul village after his wife divorced him. Locals rescued him and took him to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital in Bogura, but as his condition worsened, he was transferred to Dhaka, where he died around 11:15 p.m. on the way.

Local union parishad member Jharna Begum said Nazrul Islam had married the daughter of Bacchu Mia from the same village, and the couple had two sons. Their marital relationship had been troubled due to financial hardship, leading to previous separations before the final divorce. In distress, Nazrul poured petrol on himself and set himself ablaze.

According to Shahjahanpur Police Sub-Inspector Golam Mostafa, locals reported that Nazrul had been under mental pressure from debt and frequent quarrels with his wife.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has detained around 240 people in security operations across Kurdistan and Kermanshah provinces, according to the semi-official Mehr News Agency. The IRGC reported that 11 individuals were arrested in Kurdistan, where one member of a Kurdish armed group was killed and a large cache of weapons and ammunition was seized. In a separate operation, about 70 more people were detained.

In Kermanshah province, the IRGC detained 155 people, claiming they were members of anti-revolutionary groups. Among those arrested, four are suspected of being spies linked to Israel’s intelligence agency, Mossad. Separately, police in Tehran arrested one person accused of collecting information on missile targets and supplying it to a hostile network.

Authorities stated that these operations were part of broader efforts to strengthen national security across various regions of Iran.

Police in Dhamrai, Dhaka, have arrested a suspect within 24 hours of the murder of SSC examinee Nahida Akter. The arrest was announced on Saturday, April 25, 2026, during a press briefing by Dhamrai Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md. Nazmul Huda Khan. The OC confirmed that the accused, Shamim alias Swapan, confessed to the killing. According to police, Shamim, an online gambler, had been in debt and sought to borrow money from Nahida, who refused, leading to the fatal attack.

The incident occurred on April 23 in Dhamrai municipal town, where 16-year-old Nahida, a commerce student at the local Central School, was found dead with severe injuries to her face and neck. Police said Shamim, a 36-year-old mason living in a nearby rented room, was apprehended following a special operation. Officers recovered Nahida’s gold earrings but have yet to locate the murder weapon or her gold chain.

Police stated that no remand was sought since the accused confessed and no other suspects were involved.

An extortion attempt was reported in Gazipur after unidentified individuals allegedly demanded Tk 300,000 from the director of Alor Jibon Drug Rehabilitation Center by falsely using the name of Rakib Uddin Sarkar Pappu, former joint convener of Gazipur Metropolitan BNP. When the director refused to pay, the callers reportedly used abusive language and issued threats. Following the incident, Pappu filed a general diary at Tongi East Police Station on Friday night.

According to the diary, two people from separate mobile numbers called the center’s director on Friday afternoon, posing as associates of Pappu and demanding the money. Pappu later stated that a group had been misusing his name to extort money from individuals and organizations, allegedly to tarnish his social and political image ahead of the formation of the metropolitan BNP committee. He confirmed that similar incidents had occurred before.

Tongi East Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md. Mehedi Hasan confirmed that a general diary had been filed and said legal action would follow after investigation.

RAB-6 detained Zahidul, a suspect facing multiple cases and arrest warrants, from the Khulna toll plaza on Friday night around 7:45 p.m. The arrest took place in connection with several criminal allegations in Bagerhat’s Rampal upazila. According to local sources, Zahidul had three active arrest warrants and was accused in several cases involving assault, extortion, land grabbing, theft, robbery, violence against women, and attempted murder.

Police said Zahidul, a resident of Malliker Ber area in Rampal, had been evading arrest for some time. After being detained, he was handed over to Rampal police station by RAB and later sent to court following police procedures. Local residents alleged that Zahidul had long been involved in various criminal activities in the area.

The arrest marks a significant step in ongoing law enforcement efforts to apprehend fugitives with multiple criminal charges in the Bagerhat region.

A young man died from an electric shock while operating a blender machine at his home in Saghata upazila of Gaibandha on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Jyotish Chandra Barman Mona, 32, son of Surendra Barman from Mathorpata Pachabosta village under Ghuridaha Union. According to local sources, he was working with the blender when he suddenly received an electric shock. He lost consciousness, and locals rushed him to a hospital, but he died on the way.

Family sources said Jyotish Chandra Barman ran a tea stall at Mathorpata Bottola Bazar, which was the main source of income for his family. He was the only earning member of the household. Saghata Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mahabub Alam stated that no complaint had been filed yet regarding the incident. He added that legal action would be taken if a complaint is received.

The incident has left the family in distress as they lost their sole breadwinner, and police are awaiting any formal complaint to proceed with an investigation.

A Cumilla court has ordered former army officer (retired) Hafizur Rahman to be sent to jail after completion of his three-day remand in the widely discussed Sohagi Jahan Tonu murder case. The order was issued on Saturday afternoon by Chief Judicial Magistrate Abdullah Aman following Hafizur’s appearance before the court. According to the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI), he was interrogated for three days before being presented to the court.

Investigating officer Tarikul Islam said that several important pieces of information were obtained during the remand, which are now being verified. He added that Hafizur’s DNA sample has been collected and sent for testing, and further legal steps will be taken after receiving the report. The court had earlier granted the remand on Wednesday following a request from investigators.

The PBI arrested Hafizur Rahman last Tuesday night in Keraniganj, marking the first arrest in the case in ten years. The 2016 murder case has seen seven investigators from four agencies, with little progress until this recent development.