Karwan Bazar traders held a press conference at the kitchen market at 11am on Monday, opposing announcements to evict the market and relocate it to Gabtali. They said the move was made without discussion and described it as a deep conspiracy by a particular group. The traders urged that they be rehabilitated within Karwan Bazar in a modern market while retaining their current allocated space.

The relocation decision was made at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman at the Prime Minister’s Office in Tejgaon on Saturday, August 29, according to the report. The meeting focused on easing Dhaka traffic congestion, modernising traffic management and restoring discipline in transport. Relevant authorities were instructed to take necessary action, and media reports of the decision prompted concern among traders.

In a written statement, Alhaj Mohammad Shahjahan Bhuiyan said Karwan Bazar’s trading history spans about 150 years. He said roughly 2,500 shops with permanent allocations support the livelihoods of about one million traders, workers and wholesale vendors. Traders also demanded a direct meeting with the prime minister, removal of illegal road encroachments, and submission of a memorandum.

Kaptai উপজেলা authorities in Rangamati have decided to install warning signboards for tourists near the high Sitar Hill after four visitors from Chattogram became stranded there on August 28. The decision was made at the monthly law-and-order committee meeting on Monday morning at the Kinnori meeting room of the Upazila Parishad building, chaired by UNO Md Rayhanul Islam.

The representatives of Kaptai and Chandraghona police stations said the overall law-and-order situation in the upazila was good, though drug-related problems had emerged in Kaptai and Chandraghona unions. They said police were making maximum efforts to control the issue. Upazila BNP president Md Lokman Ahmed said drugs must be brought under control quickly regardless of political affiliation.

Upazila Press Club president Kabir Hossain said the four tourists had climbed the hilltop without informing anyone and sought help through the national emergency service 999. Kaptai Fire Service rescued them and brought them to safety. He cited a possible risk of wild-elephant attacks, after which the UNO instructed the Wagga Union Parishad chairman to install signboards and asked committee members to alert local boat and sampan operators.

The Puthia upazila administration conducted an overnight operation against the illegal cutting of fertile topsoil from cropland in Kaiharia, Shilmaria and Baropakhia areas of Rajshahi. The operation ran from 10pm Sunday until 1:10am Monday. Officials detained two people allegedly involved and handed them to police custody for further legal action.

During the operation, authorities found two excavators being used to cut soil at two separate locations. As transport was not available, both machines were rendered completely inoperable on site. Four batteries were seized from the locations and two additional batteries were destroyed.

The drive followed allegations that topsoil was being removed from various agricultural fields under cover of darkness, reducing land fertility and damaging its natural structure. Puthia Assistant Commissioner (Land) and Executive Magistrate Shibu Das led the operation. The administration said such operations would continue and that legal action would be taken against people involved in illegal soil cutting from cropland.

Bangladesh Bank issued a fresh warning on August 27 over fake loan apps that offer fast, easy credit through apps, online platforms and social media. The central bank said unauthorized lenders may collect users’ personal information and later use it to demand excessive payments, intimidate borrowers or threaten to disclose private data. The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit identified 31 unauthorized loan apps, including Sathi Loan, PopCash, FinCash, Quick Loan, Quick Taka and LoanBuddy.

The warning highlights risks linked to app permissions, including access to photographs, contacts, files, cameras, microphones and location data. Users who accept such permissions without reviewing them may expose phone numbers, messages, identity document images and financial details. Contact lists can also be used to pressure borrowers by informing relatives, friends or colleagues about alleged debts.

Bangladesh Bank advised people not to provide national identity card details, bank account information, mobile financial service data or other sensitive phone data to unfamiliar loan apps. It also urged caution where lenders seek advance payments, processing fees or registration fees. Users should verify a provider’s identity, address, authorization and loan terms, and should not share PINs, passwords or one-time security codes.

Neighbors in Cumilla reportedly detained Maulana Zakir Hossain, former general secretary of Cumilla South District Olama Dal, after he entered his rented home with a woman around 10 p.m. on Sunday. The incident occurred in the Dhulipara area on EPZ Road and a video of the episode has spread on social media.

Neighbors said no members of Hossain’s family were at home when he arrived with the woman. They said they became suspicious and detained him, alleging that sexual items were recovered from the woman and that she was involved in sex work. These allegations were attributed to the neighbors in the report.

In the video, neighbors asked Hossain why he had brought a woman to his home late at night. He was heard saying that she had come to him for personal work. Residents said Hossain went into hiding after the matter became known. Asked for comment, Hossain told Daily Amar Desh that he did not want to comment and urged people to listen carefully to the viral video.

The government has decided to keep fuel oil prices unchanged for September 2026. From September 1, diesel, octane, petrol and kerosene will continue to be sold at their previously fixed consumer prices, according to a notice issued Sunday by the Energy and Mineral Resources Division’s Operation-1 branch.

The notice sets diesel at Tk115 per litre, octane at Tk145, petrol at Tk140 and kerosene at Tk135. These rates were originally determined through a May 31, 2026 notification issued by the Energy and Mineral Resources Division.

The existing rates have been retained for September with approval from the appropriate authority. The notice said the decision will take effect in line with instructions from the relevant authorities, meaning the current prices for all four fuel products will remain in force from September 1, 2026.

Bangladesh has pledged to purchase additional Boeing aircraft from the United States, according to Sergio Gor, US special envoy for South and Central Asia and ambassador to India. In an X post on Sunday night, August 30, Gor welcomed what he described as a new agreement reached this week between US President Donald Trump and Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.

Gor called the agreement an “extraordinary deal” and said Bangladesh would spend billions of dollars on more Boeing aircraft, significantly increasing its initial order. He linked the announcement to Trump’s efforts to create high-paying jobs, attract investment and revive the US economy. However, he did not disclose the number of aircraft, their models, or the total value of the new agreement.

No immediate comment from the Bangladesh government was available regarding Gor’s statement. Under an earlier tariff agreement with the United States, Bangladesh had pledged to buy 25 aircraft from Boeing. Biman Bangladesh Airlines signed a final agreement on May 1 to buy 14 aircraft from the US manufacturer, at a stated cost of $3.7 billion, or Tk45,408 crore at the cited exchange rate.

A man identified as Jahidul Islam, 35, also known as “Pichchi Jahed,” was hacked to death after assailants stopped his motorcycle in Satkania, Chattogram. The attack occurred on a road in the southern part of Puranghar Union on Sunday night. স্থানীয় residents tried to take him to hospital after the assault, but he died on the way.

According to local sources and police, a group of attackers blocked Jahidul’s path while he was travelling by motorcycle. They surrounded him and struck him with sharp weapons on his head and other parts of his body. Additional Superintendent of Police for Satkania Circle Ariful Islam Siddiqui visited the scene after receiving information about the killing.

Police said they are working to identify and arrest those involved and expect to bring them under the law quickly. Officers collected various evidence from the scene, while arrangements were underway to send the body to the Chattogram Medical College Hospital morgue for an autopsy. Investigators are examining the motive and identities of those involved. The killing has caused alarm and concern in the Puranghar area.

Police said they arrested Sheikh Farid, described as the alleged leader of a snatching group, following the theft of a woman’s mobile phone and bag near a shopping mall in Kazir Dewri, Kotwali, Chattogram. He was arrested in Bakalia on Sunday after an operation, according to the report.

South DC Habibur Rahman said police arrested Farid during the operation and were trying to recover the stolen bag. The reported incident occurred at night in front of the Kazir Dewri shopping mall area.

The victim, Saida Tania Tuli, said in a social media post that her phone and bag were snatched at 9pm. She said she suffered severe pain in her hand during the incident. Because important applications were logged into the phone, she urged people not to conduct any transactions afterward.

Animal slaughter operations have formally begun at the Hazaribagh modern slaughterhouse under Dhaka South City Corporation. DSCC Administrator and freedom fighter Md Abdus Salam inaugurated the facility at a ceremony on Monday morning. He described the slaughterhouse as an important milestone in the city corporation’s ongoing efforts to protect public health.

According to the administrator, livestock specialists or veterinary surgeons will inspect animals’ health before slaughter. Animals will then be slaughtered and meat processed through automated, sterile and hygienic methods without direct hand contact. The facility also has chilling and cold-storage services, while an effluent treatment plant will process blood and contaminated water to reduce odour and environmental pollution.

The slaughterhouse will operate daily from 4am to 6am. A subcommittee led by the city corporation’s property officer will temporarily collect revenue under the DSCC tax schedule and the 2025 Hat and Market rules. Fees are set at Tk25 for each goat or sheep and Tk100 for each cow or buffalo. Officials and representatives of the Bangladesh Meat Traders Association attended the opening.

The Teesta issue has emerged as a major test of India-Bangladesh diplomacy, linking Bangladesh’s development needs with India’s security concerns around the narrow Siliguri Corridor, known as the “Chicken’s Neck.” The corridor, only 20 to 22 kilometres wide at its narrowest point, is India’s sole land connection to its northeastern states. The article argues that Teesta can no longer be treated solely as a water-sharing dispute.

Bangladesh has a sovereign right to pursue river restoration, flood control, irrigation and regional development in the Teesta basin, where erosion, irregular rainfall, sedimentation, floods and water shortages have intensified. The article says Chinese-funded infrastructure should not automatically be viewed as a strategic conspiracy, although India’s security agencies consider potential risks where projects overlap with sensitive geography.

The proposed Teesta water-sharing agreement has remained stalled for more than a decade amid domestic political concerns, particularly in West Bengal. The article calls for institutional cooperation beyond annual water talks, including joint basin management, flood forecasting, environmental restoration, climate resilience, cross-border connectivity and strategic transparency.

BNP lawmaker Shahadat Hossain Selim, who represents Lakshmipur-1 (Ramganj), alleged in a post on his verified Facebook account that an influential section of the administration is working to portray the current government as a failure. His comments followed severe congestion on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway, which he said caused extensive public suffering.

Selim said the traffic jam stretched from Chandina to Ashariachar in Narayanganj for 32 consecutive hours from last Friday night. He said patients were stranded in ambulances, including a reported death, while many expatriates missed scheduled flights. He warned that the situation could become more severe unless the “irresponsible” group is identified and strict action is taken.

According to Selim, parliamentary whip ABM Ashraf Uddin Nizan held a virtual meeting with officials from Cumilla and Narayanganj, including district administrators, police superintendents, highway police and road department officials. Selim said Nizan criticized the lack of advance public notice before bridge repairs and said notices through newspapers, television scrolls and social media could have enabled travellers to use alternative routes. Selim also called for exemplary punishment of officials over alleged poor coordination and lack of accountability.

Bangladesh’s Appellate Division has set September 7 to decide whether it will admit for hearing an appeal filed by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad against his death sentence in a crimes against humanity case linked to the 1971 Liberation War. A bench led by the chief justice issued the order on Monday, August 31. Barrister Ehsan Abdullah Siddik and Barrister Najib Momen represented Azad in court.

Azad filed the appeal on August 10 against the death penalty verdict issued by the International Crimes Tribunal. The tribunal sentenced him to death in absentia on January 21, 2013. The report describes the verdict as the first in a crimes against humanity case 41 years after Bangladesh’s independence. He had faced allegations of crimes against humanity at different locations in Faridpur during the Liberation War.

After remaining absconding for a long period, Azad surrendered before the International Crimes Tribunal on January 21 this year. The report says the president suspended his death sentence for one year on condition that he surrender and file an appeal. The Home Ministry issued a gazette notification on the sentence suspension on October 22, while International Crimes Tribunal-2 directed that necessary case documents be supplied for filing the appeal.

Police arrested four people, including three BNP leaders and a Chhatra Dal leader, in Pirojpur over allegations of demanding extortion money from a contractor working on a power substation project. The detainees include former Kadamtala Union chairman and union BNP president Abdus Salam Sheikh, union Sramik Dal general secretary Raju Sheikh, former president Ashraful, and union Chhatra Dal president Hasib Sheikh.

Pirojpur Sadar police said Salam Sheikh was arrested in Dhaka with assistance from Rapid Action Battalion-10, while the other three were detained from different areas of Pirojpur and handed over to police. Pirojpur Sadar police station officer-in-charge Shariful Islam confirmed the arrests in connection with an extortion case.

According to the case statement, contractor Zakir Hossain began sand-filling work at the under-construction substation in Kadamtala village on August 13. He alleged that Salam Sheikh pressured him to take him as a partner and later demanded one taka for each cubic foot of sand. The complaint says that after Zakir refused, Salam and associates broke about one kilometre of sand-filling pipeline, causing an estimated loss of Tk150,000. The case names six accused and four or five unidentified people.

Farmers in Shobhan area of Faridganj upazila, Chandpur, are turning discarded water hyacinth from the Dakatia River into floating beds for chemical-free vegetable cultivation. The practice has become an income source while supplying consumers with safer vegetables. Farmers grow 15 to 17 varieties, including bottle gourd, pumpkin and red amaranth, and later use the remaining beds as organic fertilizer.

Farmer Sahid Talukdar began experimenting with the method after seeing floating-bed seedlings brought from Barishal by a plant seller three decades ago. More than 100 farmers in Shobhan village now follow the approach, while trainees and farmers from other districts and upazilas visit Faridganj to observe it. Talukdar said he made 60 floating beds this year at a cost of about Tk350,000 and expects earnings of around Tk1 million.

Farmer Abu Taher said creating a one-decimal bed costs about Tk5,000 and can generate Tk10,000 to Tk12,000. Faridganj agriculture officer Kallol Kishore Sarkar said the department has arranged 28 demonstrations and that expanded training and technical support could raise production several times.