At least 25 people were injured in repeated clashes between two groups over local dominance in the Dhuljora Bridge area of Parameshwardi union in Boalmari, Faridpur. The violence began at about 4pm on Sunday, August 30, and continued intermittently until about 10:30pm, spreading to nearby areas. Several injured people received treatment at Boalmari উপজেলা Health Complex and other local hospitals. Police and local residents said the confrontation followed a longstanding dispute between former Parameshwardi union chairman Abdul Mannan Matubbar, who joined BNP from Awami League, and BNP leader Mushfiq Billah Jihad from Khardia village in neighboring Saltha. On August 29, Jihad group member Solaiman Matubbar was allegedly attacked at Moyendia Bazar, and Jihad was also injured after going there. Three seriously injured men—Kabir Mollah, Kamrul Mollah and Lokman Mollah—were sent to Faridpur Medical College Hospital after initial treatment. Police said they brought the situation under control, deployed additional personnel to maintain calm, and were preparing legal action. Leaders of both sides could not be reached, with their phones found switched off.

Bangladesh’s Ministry of Social Welfare has formed a three-member investigation committee over published allegations of corruption and irregularities involving four officials of the Department of Social Services. The allegations appeared recently in several national newspapers and on social media, according to a ministry press release issued on Sunday. The ministry said the committee was established to ensure a fair, impartial and objective examination of the reported allegations. It has instructed the committee to submit a detailed investigation report, including its opinion, within seven working days. In the release, the ministry said the current government maintains a zero-tolerance policy against corruption. It said strict administrative and legal measures have been taken to ensure transparency, accountability and good governance, and that no form of irregularity or corruption will be tolerated. The ministry added that an institution will not bear responsibility for an individual officer’s personal misconduct.

Bangladesh’s parliament saw a dispute on Sunday between the government and opposition over representation on a special constitutional amendment committee and chairmanships of ministry-related standing committees. Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed, Chief Whip Nurul Islam and opposition deputy leader Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher exchanged arguments before parliamentary committees were due to be formed. No new ministry-related committees were formed after the debate, although several committees were reconstituted. The government said the opposition would not receive committee chairmanships unless it nominated members to the constitutional amendment committee. The opposition repeated that it would not join the body and demanded chairmanships in proportion to its 26 percent of parliamentary seats, citing the July Charter. Taher said opposition members had received proportional committee membership but no chairmanship of a ministry-related committee. The 12-member special committee, headed by Salahuddin Ahmed, was formed on July 13 and requested five opposition nominees, but the opposition provided none and walked out during its formation. Deputy Speaker Kaiser Kamal urged both sides to reduce differences through closed-door talks and work together in the national interest.

Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has proposed financial penalties for bowlers and bowling coaches to reduce no-balls in Test cricket. He rejected a suggestion to introduce free hits in Tests, arguing that the measure would further favour batters and disrupt the balance between bat and ball. Gavaskar said the bowler responsible for a no-ball should face a direct deduction from match fees or another financial penalty. The discussion follows frequent no-balls by Indian bowlers, particularly spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Saransh Jain, during a recent Test series against Sri Lanka. India spin-bowling coach Sairaj Bahutule had supported adopting the limited-overs free-hit rule in Tests, saying fear of a free hit would make bowlers more careful about overstepping. Gavaskar instead said bowling coaches should also be held accountable because they are responsible for keeping bowlers on line and correcting mistakes. He proposed that coaches lose 50% of the penalty imposed on the bowler. Calling no-balls by Test spinners an “unforgivable offence,” he said financial consequences would make both players and coaches more vigilant in practice and urged authorities to consider the proposal.

Education Minister Ehsanul Haque Milon said Bangladesh is interested in following China’s strong industry-academia linkage model after a recent visit to China. He made the remarks on Sunday after a meeting titled “Strategic Partnership Between Bangladesh and China in the Education Sector” at the Foreign Ministry conference room. Milon also described China’s education system as highly developed and noted that China provides scholarships to Bangladeshi students. The meeting reviewed the education minister-led delegation’s August 25-29 China visit, which was described as successful and productive. Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman, Prime Minister’s education adviser Dr Mahdi Amin, senior education officials, Chinese Ambassador Yao Wen and the Chinese embassy’s cultural counsellor attended. Officials also discussed simplifying visa procedures for Chinese language teachers coming to Bangladesh; student visa procedures have already been eased. During the visit, both sides signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a China-Bangladesh Vocational Education, Training and Research Centre. Three cooperation platforms were also launched, including vocational teacher training, vocational education research, and Chinese language-plus-skills development centres. A post-visit news conference is scheduled for Monday.

RAB-2 arrested two suspects over the death of schoolteacher Ronjina Parvin, who fell from a rickshaw during an alleged snatching near the South Plaza of the National Parliament Building in Dhaka. The force identified the detainees as Md. Mosharraf Hossain Poni and his associate Cedric, and said it recovered a Yamaha R-15 motorcycle allegedly used in the incident. The arrests were announced on Sunday afternoon at RAB-2 headquarters in Mohammadpur. RAB said intelligence and technology-based information led officers to the East Tejturi Bazar area under Tejgaon police station, where Poni, also known as Para Poni, Cedric and a motorcycle were detained. It said the motorcycle’s owner, Rakib, told investigators the vehicle was in Poni’s custody on the day of the incident. RAB also claimed Ronjina’s husband, Abdul Matin, identified the recovered bike as the one used in the snatching. Questions emerged because CCTV footage showed two people on a blue motorcycle, while the motorcycle pictured by RAB appeared black and white. Poni denied involvement, citing the colour discrepancy. RAB said he was arrested as a suspect, not as the principal accused, and would be questioned with court permission.

Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) has established a modern computer laboratory, named the IT and Career Center, at Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall of Dhaka University. The center was inaugurated at 4pm on Sunday during an event at the hall. It is intended to support students’ academic work, technology skills development, training in skill-development courses and access to e-library services. DUCSU Vice President Sadiq Kayem, Career Development Secretary Md Mazharul Islam, International Secretary Khan Jasim and Executive Member Shahinur Rahman attended the inauguration. Residential teacher Kazi Mainuddin Mahmud, hall union Vice President Muslimur Rahman, General Secretary Ahmed Al Sabah and Assistant General Secretary Mushfiqur Rahman Tajwar were also present. The laboratory was implemented under the overall supervision of Md Mazharul Islam, with cooperation from the Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall Students’ Union. Residential students will be able to take part in technology-based activities alongside their studies. Mazharul Islam said the center will help students use digital resources, participate in online educational activities and receive training through skill-development courses, while also serving as an e-library.

Multiple officials of the International Crimes Tribunal told Amar Desh on Sunday that dismissed army officer Major General Ziaul Ahsan and actor Rokeya Prachy, a former Awami League lawmaker, were involved in the killings of journalists Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi. The pair were killed at their rented home in West Rajabazar, Dhaka, on February 11, 2012. According to prosecution sources, Sagar and Runi had produced a documentary on the BDR killings in Pilkhana before their deaths. The sources alleged that Ahsan and Prachy killed them before its release and seized the material. An official involved in inquiry work said investigators found Ahsan, then head of RAB's intelligence branch, spoke with Prachy more than 20 times around the killing. Investigators reportedly found that two days after the killings, Ahsan sent a trusted aide to collect two pen drives from Prachy containing the documentary. Tribunal prosecutors questioned the aide, who reportedly described the events. A four-member task force led by the PBI chief is now investigating the case after the High Court removed RAB in September 2024. The court last granted the task force another six months on April 26, 2026.

Opposition Deputy Leader Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher said he does not want parliament to return to its “dark history,” citing past incidents including the beating death of a speaker, the killing of Deputy Speaker Shahid Ali and shoe-throwing. He made the remarks on Sunday in the Jatiya Sangsad during discussion on the formation and reconstitution of standing committees. His comments came amid exchanges between government and opposition members over the distribution of chairmanships of parliamentary standing committees. Taher said the opposition was entitled to 26 percent of committee memberships in line with its number of lawmakers and had expected the same 26 percent share of committee chairmanships. He said no opposition member had yet been made chair of any ministry-related parliamentary standing committee. Referring to a phone conversation with the chief whip, Taher denied any agreement that the opposition would receive chairmanships if it joined the constitutional amendment committee. He said his party had made a policy decision not to participate in that committee and opposed imposing conditions or pressure to make it join. He said the prime minister had described it as the people’s parliament and that the opposition’s fair rights should be ensured in a parliament opposed to discrimination.

Rajendra Dawadi, headteacher of Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School in Nepal’s Nuwakot district, halted classes and moved 900 students to higher ground after receiving repeated flood warnings. Within minutes, a powerful flood surge struck the town. Dawadi said a further 10-minute delay could have left neither the students nor staff alive. The school has 1,600 students, and Dawadi received four warnings within minutes, including one from the upstream town of Betrawati. As the evacuation began, he saw a residential building about 100 metres from the river disappear in the floodwaters. Sixteen-year-old student Unisha said she and her friends survived by about 10 seconds as they ran along muddy paths while water and debris engulfed the town. Teachers in other Nepalese areas also evacuated children at the last moment. At least 69 schools were damaged or destroyed, affecting about 19,000 children, Save the Children said. Authorities reported more than 3,700 rescues, 781 deaths and 2,502 people still unreachable, including 592 foreign nationals. USGS said the disaster began Wednesday after a glacier collapse in the Himalayan region near the Nepal-Tibet border.

Bangladesh’s parliament saw a dispute on Sunday over opposition participation in a special committee on constitutional amendment and the allocation of chairmanships of parliamentary standing committees. The governing side said the opposition would not receive committee chairmanships unless it nominated members to the constitutional amendment committee. The opposition reiterated that it would not join the committee and demanded chairmanships in proportion to its parliamentary seats under the July Charter. Chief Whip Nurul Islam said the opposition had appeared willing to join the constitutional committee after discussions with opposition deputy leader Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher. Taher denied that account, saying the two issues should not be linked. He said the opposition had received members’ positions proportionate to its numbers but had not been given ministry-related committee chairmanships, apart from one parliament-related committee. Following the disagreement, no new ministry-related parliamentary committees were formed as scheduled, though several committees were reconstituted. Deputy Speaker Kaiser Kamal urged both sides to work together in the national interest and proposed closed-door talks between senior leaders to resolve differences.

Bangladesh’s National Board of Revenue has transferred 36 additional tax commissioners from the BCS Tax cadre and assigned them to new workplaces. The Internal Resources Division’s Tax Administration-1 branch issued the notification on Sunday, signed by First Secretary Wakil Ahmad. The transfers cover tax zones, tax appeal regions, the Income Tax Intelligence and Investigation Unit, the Tax Inspection Directorate and other offices. The order says any existing additional charge held at the offices receiving the transferred officials will be treated as cancelled. The officers have been instructed to hand over their previous responsibilities and join their new workplaces immediately. Among the changes, Deepak Kumar Chakraborty moved between appeal ranges in Chattogram, while Mohammad Abdullah was shifted from the Tax Inspection Directorate to Dhaka Tax Zone-11. Other postings include Ivana Afroze Sayeed as additional director general at the Tax Inspection Directorate, Farhana Sheikh at the Withholding Tax Management Unit, and Md Enamul Kabir as director of the Dhaka BCS Tax Academy. Transfers also include officials to tax offices in Dhaka, Chattogram, Jashore, Narayanganj, Rangpur, Cumilla, Noakhali, Pabna and other locations.

The Shaheed Abu Sayeed Memorial Community Library has been inaugurated in Jafarpur area of Pirganj, Rangpur, with the stated aim of building a knowledge-based and aware society inspired by the patriotism and sacrifice of Shaheed Abu Sayeed during the July mass uprising. The newly built library was opened on Sunday afternoon. Former education and commerce adviser and PPRC Executive Chairman Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman attended as chief guest and inaugurated the facility. Shaheed Abu Sayeed’s father, Md Makbul Hossain, chaired the event. Dr Rahman said such libraries are needed to keep young people away from drugs and involve them in the pursuit of knowledge. He said libraries in remote areas would expand students’ opportunities to read books and help create an aware generation. Library director Ruhul Amin said the initiative aims to sustain library activities in the remote area so students can study there during their leisure time. Local dignitaries, students from educational institutions and people from different professions attended the programme.

Jamaat-e-Islami central executive council member and Dhaka North amir Mohammad Selim Uddin said his party would not allow even a single vote to be rigged in any future election. Speaking as chief guest at a civic gathering organised by Mohammadpur East Thana Jamaat on Saturday at the Lyceum Conference Centre in Lalmatia, Mohammadpur, he said the party would work to protect voters’ rights. Selim Uddin urged all concerned to remain alert during local government elections and play a responsible role in ensuring voters can cast ballots freely. Referring to past elections, he claimed Jamaat had won 168 seats but that results were changed through “election engineering.” He also claimed remarks by former adviser Rezwana Chowdhury had substantiated the matter. At the event, Dhaka North Jamaat secretary Dr Rezaul Karim said the current government had rejected implementation of the July Charter. He said people would implement the charter letter by letter in upcoming local elections. Karim added that relatives of July’s martyrs seek social change and said the nation would not forgive attempts to establish what he described as neo-fascism.

Bangladesh Bank has created a Tk 20 billion pre-financing fund for the export-oriented frozen food sector, according to a circular issued on Sunday. Funded from the central bank’s own resources, the three-year revolving facility aims to diversify exports, increase foreign-currency earnings, create employment and expand rural economic activity. The maximum interest rate for borrowers will be 7 percent. The fund can finance processing and export-related activities involving frozen shrimp, fish and fish products, as well as other frozen foods. Eligible uses include buying raw materials, expanding and modernising factories, purchasing machinery, building cold storage facilities and restarting closed or partially operating factories. Financing is also available for solar power projects used in production, processing and storage, and for environmental damage mitigation. Participating banks will pay 4 percent interest on pre-financing received from Bangladesh Bank before lending to customers at up to 7 percent. New factories may receive loans for up to seven years, including a one-year grace period, while renovation and modernisation loans may run for up to five years. Exporters with closed or partly closed operations due to working-capital shortages will receive priority, but defaulters and firms using similar ongoing public funds are excluded.