Police Headquarters has warned the public about fraudsters using the names and photographs of senior and responsible officials from police and other government offices. In a press release issued Tuesday, July 28, 2026, AIG for Media and PR A H M Shahadat Hossain said complaints had been received about scam groups sending social-media messages seeking money and requesting various forms of intervention.

The release said the groups are both taking money through such activities and damaging the reputation of government institutions and responsible officials. Police stressed that a social-media account displaying a government official’s photograph does not confirm that the associated mobile number belongs to that person. The public was urged not to respond to such messages.

Recipients of suspected scam messages may contact the national emergency service at 999, as well as the Cyber Police Center, CID, and the Detective Branch at DMP headquarters. Police said they remain highly alert to the activities of scam groups and are committed to taking appropriate legal action against anyone involved in such fraud.

A Chattogram court has sentenced Md Al Amin, 44, to death for the killing of seven-year-old Mahfuz in the city’s Halishahar Toll Road area. The Second Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge of Chattogram, Nishaduzzaman, delivered the verdict on Tuesday after a judicial process lasting nine years. Mahfuz was allegedly strangled to death with a gamcha.

Court bench assistant Md Shahidul Islam said the sentence was imposed under section 302 of the Penal Code on the basis of testimony and evidence from 12 witnesses. The court also fined Al Amin Tk25,000. Mahfuz was a first-grade student at Halishahar Housing Estate Government Primary School. Al Amin was identified as the son of the late Jinnat Ali of Karpasha Putihara in Nikli, Kishoreganj.

Investigators found that Al Amin suspected Mahbub over his wife, while the two had previously fought over unpaid money. The investigation said Al Amin killed Mahbub’s child in retaliation for that dispute. For concealing evidence and removing the body, the court imposed seven years of rigorous imprisonment and a Tk5,000 fine. Failure to pay that fine carries an additional two months of simple imprisonment. The child’s father filed the murder case with Halishahar police, and trial proceedings began after charges were framed on April 27, 2017.

Bangladesh’s Civil Aviation Authority, CAAB, has temporarily suspended approvals for additional scheduled international passenger flights at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka because of rising aircraft and passenger pressure. The decision, reported on July 28, 2026, will remain in force until Terminal 3 becomes fully operational. CAAB has sent a letter on the matter to 38 airlines.

The airport currently handles an average of about 316 aircraft movements daily, including 140 to 160 international passenger flights, 125 to 140 domestic flights and 10 to 16 international cargo flights. Private helicopters also operate there. The volume has placed severe pressure on the runway, taxiway, terminal, aerobridges, check-in counters, immigration and baggage handling systems. During peak periods, simultaneous international arrivals have caused long queues, passenger congestion and service delays.

The restriction will be strictly applied to foreign passenger airlines without their own operational base in Bangladesh. Previously allocated slots will not be considered operational approval. Airlines seeking additional scheduled flights may apply to operate through Hazrat শাহ Amanat International Airport in Chattogram or Osmani International Airport in Sylhet. CAAB said the restriction would be lifted when Terminal 3 opens fully and capacity increases.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has sought assistance from Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to address the country’s ongoing gas crisis. The two leaders spoke by telephone at 2pm Bangladesh time on Tuesday, according to State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Anindya Islam Amit, who briefed reporters at the Secretariat.

Amit said Bangladesh is unable to supply gas in line with demand and that the request for Malaysian support aims to narrow the gap between demand and supply. He said the government was working intensively to resolve the problem because of its responsibility to the public, even though the floating LNG terminal used to regasify imported LNG is a privately managed facility.

The prime minister had written to Anwar Ibrahim on Monday about the issue, and Education Adviser Mahdi Amin, who is visiting Malaysia, handed over the letter in Kuala Lumpur. Anwar said he would quickly consult his team and relevant ministries on possible assistance and inform Rahman. Amit said the energy ministry, Petrobangla and RPGCL were working around the clock, while Rahman remained in contact over developments.

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami expressed deep grief over the deaths of six Bangladeshi citizens from Narayanganj in a major fire at a shop in Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. The fire occurred at about 3 a.m. local time on Tuesday. In a statement sent to the media on July 28, 2026, the party’s assistant secretary general and central publicity and media secretary, Advocate Ehsanul Mahbub Zubair, conveyed the condolences.

Zubair said the deaths of six expatriate Bangladeshis who had gone to South Africa in search of livelihoods were heartbreaking and painful. He said it was difficult to bear the grief of people dying in a fire while living far from home for work. He prayed for forgiveness for the deceased and expressed deep sympathy for their bereaved families.

He also prayed for the deceased to receive the status of martyrs and for their relatives to be given strength to endure the loss. Zubair wished a speedy and full recovery for another expatriate who was seriously injured and receiving treatment. He urged the Bangladesh government to take necessary diplomatic and administrative measures to return the bodies promptly, ensure proper treatment for the injured person, and provide financial assistance to affected families.

Bangladesh plans to introduce an artificial intelligence-based data analysis system to keep supplies of essential and sensitive goods stable, Commerce Minister Khandaker Abdul Muqtadir said on Tuesday. He announced the initiative while speaking as chief guest at an e-commerce implementation meeting at the Commerce Ministry conference room. Ministry Secretary Md Ataur Rahman Khan chaired the meeting.

The minister said ministries and agencies dealing with agriculture, food, industry and other sectors need an integrated management system to assess domestic production, import dependence and products supplied through a mix of local output and imports. He identified supply shortages as a frequent cause of price increases and said authorities must prepare in advance when production or import sources face problems, so abrupt shortages do not destabilize markets.

The proposed platform would analyze 10 years of market, production, import-export and international market data to support faster decisions. It is expected to identify possible shortages, favorable import sources, exporters’ capacity and advantageous purchasing periods. The Commerce Ministry said it would work jointly with relevant ministries and agencies, building a database from government information as well as international open-source and subscription-based sources.

The bodies of two Bangladeshi brothers, Fayez Ahmed Sajib, 29, and Farhad Hossain Sujon, 21, who were killed in a road crash in Saudi Arabia, were buried in their home village of Ganipur in Chandraganj, Lakshmipur. Their funeral prayers were held at Kamarhat Mosque field on Tuesday morning before they were laid side by side in the family graveyard.

The brothers were sons of Abdul Malek of Khalifar Bari in Ganipur village. According to family sources, Sajib had run a date business in the Dammam area of Saudi Arabia for a long time. Earlier this year, he took his younger brother Sujon to Saudi Arabia to help with the business.

On the night of July 15, their date-laden pickup lost control while returning from a garden and struck a truck-lorry parked beside the road. Both brothers died at the scene. After legal procedures were completed, their bodies were sent to Bangladesh on Monday night. Relatives, local residents, representatives and worshippers attended the funeral. Sajib is survived by his wife and a two-year-old son, while the family has lost two earning members.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman held a courtesy meeting with Uno Yoshimasa, special adviser to Japan’s prime minister, at the Prime Minister’s Office in the Secretariat on Tuesday, July 28. The talks focused on strengthening the Bangladesh-Japan strategic partnership and taking bilateral relations to a new level.

Rahman sought more active Japanese cooperation in human-resource development, skills enhancement and other sectors. He urged the Japanese delegation to pursue recruitment of skilled Bangladeshi health workers, agricultural labourers and drivers through Japanese-language proficiency. He also called for increased investment by Japanese companies in Bangladesh and stressed joint work to expand trade and economic cooperation.

The prime minister said the government would provide full support if Japan showed interest in establishing another industrial park similar to the one in Araihazar, Narayanganj. Participants also discussed the planned December 16 opening of the third terminal at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, progress on the ongoing Mass Rapid Transit project and other infrastructure cooperation. Ministers, advisers, Japanese aviation officials and Japan’s ambassador to Bangladesh attended the meeting.

Looting and arson were reported in Akbarnagar village in Bhairab, Kishoreganj, after a clash between residents of two villages over the name of a market left two people dead. Local residents said 50 to 60 homes were looted and set on fire from Tuesday morning. They said Akbarnagar residents fled their homes on Monday after the violence, fearing cases, and people from the opposing side later targeted the empty houses.

Bhairab police station officer-in-charge Limon Bose said police went to the scene and brought the situation under control after receiving reports that some overenthusiastic people were setting fire to debris from homes damaged during the previous day's vandalism. Monday's clash, which lasted from morning until 2 p.m., killed Masud Mia and Hiron Mia of Mirarchar village and injured more than 50 people.

Police and local sources said tensions had long persisted over whether a bus stand market between Akbarnagar and Mirarchar in Kalikaprasad union would be named Akbarnagar or Mirarchar. A 10-member committee was formed at a Sunday meeting to find a solution within three days, but both sides clashed the next morning. No case had yet been filed over the deaths, police said.

A 10-month-old girl, Arisha Jannat, was killed after an elephant struck and overturned a battery-powered autorickshaw in the Atrashi area of Sadarpur upazila in Faridpur. The incident occurred at about noon on Tuesday. Several other passengers were injured. Arisha was the daughter of Sajib Molla of Gulbandi village in Bhanga upazila.

Family sources said Arisha and her mother were travelling to Sadarpur Hospital for medical consultation when the elephant hit the vehicle. The autorickshaw overturned, leaving the mother and child trapped beneath it. Local residents rescued them and took them first to Bishwa Zaker Manjil General Hospital. Arisha died while being taken to Faridpur Medical College Hospital.

According to the report, a man named Bakul was collecting money from vehicles on the road with the elephant at the time. Angry residents beat the elephant’s owner, Bakul Mia, and detained the animal. Police from Sadarpur police station later took Bakul Mia into custody. Second Officer Mokhlesur Rahman said the child’s family had not yet filed a written complaint.

Zinedine Zidane has been appointed head coach of France’s national football team, the French Football Federation confirmed in social and official statements. The 54-year-old former France player and Real Madrid coach has signed a contract running through 2030, beginning a new chapter for French football.

Zidane succeeds Didier Deschamps, who left after France were eliminated by Spain in the 2026 World Cup semi-finals. French media had identified Zidane as a likely successor following Deschamps’ departure, and the federation has now formally handed the French dugout to the former national-team star.

As a player, Zidane won the World Cup with France in 1998. His coaching record at Real Madrid includes three consecutive UEFA Champions League titles. He had remained away from coaching since leaving Real Madrid in 2021, making this appointment his return after a five-year break. His stated focus is to rebuild France under a long-term plan and pursue new trophies through 2030.

Police arrested BNP leader Billal Hossain Sani in Tongi, Gazipur, in a case alleging intimidation and extortion near the Pagaar Faiza Button and Zipper Limited factory area. Officers detained Sani, 45, during a raid in Tongi's Mirashpara area around midnight on Tuesday. He is the organisational secretary of Tongi East police station BNP.

Police said the case was filed over allegations that more than 100 motorcycles, along with locally made weapons, were used in a display in Pagaar on the afternoon of June 28, creating fear and involving extortion. Investigators identified Sani after reviewing CCTV footage, police said, before conducting the Mirashpara operation.

The report said Sani's followers attacked journalists in the presence of police when they tried to record video as he was being taken from the police station to court. Tongi East police station BNP president Sarkar Javed Ahmed Sumon expressed regret over the unwanted incident. Officer-in-Charge Md Mehedi Hasan said Sani had been sent to a Gazipur court and that operations were continuing to arrest the remaining accused.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, BNP chairman and chief patron of Amra BNP Poribar, sent a gift for Saifa Nur Subha, the newborn daughter of injured July fighter Md Sujon. On July 28, an Amra BNP Poribar delegation visited Sujon’s home in Keraniganj, Dhaka, met his family and delivered the gift on the prime minister’s behalf.

The delegation was led by Engineer Ashraf Uddin Bakul, member of parliament for Narsingdi-5 and an adviser to the organisation. It included Advocate Nipun Roy Chowdhury, general secretary of Dhaka district BNP and a reserved-seat member of parliament, and Krishibid Mokhchedul Momin Mithun, member secretary of Amra BNP Poribar.

Delegation members inquired about the condition of newborn Saifa Nur Subha, as well as Sujon’s physical health and his family’s overall situation. Sujon was injured during the student-public uprising of 2024, according to the report. Other organisation members and local BNP leaders and activists were also present during the visit.

The National Citizen Party (NCP) has suspended its pre-scheduled July marches in Kushtia’s Bheramara and Kumarkhali upazilas. NCP central organiser for the southern region Nayon Ahmmed confirmed the decision on Tuesday, July 28, saying the suspension was made centrally because of unavoidable reasons.

The cancelled events were part of the NCP’s “July March 2026,” organised under demands for implementation of a referendum, employment and border security. The party has been holding the 36-day programme since July 6 to mark the second anniversary of the July mass uprising.

In Kushtia, the march in Bheramara had been scheduled for 3pm on Tuesday, while the Kumarkhali event was set for 6pm. Neither programme will take place at its planned time. The NCP said a new schedule for the suspended marches in the two upazilas would be announced later.

Japan issued a tsunami warning after a powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck the southwestern island of Kyushu on Tuesday. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake hit at 4:27 p.m. local time and reached a maximum intensity of 7 on Japan’s Shindo seismic scale. About 45,000 households and facilities in the Kumamoto area lost electricity, according to local utility Kyushu Electric Power.

The meteorological agency said tsunami waves could reach up to one metre. Public broadcaster NHK reported that waves of that height may already have struck. About half an hour after the earthquake, an NHK local reporter said shaking was still continuing and was so strong in the newsroom that it was difficult to remain standing.

Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority said no immediate abnormalities had been detected at nuclear power plants. Kyushu Electric Power said three operating nuclear reactors in the region were functioning normally during the quake. The NHK reporter urged people to remain alert for possible further tremors after describing the initial shaking as too intense to stand through.