BNP activists in Alokbali, Narsingdi, held a protest meeting over allegations that members of the “fascist Awami League” and accused persons in murder cases were given posts in a newly formed BNP convening committee. The meeting was held Tuesday afternoon at Alokbali Abdul Mannan Chowdhury High School field and was organised by deprived veteran party leaders and activists.

Former Alokbali Union BNP president Shah Alam Chowdhury chaired the meeting. Speakers included former joint convener Dr Nazrul Islam, Union Parishad members Mizanur Rahman and Hazrat Ali, and Sajal Mia, among other deprived leaders. They alleged that alleged Awami League figures had been included in the new convening committee.

The speakers said leaders and activists who had faced attacks, cases and persecution for supporting BNP had instead been excluded. They expressed concern that veteran activists could again face attacks, cases and persecution if the committee runs the party. They demanded the immediate removal of the alleged Awami League members and murder-case accused, and formation of an Alokbali Union BNP committee with veteran workers. They said they would announce larger programmes if their demands were not met.

At least two Israeli soldiers were killed and seven others injured in an IED explosion inside a building in Majdal Zoun, southern Lebanon, according to Israeli media cited by Lebanon-based Al Mayadeen. The report was published by Amar Desh Online on August 5, 2026, and said several of the wounded were in serious condition.

The explosion occurred inside a building described as containing explosives, the report said. The killed and injured soldiers were members of the Israeli army's 55th Brigade. It also said Israeli forces have been conducting operations in the area of southern Lebanon for an extended period.

Israeli media sources said emergency surgery was underway to save the life of a third injured soldier. Following what was described as a "severe security situation," several people, including seriously wounded individuals, were transferred from southern Lebanon to hospitals in Israel. A helicopter accompanied by three ambulances landed at Rambam Hospital in occupied Haifa, according to the report.

An alleged petrol bomb attack targeted the home of Kapasia Upazila Jubo Dal convenor Faridul Alam Bulbul in Gazipur during the early hours of Tuesday night. Two petrol bombs were reportedly thrown at the residence at about 1am while Bulbul was inside with family members. No one was injured, but the incident caused alarm in the area.

Local sources said one of the devices struck a window grille of the house and exploded with a loud sound, while the other remained in the yard. Family members awoke after the blast and went outside. Bulbul said he saw two petrol bombs resembling Seven Up glass bottles and immediately informed police.

Kapasia police collected evidence from the scene. Additional Superintendent of Police Asaduzzaman and other officers inspected the location on Wednesday morning. Police said an investigation was under way to identify and bring those involved under the law, while urging local residents not to panic. Bulbul has filed a case at Kapasia police station against unidentified people, and BNP leaders demanded a swift investigation and arrests.

Foreign ministers from Arab and Muslim countries agreed to establish a permanent mechanism to document what they described as Israeli aggression in Jerusalem and its holy sites. The decision was announced in a joint statement issued after talks in Amman, Jordan’s capital, on Wednesday. Members of the Arab Ministerial Committee on Jerusalem joined representatives from Turkey, Pakistan, Indonesia and Malaysia in the meeting.

The mechanism will include a dedicated media platform to regularly document violations against worshippers and present them to international organizations and global public opinion. The ministers condemned policies they said sought to alter Jerusalem’s Islamic and Christian identity, calling for immediate international action. They said Israeli measures aimed at changing the city’s legal and demographic status violated international law and were null and void.

The statement criticized incursions at Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, restrictions on Muslim worship, interference with the Waqf administration and excavation work. It reaffirmed East Jerusalem as the future capital of a Palestinian state and supported Jordan’s Hashemite custodianship of Islamic and Christian holy sites. Ministers also called for a joint Organization of Islamic Cooperation and Arab League meeting during the UN General Assembly’s high-level session in September.

Dhaka University has unveiled the foundation stone for a “July Memorial Monument” to preserve memories of the July mass uprising and present its history and sacrifices to younger generations. Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr A B M Obaidul Islam inaugurated the foundation stone at the mall area beside the university’s administrative building at 10:30am on August 5. Families of those killed in the uprising, teachers, officials and student organisation representatives attended.

Earlier, the vice-chancellor hosted a tea gathering for members of the families of those killed. A discussion meeting on the uprising was later held at the Teacher-Student Centre auditorium. The vice-chancellor described the uprising as an unforgettable chapter in the struggle for freedom, democracy and justice, saying its central lesson was building a non-discriminatory, just, humane and democratic state.

The university said it has implemented programmes including the memorial monument, a July Corner, preservation of photographs and graffiti, and tuition-fee waivers for July fighters and injured students. Five relatives of people killed in the uprising received honours at the meeting. Injured students also shared their experiences, while attendees held a special prayer and observed one minute of silence for those killed.

Liberal Democratic Party president Col (retd) Oli Ahmed said Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s own party members do not want him to remain prime minister. He made the remarks on Wednesday as a special guest at an 11-party unity rally at the south gate of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in the capital, marking the second anniversary of the July mass uprising.

Ahmed said conspirators were positioned around the prime minister and urged him to identify alleged brokers within his party. He said Tarique Rahman faced no threat from Ahmed’s side, but could face danger from “brokers” in his own household. Ahmed said he had repeatedly asked the prime minister over recent months not to create divisions or conditions that could begin his downfall.

Referring to attacks in three places in the country the previous day, Ahmed said they showed that people within the party did not want Tarique Rahman as prime minister. He also cited past political ties involving BNP, Jamaat and Awami League, while saying he had not joined Jamaat. Ahmed said those seeking to protect Bangladesh’s independence and sovereignty, build a country free of foreign influence and uphold Islamic values had united.

State Minister for Land and Hill Tracts Affairs Mir Mohammad Helal Uddin said opposition parties do not want to implement the July Charter in practice and merely speak about it publicly. He said the government has taken effective steps to carry out the charter’s reform proposals. Helal made the remarks on Wednesday afternoon at a discussion at Chittagong University’s Faculty of Social Sciences auditorium marking July Mass Uprising Day 2026.

He said all political parties except one signed the National July Charter at the South Plaza of the National Parliament on October 17, 2025. According to Helal, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman MP announced that the charter would be fully implemented, including notes of dissent. He said a 17-member constitutional amendment committee had been formed to advance necessary reforms based on the charter’s proposals.

The committee held its first meeting on August 4 under the home minister’s chairmanship, Helal said. He added that decisions on constitutional reforms would follow discussions with all stakeholders. Seven seats on the committee are held for BNP lawmakers, five for other parliamentary parties and five allocated to Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, he said. Helal alleged Jamaat sought time and later did not submit member names.

Dhaka-12 lawmaker and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami executive council member Saiful Alam Khan Milon called for immediate constitutional reform, saying the prime minister’s plan would not bring liberation for Bangladeshis. Speaking on August 5 at the Institution of Engineers in Ramna, Dhaka, at an event titled “Droh-er July in Memory of the Martyrs,” he urged the government not to attempt to control universities through a “helmet force.”

Milon blamed Jubo Dal, Chhatra Dal and BNP for an incident in which a youth from Habiganj lost an eye. He referred to violence at Jagannath University, Alia Madrasa and Dhaka College, saying the government and Tarique Rahman could not evade responsibility. He alleged the attacks at Jagannath University and Alia Madrasa were planned and that those involved were not students there.

He also accused BNP of failing to follow its own 31-point agenda, including constitutional reform and a two-term limit for a prime minister. Milon said parliament failed from its first sitting by allowing needed rules for constitutional reform to lapse. He raised concerns about delays in the charge sheet in the Hadi murder case and called for reform, rather than amendment, of the constitution’s basic structure.

Authorities recovered materials from Gohailbari Secondary School in Ghoshpur Union of Boalmari, Faridpur, after allegations that items were being sold outside a tender process. Local residents stopped a truck carrying iron bench angles, a large iron window and other materials in the Gohailbari market area on Tuesday evening. Police and upazila administration officials later recovered the goods and returned them to the school.

According to local sources, materials from four abandoned school buildings, including tin, bricks, doors, windows and iron angles, were sold through an open tender on July 6 for Tk316,000. The allegation concerns additional iron bench angles and a large iron window, valued at about Tk30,000, which were allegedly sold separately without a tender. Union Parishad member Delwar Hossain called for a proper investigation and legal action if wrongdoing is established.

Assistant head teacher Nazrul Islam said he does not act without the head teacher's instructions, while acknowledging the sale of iron materials worth about Tk13,000 without a tender. Head teacher Ayub Ali gave no clear explanation. Committee president and assistant commissioner (land) Shibbir Ahmed said officials are investigating those involved and will take action under regulations if responsibility is found.

A 19-year-old college student, Sabbir Sheikh, died after falling into a canal while trying to flee upon seeing patrolling district detective police in Netrokona. The incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon near Harikhali canal in Sadar upazila. Sabbir, son of businessman Nadim Sheikh from the town’s Mechuabazar area, was a twelfth-grade student at Abu Abbas Degree College.

Police said a nine-member DB team, led by Sub-Inspector Rajon Mia of DB West, was travelling by motorcycle on an anti-drug operation. As the team reached Harikhali canal near Amtala Road, Sabbir and several other youths reportedly tried to run away after seeing police from a distance. They jumped into the canal; others swam ashore, but Sabbir sank underwater.

Locals recovered him and DB officers took him to Netrokona 250-bed District Hospital, where a doctor declared him dead. Hospital officials said he was brought in around 4:30 pm. His sister, Purnima Akter, said he could not swim and had no cases against him or involvement in criminal activities. The family demanded an impartial investigation, while police said all aspects of the death are being examined.

A Dhaka court has sent former joint secretary Syed Jaglul Pasha to jail in a case alleging obstruction of former prime minister Khaleda Zia’s attempt to attend a rally and an attempted killing. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Kamal Uddin issued the order on Wednesday afternoon, August 5. The court set Thursday for a hearing on a 10-day remand request filed by the investigating officer, according to prosecution department SI Moktar Hossain.

Dhaka Metropolitan Detective Police arrested Pasha at about 1:30am on August 4 from a residence in the Bhatara police station area. Inspector Anwar Hossain of the DB Police Gulshan zonal team later produced him before the court and sought 10 days of remand. The application said questioning Pasha, listed as accused number 17 in the case, would help uncover the facts and arrest other fugitives.

According to the case source, on December 28, 2013, Pasha, 111 named accused and 250 to 300 unidentified people allegedly stayed outside Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan residence throughout the day with serious weapons. They are accused of assaulting BNP and affiliated organisation activists. The allegations also include placing sand-filled trucks outside the residence to block Zia from attending the rally.

A Dhaka court sent six arrested people, including NDB chairman Momen Mehdi and vice chairman Shanta Farzana, to jail in an anti-terrorism case filed at Shahbagh police station. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Kamal Uddin issued the order on the afternoon of August 5, according to public prosecutor Omar Faruk Faruki.

The other accused sent to jail are NDB vice chairman Dr Nurjahan Nira, joint secretary general Moniruzzaman, organising secretary Aftab Mondal and Hari Sarkar. Shahbagh police sub-inspector Monirul Islam, the investigating officer, sought their detention in jail. Following a hearing, the court rejected bail petitions for four of the accused.

Bail hearings for Shanta Farzana and Momen Mehdi will take place after a decision by the Dhaka Bar Association, as both have multiple lawyers, the report said. No remand was sought, so they were not produced before the main court bench. The complaint names six people and 50 to 60 unidentified others over allegations of an attack near the Press Club on August 4 that injured several people.

Iran and Oman are close to reaching an agreement, with only one or two issues still unresolved, according to a senior Iranian diplomatic source. In comments to Qatar-based Al Jazeera on Wednesday, the source said the outstanding matters did not appear highly complicated. The report was published on August 5, 2026.

The Iranian official said an agreement could be reached by today or tomorrow if there is no harmful interference by another party. The comments indicate that the talks are in their final stage, with negotiations continuing to resolve the remaining differences between Iran and Oman.

The source said the Strait of Hormuz has not been closed because of disagreements between Iran and Oman. Any decision to close or reopen the strait would depend on a US action considered a violation of international law. The source also said Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has no current plan to visit Islamabad, although such a trip could be arranged later depending on progress in the diplomatic process.

An 11-party alliance held a rally and mass procession in Chauddagram, Cumilla, demanding implementation of the referendum verdict and the July charter, as well as justice for the killers of July. The programme took place at Chauddagram Bazar on Wednesday afternoon. Upazila Jamaat Ameer Mahfuzur Rahman chaired the rally, while Secretary Belal Hossain conducted it.

Those present included Cumilla South District Jamaat Ameer Advocate Md Shahjahan, Dhaka Metropolitan North Jamaat Majlish-e-Shura member VP Sahab Uddin, and Labour Welfare Federation central vice-president Mujibur Rahman Bhuiyan. Chauddagram upazila president of Khelafat Majlish Maulana Shahjalal also attended the event.

Other participants included former upazila Jamaat secretary Shah Mizanur Rahman, municipal Jamaat Ameer Maulana Ibrahim, NCP Jubo Shakti central vice-president Sufian Raihan, Chauddagram Upazila NCP joint coordinator Mamun Mojumdar, and Upazila Shibir president Nasim Miahji. Leaders and activists from the 11-party alliance joined the programme, where the alliance pressed its stated demands for implementation and accountability.

Maulana Mufti Abul Qasim Nomani, the rector and Sheikh al-Hadith of Darul Uloom Deoband, will deliver a religious address before Friday prayers at Bangladesh’s national mosque, Baitul Mukarram, on August 7. He will then deliver the Friday khutbah and lead the congregational prayer, according to a statement signed by Islamic Foundation public relations officer Billal Bin Kashem.

The special programme, organised by the Islamic Foundation, will cover faith and creed, piety, deeds and character, self-purification, human values, mutual harmony and social responsibility in light of the Quran and Sunnah. The statement said Nomani will also discuss following Islamic ideals in individual, family and social life.

Nomani is visiting Bangladesh from August 4 to 7 and is participating in religious programmes and exchanging views with local scholars and religious figures. The Islamic Foundation said it expects worshippers to receive guidance through his address, khutbah and leadership of prayers. It called on worshippers and members of the public to arrive at the mosque on time, while directing relevant staff, imams, muezzins and organisers to make necessary preparations.