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Police recovered the hanging body of a female nursing student from a hostel in the Kalabagan area of the capital on Friday morning. Pinki Biswas, 19, was the daughter of Prafulla Biswas of Jambari village under Wazirpur upazila in Barishal district. Sub-Inspector of Kalabagan Police Station Liza Akhter said police recovered the body around 8:30am after breaking open the door of a room at the hostel on the Crescent Road. She was found hanging from a ceiling fan with a rope tied around her neck. The body was later sent to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue for an autopsy. Pinki was a first-year student at Anwer Khan Modern Nursing College. She shared the room with two other students, who were on leave. The exact cause of the death will be known after the autopsy, Liza added.

A woman died reportedly after jumping from the 7th floor of a Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) building early Friday. The deceased was identified as Riya, 20, a homemaker from Bhadurdangi village under Chartarapur union in Pabna Sadar upazila. According to her family, Riya had been undergoing treatment at ward No. 802 in the DMCH new building for the past five days for various health complications. Her father Latif Mallik said Riya jumped from the building in the early hours. She was immediately taken to the emergency department, where doctors declared her dead around 5:15am. Latif said Riya had been experiencing mental health problems for around 10 days and had been behaving unusually. She was also receiving treatment for mouth sores and other health complications, he said. Riya was married to a Bangladeshi expatriate living in Singapore after completing her Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination, according to her father. He said she had been mentally upset after failing to have any baby since her marriage. DMCH police camp in-charge Inspector Md Faruk said the body was kept at the hospital morgue.

Police have arrested the president of the Barishal district unit of Bangladesh Chhatra Union in connection with a rape case filed by a girl. The accused, Nayan Sarker Joy, was picked up from his rented residence at Kaunia 1st Lane in Barishal city early Friday, said Officer-in-Charge of Kotwali Model Police Station Al Mamun Ul Islam. Joy, son of Narayan Sarker of Barguna district, is a fourth-year student of BM College. The case was filed with the police station on July 28. According to the case statement, the girl alleged that she developed a relationship with Joy in 2024. She claimed that Joy had physical relations with her several times on the promise of marriage but had been avoiding the issue of marriage for the past six months. She further alleged that Joy went into hiding after his family refused to accept her as his wife and that he later shared their private photos on social media. The girl also alleged that he had pressured her in different ways to withdraw the case.

Passengers of the Sagardari Express were left stranded for more than an hour after the train's loco master reportedly left the locomotive during a scheduled stop at Mobarakganj Railway Station in Kaliganj upazila of Jhenaidah on Thursday evening. Station Master Shahjahan Ali said the train arrived at the station at 6:07pm and was scheduled to halt for two minutes. After the train was given clearance to depart, railway staff found the locomotive locked and switched off, while loco master Mahbubur Rahman was nowhere to be found. The train remained stranded at the station for more than an hour, triggering anger among passengers, some of whom staged a protest over the unexpected delay. Following the protest, the station master and other railway staff reportedly left the station temporarily due to security concerns. The loco master returned around 7:15pm, about an hour and seven minutes after the train arrived, and resumed the journey. He declined to speak to journalists about why he had left the train. Train guard Shafiqul Islam said the train left from Khulna and reached Mobarakganj as scheduled. “After the train was given clearance to leave, we found that the loco master left the locomotive. We do not know why he did so,” he said.

Two tourists, including a woman, were killed when their motorcycle plunged into a deep ravine by the Ruma-Boga Lake Road in Ruma upazila of Bandarban early Friday. The deceased were identified as Md Zamir Uddin, 30, from Char Borhanuddin in Bhola, and Rupaiya Akter Rupa, 31, from Gazipur. Police said they could not immediately confirm the nature of the relationship between the duo. The accident occurred in the Pepe Bagan area of the road shortly after 12:00am. On receiving the information, police and members of a local tourist guide group went to the spot and recovered the bodies from the gorge. The bodies were later sent to the morgue of Bandarban Sadar Hospital for autopsy. Bandarban Superintendent of Police Md Ohabul Islam Khandaker said the two tourists went to the area without hiring a local guide. He said they were investigating the circumstances surrounding the accident.

At least three people were killed and 17 others injured after a bus collided with a truck in Madhupur upazila of Tangail on Thursday night. Two of the deceased were identified as Setu Akter, 22, and Tajbir, 8. The accident occurred in the Raktipara area on the Tangail-Mymensingh road. Police and Madhupur Fire Service officials said a Crown Deluxe Paribahan bus was travelling towards Madarganj when it collided with a sand-laden truck heading towards Tangail around 10:00pm. Three passengers died on the spot, while at least 17 others were injured. On information, Fire Service personnel rushed to the scene, recovered the bodies and rescued the injured. Officer-in-Charge of Madhupur Police Station AKM Fazlul Haque said the bodies would be handed over to the families on the completion of legal procedures.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has seized a foreign pistol, seven bullets and a large quantity of foreign cigarettes during a special operation at Majhipara in Baghaichhari upazila of Rangamati. BGB said the Marissha Battalion (27 BGB) received information that a consignment of Yaba and foreign cigarettes would be smuggled into Bangladesh through the Majhipara area along the border road on Thursday night. Following the tip-off, a BGB team, led by Battalion Commander Lt Col Zahidul Islam Zahid and Assistant Director Mohammad Hafizur Rahman, conducted a special operation in the 16-kilometre area of the border road. Around 10:15pm, BGB personnel challenged two unidentified individuals carrying bags in the area. However, the suspects fled into the nearby hills, leaving the bags behind. A subsequent search of the area led to the recovery of an abandoned 7.62mm Chinese pistol, seven rounds of live ammunition and 10 cartons of foreign-brand Patron cigarettes. Lt Col Zahid said BGB has been conducting regular intelligence surveillance and patrols to curb smuggling along the border. "Although smugglers continue to adopt different tactics, BGB remains vigilant and is carrying out its duties with professionalism to prevent such activities," he said. He added that intelligence gathering and anti-smuggling operations along the border will be further strengthened.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 433 people in its regular anti-crime drives across the capital over the past 24 hours until Friday morning. Of them, 27 were arrested by the Ramna Division, 24 by Lalbagh Division, 36 by Wari Division, 96 by Motijheel Division, 38 by Tejgaon Division, 122 by Mirpur Division, 38 by Gulshan Division, 49 by Uttara Division, and by the Detective Branch (DB). Twenty-seven cases were filed during the same period, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Media and Public Relations) Niaz Mehedi said on Friday morning. Police also recovered 24.1 kg of cannabis, 940 Yaba pills, 30 mobile phones, three knives, one electric shock device, three abandoned bullets, a human hauler and one motorcycle. One victim was also rescued during this period. Further legal proceedings against the arrested people are underway, he said.

The Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) has now filed a complaint with police against 10 named leaders and activists of the National Citizen Party (NCP), including its Chief Coordinator Nasiruddin Patwary and Chief Organiser (Northern Region) Sarjis Alam, accusing them of theft, assault and causing injuries Iqbal Hossain Rokon, joint convener of district unit JCD, filed the complaint, which also names 40 to 50 unidentified people, with Habiganj Sadar Police Station on Thursday night, said its Officer-in-Charge (OC) Zahidul Haque. He said police will take further action after investigating the allegations. Earlier, on Wednesday, a complaint was filed by Chhatra Shakti district unit Convener Tanmoy Taher Rubel against JCD leaders and activists at the Kamaichhara Police Camp in Bahubal upazila over the attack on the NCP leaders and activists in Habiganj. The complaint was recorded as a regular case at the Sadar Police Station on Thursday night against 11 named and 100 unnamed leaders and activists of the JCD. The accused include district JCD President Rajib Ahmed Ringon, Brindaban Govt College unit General Secretary Ashraful Islam Riaz, and organisation leaders Asikul Islam Imon, Mozakker Hossain Imon, Shimul, Saimon, Mahfuz, Ishtiaq Sabbir, Nazmul and Roxy. On Tuesday evening, an NCP convoy carrying Nasiruddin Patwary and Sarjis Alam came under attack when they were returning after attending a rally in Habiganj, marking the July mass uprising. During the attack, one of the vehicles was vandalised, and at least 15 leaders and activists were injured.

Police have arrested a man and his daughter-in-law with 740 bottles of Phensedyl syrup during a raid on Bagichapara of Durgapur municipality in Netrokona. The arrestees were identified as Shafiqul Islam and his daughter-in-law Nazmun Nahar Khanam of the area. Khandaker Shaker Ahmed, officer-in-charge (OC) of Durgapur Police Station, said police conducted a drive at their house on Thursday afternoon. During the operation, law enforcers recovered around 740 bottles of Phensedyl, a contraband Indian syrup, with an estimated street value of Tk 29.60 lakh. Police said the suspected owner of the drugs, Abdul Jalil Akond, who is Nazmun Nahar's husband and Shafiqul Islam's son, managed to flee before the raid. A drive is underway to arrest him, the OC added.