Several members of the Char Duani Naval Police outpost in Patharghata, Barguna, have been accused of regularly collecting monthly extortion from fishing trawlers and small cargo vessels. A local journalist, posing as a fisherman to investigate the allegations, captured footage on a hidden camera of an ASI taking money from him.
A woman who jumped from a moving ferry into the Padma River was rescued alive three and a half hours later by locals. According to rescuers, she had drifted approximately 30 kilometres downstream, holding onto water hyacinths for life.
A bomb scare spread in Narayanganj's Sonargaon after a locked bag was found lying beside the Dhaka-Chattogram highway. Police, DB, RAB and the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Bomb Disposal Unit conducted an operation for nearly two-and-a-half hours before confirming there was no explosive in the bag. Later, some clothes, a purse, a national ID card and a professional driving licence were recovered from inside.
Students from various educational institutions have staged protests and sit-ins in Barishal, demanding the removal of Dr SM Maniruzzaman Shahin from his post as Civil Surgeon. As part of their protest, they symbolically locked the door of his designated office.
A court in Narayanganj has sentenced an accused to death in the case of murdering a housewife and looting her gold ornaments. The convict, Rubel Mia (35), has also been fined Tk 2 lakh.
A man named Md Iran (40) was beaten to death by an agitated mob in Sitakunda, Chattogram, following allegations that he had burned a youth alive. The mob also set fire to his residence, police said.