Police have arrested two youths in Siddhirganj, Narayanganj, for allegedly selling national flags altered with the 'Kalima' via an online platform. They were later sent to jail by a court under Section 54 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
The government plans to use artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor markets for essential commodities and prevent artificial crises and abnormal price hikes, Industries and Commerce Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir has said.
A rally carrying white and black flags with Kalima inscriptions was held in Pabna city on Thursday, July 3. Alongside religious slogans, protesters voiced opposition to the construction of a Ram temple in Gaibandha and protested the removal of Kalima-inscribed flags from Dhaka's Hanif Flyover.
Police have arrested eight members of a group in East Dhala upazila, Netrokona, on charges of filming obscene videos and circulating them on social media platforms including Facebook. Ten smartphones were seized from them during the operation. Police claim these phones contained over a hundred obscene videos recorded from 2025 until July 2 this year.
Jamaat-e-Islami engages in politics with the aim of establishing a Sharia-based Islamic state, but the people of Bangladesh do not want such a system, Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister and BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said.
A Class X schoolgirl was shot by miscreants in Khulna city on Friday evening, July 3. The attackers arrived on motorcycles, fired at her and fled. She was admitted to Khulna Medical College Hospital in critical condition.