Dhaka: Amid growing political hostility in Bangladesh, a group of people attacked and vandalised the residence of Jatiya Party Chairman G M Quader in Dhaka’s Uttara, drawing strong condemnation. The attack occurred on Monday after around 50 people gathered outside the house carrying a banner reading “Anti-Autocracy General Public” while demanding Quader’s arrest, local media.
Amid mounting concerns over the deteriorating law and order situation in Bangladesh, as many as four incidents of attacks, vandalism and looting were witnessed in Dhaka over the past three days, with most of the incidents reportedly linked to attempts to take over properties.
A Dhaka court sent 27 people to jail after a police raid at the JaSaD office in Gulistan. Police alleged disorder and “Joy Bangla” slogans during the operation.
A 50-year-old Hindu man was found dead inside a drum floating near a sluice gate in Mymensingh, Bangladesh. Police are investigating the suspected murder.
Bangladesh’s Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) with the United States has come in for severe criticism — signed in the last frantic days of an interim government which is a case of mere acceptance of what the Donald Trump administration dictated to the country. Bangladesh signed ART on February 9, 2026, under the outgoing interim.
A rights group has reported 155 child deaths linked to violence in Bangladesh between January and August, while police recorded 15,717 children reported missing from January to July.
Gujarat Police arrested two men in Bihar and Jharkhand in connection with an inter-state network allegedly involved in sending bomb threat e-mails, including a message threatening to blow up the Gujarat Secretariat and other high-profile institutions, officials said on Monday.
Bangladesh has said it wants to reset its relationship with India through bilateral discussions and mutual interests, with State Minister Humayun Kabir describing ties under Sheikh Hasina as uncomfortable.
The Bangladesh government has clarified its position on speculation that Bangladesh Prime Minister Tariq Rahman will visit India for the upcoming BRICS summit.
Berlin: At least 15,917 children were reported missing across Bangladesh between January and July 2026, according to Police Headquarters data, prompting a leading international human rights organisation to raise serious concerns over child safety and security in the South Asian nation. Germany-based International Society for Human Rights (ISHR) said that families filed General Diaries at.
Amid mounting concerns over serious human rights violations across Bangladesh, killings, political violence and attacks on minority communities surged in August, 2026, alongside a rise in violence against women and children.
