Five charges of crimes against humanity have been filed against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina at the International Crimes Tribunal over attempts to suppress the 2024 July Uprising. The prosecution submitted the formal charges and all documents to the office of the tribunal's registrar on Sunday afternoon. If the court accepts the formal charges, it will officially kick off the trial against ousted Awami League chief Hasina at the same court her government set up to try the war criminals of 1971. After conducting an investigation, a report on the case was submitted on May 12, bringing five charges of crimes against humanity against the accused. Several parties, including Jamaat-e-Islami and the National Citizen Party, have been demanding that the trial of Hasina and the Awami League be completed before the elections.

At least 30 people have died in the northeast region of India in the last two days following landslides and flash floods. The incidents occurred in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur and Mizoram, NDTV reports. As many as 60,000 people have been impacted in 12 districts of Assam, reports bdnews24.com. Nine people, including seven members of two families, were killed in flash floods and landslides in Arunachal Pradesh. A total of five people died in landslides following heavy rain that led to floods in six districts of Assam.

At least seven people were killed and 69 injured when a highway bridge collapsed onto railway tracks, derailing an approaching train in Russia's Bryansk region that borders Ukraine, Russian authorities said early on Sunday. Russia's Railways had initially said on the Telegram messaging app that the bridge collapse was the result of an "illegal interference in the operation of transport," but it has since removed the post. Alexander Bogomaz, the governor of the Bryansk region, said on Telegram that 44 people were hospitalised. The train was going from the town of Klimovo to Moscow, Russian Railways said. It collided with the collapsed bridge in the area of a federal highway in the Vygonichskyi district of the Bryansk region, Bogomaz said.

A man died, and eight others are still remain missing after a passenger trawler carrying 39 people capsized in the Meghna River near Dubarchar area, adjacent to Karim Bazar in Hatiya, on Saturday afternoon, due to strong winds and waves. "As of 9 pm, eight people, including Saiful Islam (28), a district council member working at Bhasanchar police station, are still missing," he added. Earlier, the trawler left Bhasanchar Ghat around 2pm for Alibazar Ghat in Hatiya with 39 passengers on board. “After covering nearly eight kilometres, the trawler sank in a short time amid rough weather and strong waves near Dubarchar in the Meghna River,” said Bhasanchar Police Station OC Md Kutub Uddin. When the vessel began to sink, passengers jumped into the river in a last ditch attempt to survive.

East London Mosque has lost £1 million in an investment, prompting the UK’s Charity Commission to issue a formal warning to the mosque's governing trust. Unless the East London Mosque Trust takes corrective action within six months, it risks triggering a full investigation. The East London Mosque, among the largest in Europe, is run by a board of 12 elected trustees, most of whom are of Bangladeshi origin. According to a media statement from the Charity Commission, the company later went bust, wiping out the full investment. The commission found that the mosque trust had not carried out adequate due diligence before making the investment.

Economist Selim Raihan says Bangladesh is mired in deep stagnation across both foreign and domestic investment, and argues that expectations of attracting foreign capital amid ongoing political uncertainty are simply unrealistic. Addressing the broader economic context, Prof Raihan said the lack of private and foreign investment stems from persistent uncertainty. Hoping for large-scale foreign investment under these circumstances is unrealistic.”He called for the budget to reflect concrete strategies to address these challenges and stimulate investment. On taxation, he said foreign investors are wary of Bangladesh’s complex system. “That discrepancy is where foreign investors get hurt.”Prof Raihan believes the political uncertainty may ease once the government outlines a clear path to elections.

All services at the National Institute of Ophthalmology and Hospital (NIOH) are set to remain closed until a “favourable environment is ensured” as doctors and other staff suffer from insecurity. The statement said, “Once a favourable environment is ensured, the highest measures will be taken to resume all medical services. Since Wednesday morning, all kinds of medical services at the hospital have been suspended. “We are also trying to convince them that people are suffering because the hospital is closed. Hospital staff went on a work stoppage on Wednesday morning demanding security after the director was detained and the injured attempted suicide.

Bangladesh and China have signed two memorandums of understanding (MoUs) to form a joint working group for expanding free trade and to enhance cooperation in the field of e-commerce. The agreements were signed in Dhaka on Saturday afternoon by Commerce Advisor Sheikh Bashir Uddin and Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao during a bilateral meeting at a city hotel. The signing was confirmed in a media statement from Bangladesh’s commerce ministry. Wang noted the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Bangladesh and China has passed, with China having implemented several projects that have improved socio-economic development and people’s living standards in Bangladesh. The meeting also discussed plans to strengthen cooperation in trade, investment, and technology between the two countries.

Ukraine resisted US and Russian pressure to commit to attending another round of peace talks on Monday, saying it first needed to see Russian proposals, while a leading US senator warned Moscow it would be "hit hard" by new US sanctions. He did not commit Ukraine to attending on Monday, although he said he and Erdogan did discuss the possibility of organising a four-way meeting with the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the United States. Some Republicans in the US Congress and White House advisers have urged Trump to finally embrace new sanctions on Russia to put pressure on Moscow. Kyiv wants more US military aid, while Moscow hopes Trump will ease existing economic sanctions on Russia. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Russian delegation would be travelling to Istanbul and ready for talks with Ukraine on Monday morning.

Four flights en route to Dhaka from different places have been rerouted and landed at the Shah Amanat International Airport due to inclement weather. These jets touched down in Chattogram between 4:30 pm and 5:30 pm on Saturday. Shah Amanat International Airport spokesperson Mohammad Ibrahim Khalil told bddnews24.com that these jets will depart for Dhaka after the weather improves. Earlier at 4:32 pm, an Air Astra flight from Cox's Bazar also temporarily landed in Chattogram. No flights have left Shah Amanat Airport as of 7:15 pm.

BNP’s Mintoo blames 15 years of graft, political unease for ‘dire’ state of financial sectorBNP's Vice Chairman Abdul Awal Mintoo has blamed political instability and over a decade and a half of institutionalised corruption for what he calls the “dire” state of Bangladesh’s financial sector. He pointed to deep-rooted political interference in banking and a collapse in private investment, describing the sector as paralysed by unchecked looting and policy failure. Mintoo also warned of widening inequality across income, assets, and political access, accusing state institutions of fuelling the divide through discriminatory policymaking. Income, social, wealth, political disparities -- all of these are on the rise,” he said. He also flagged a freeze in economic investment, saying the business community expects clear steps to restart growth.

A passenger trawler has tipped over in the Meghna River of Hatia, an island Upazila in Noakhali, owing to strong winds and waves. Around 33 people have been rescued after the incident, but six are still missing, police said. On Monday afternoon, the trawler set out from Bhasan Char carrying 39 people, including three police officers, an Ansar member, a Rohingya patient, and employees from a private development organisation. Hatia Police Station chief AKM Azmal Huda said the vessel sank near Harni Union’s Dubarchar in the afternoon.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert following heavy rainfall and a sharp rise in water levels of the Teesta River, which flows downstream from Sikkim into northern Bangladesh. Originating from Chhangu Lake in the Himalayan region of Sikkim, the Teesta River flows across the border into Bangladesh through Nilphamari's Kaliganj. Sardar Uday Raihan, the executive engineer at the centre, told bdnews24.com that water levels in rivers across the Sylhet Division are still rising. In Chattogram division, river levels may begin to fall starting tomorrow,” he said. In the Ganges-Padma basin, water levels may rise for five days but are expected to stay below the danger mark.

The Mayflower, which is a hawthorn, blooms at the Doyel Chattar in Dhaka University. Only blooming in May, the flower survives through the whole month. Photo: Abdullah al Momin

A collision between a microbus and a CNG-run autorickshaw left two people dead in Chattogram's Anwara. Two others were injured in the accident that occurred on the Anwara-PAB road in Jhiuri around 8:00 am on Saturday, according to bdnews24.com. Anwara Police Station chief Md Monir Hossain said the collision killed two autorickshaw passengers on the spot. The dead could not be immediately identified. All the victims were passengers on the autorickshaw, Monir said.