Automatic rifle among arms, ammo seized in Rohingya camps

June 18, 2022

NEWS DESK The Armed Police Battalion seized one United States-made assault rifle, a pistol and a cache of ammunition at Moynarghona Rohingya camp at Ukhia in Cox’s Bazar on Thursday night, June 16, 2022, and arrested two Rohingya men early Friday, June 17, 2022, in connection with the arms. The arrested are Mohammad Hossain, 30, […]Continue Reading

Reports of several casualties during fierce JSS-UPDF gunfights go viral

June 11, 2022

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Reports of massive gunfights between JSS (Santu) and UPDF (Prasit) in Dighinala and Panchhari of Khagrachhari resulting in several casualties have gone viral on social media since Saturday morning. Although neither side has officially acknowledged this, various Facebook IDs, pages and groups run by them have claimed that gunfights between them did Continue Reading

Rohingya leader killed in Cox’s Bazar refugee camp

June 10, 2022

UKHIYA AND TEKNAF CORRESPONDENTS A Rohingya leader has been killed at a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya upazila. Dead Md Azim Uddin (35) was the head majhi (leader) of Block C at Rohingya Camp No 18. He is son of Kamal Uddin, a resident of Block-L/18 of Camp-17. The incident took place at […]Continue Reading

RAB arrests five with 1 lakh pieces of yaba pills in Cox’s Bazar

June 3, 2022

STAFF CORRESPONDENT The Rapid Action Battalion or RAB has arrested five people in possession of 100,000 pieces of yaba tablets during a raid in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila. Tipped off, a team of the RAB-15 arrested them and recovered the drugs while conducting the raid on the east side of Tulatli station in Huaikyong Union […]Continue Reading

BGB recovers 1 lakh pieces of Burmese yaba tablets in Cox’s Bazar

June 3, 2022

STAFF CORRESPONDENT Members of the Border Guard Bangladesh have recovered one lakh pieces of Burmese yaba tablets worth Tk around 3 crore during a raid in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya upazila. Tipped-off, on Friday (June 3), a patrol team of BGB 34 under Balukhali BOP took a position at Rahmat Beel under Palangkhali Union Parishad – […]Continue Reading

BGB seizes drugs and smuggled goods worth Tk 131 crore in May 2022

June 3, 2022

STAFF CORRESPONDENT The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has confiscated various types of smuggled goods, arms and ammunition and drugs worth Tk 131.41 crore by conducting raids in the border areas and elsewhere in the country in May 2022. BGB Public Relations Officer Md. Shariful Islam shared this information with the media. The confiscated drugs include […]Continue Reading

Two held with fake notes worth Tk 10 lakh in Rangamati

May 23, 2022

STAFF CORRESPONDENT, RANGAMATI The Detective Branch (DB) of police has arrested two people in possession of fake notes worth Tk 10 lakh in Rangamati. They were arrested with the fake notes during a raid at a residential hotel named Lake View in the hilly district town on Sunday, May 22, Rangamti DB’s Officer-in-Charge Emdadul Haq […]Continue Reading

33 Malaysia-bound Rohingyas held from St. Martin’s Island

May 19, 2022

TEKNAF CORRESPONDENT Navy personnel have detained 33 Rohingya refugees – 12 women, 20 men and one child – two nautical miles northwest of St. Martin’s Island in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf as they were illegally trying to go to Malaysia around midnight on Thursday (May 19). They all live in different camps in Ukhia and Teknaf. […]Continue Reading

10 drug traffickers held with 3 lakh yaba tablets in Chhera Dwip

May 19, 2022

TEKNAF CORRESPONDENT Navy personnel arrested 10 drug traffickers in possession of 310,000 pieces of yaba tablets at Chhera Dwip in St. Martin’s Island in the Bay of Bengal on Thursday morning (May 19). The arrested were Shahjalal, Elias, Kalamia, Md Rafiq, Mohammad Rahim, Rabiul Islam, Mohammad Ibrahim, Abu Bakkar, Jasim Uddin, Rafiq Uddin. Acting on […]Continue Reading

Man held for raping mentally handicapped ethnic woman in Bandarban

May 16, 2022

Staff Correspondent. Bandarban Police have arrested a 29-year-old man for allegedly raping a mentally handicapped Tripura woman in Bandarban. The arrested Farhad Chowdhury hails from Lemujhiri of Ward No 7 under Bandarban Sadar Union Parishad. He was arrested from Saw Mill area around 7pm on Monday (May 18) while on the way home from the […]Continue Reading