Yaba pills, crystal meth worth 26 crore seized in Cox’s Bazar

July 31, 2022

NEWS DESK Members of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have seized crystal methamphetamine and yaba pills worth Tk 25.89 crore during a drive in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar. Acting on a tip-off, Commander of Teknaf Battalion (BGB-2) Lt Col Sheikh Khalid Mohammad Iftekhar said, a team of BGB-2 intercepted a boat in which three […]Continue Reading

Rohingya mother, son held with gold bars in Chattogram

July 30, 2022

NEWS DESK The Rapid Action Battalion, or RAB, has arrested a Rohingya woman and her son in possession of gold ornaments including eight gold bars worth Tk 1.5 crore in Chattogram. The RAB arrested the Rohingya woman and her son in possession of the gold a drive at Jungle Salimpur in Chattogram’s Sitakunda, Lieutenant Colonel […]Continue Reading

Two held with crystal meth, yaba in Cox’s Bazar

July 30, 2022

NEWS DESK Border Guard Bangladesh has claimed to have arrested two men from Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf on charges of smuggling yaba pills and crystal meth from Myanmar to Bangladesh. BGB Battalion-2 conducted a drive on the banks of the Naf River near Hnila BOP of the upazila on Friday, July 29, 2022. During the drive, […]Continue Reading

JSS terrorist killed in gunfight with security forces in Rangamati

July 28, 2022

KAPTAI CORRESPONDENT, RANGAMATI A JSS (core) terrorist was killed in a gunfight with security forces in Rangamati’s Kaptai upazila. The incident took place in the Babita hillock area of Kaptai around 12:30pm on Thursday, 28, 2022. The slain terrorist was identified as Nikhil Kumar Das, 35, an associate of Jana Samhati Samiti (core), or JSS […]Continue Reading

Three Rohingya youths arrested with fake notes in Chattogram

July 27, 2022

NEWS DESK Chattogram’s Kotwali thana police in a drive have arrested three Rohingya youths with fake notes worth Taka 12 thousand from city’s KC Dey road area on Monday, July 25, 2022. The arrested persons were identified as Mohammad Osman, 32, Sayed Alam, 34, and Raihan Uddin, 25, all hailed from Rohingya camp under Ukia  […]Continue Reading

Former leader of Santu-headed JSS faction arrested

July 27, 2022

STAFF CORRESPONDENT, RANGAMATI Police have arrested a former leader of Jana Samhati Samity-Santu (JSS-Santu) in Rangamati town. The arrested was identified as Suman Chakma, son of Ganga Ratan Chakma of Mitingachhari Prakash Indumachera area of Sublang Union in the hill district’s Barkal upazila. Suman Chakma, facing an arrest warrant, was arrested from the Marri Stadium Continue Reading

BGB recovers 2 lakh yaba tablets worth Tk 22 crore in Teknaf; none held

July 25, 2022

NEWS DESK Border Guard Bangladesh, or BGB, has recovered 200,000 pieces of Yaba tablets and 3.221 kg crystal meth (ice) in a special operation in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf. The drugs were recovered around 1:30 pm on Monday (July 25), the BGB-2 said in a media statement on Monday. According to BGB-2 sources, on the basis […]Continue Reading

Three shot after gunfights at Ukhiya Rohingya camp

July 21, 2022

UKHIYA CORRESPONDENT Three Rohingyas are said to have been shot as two rival groups of them engaged in a series of gunfights over taking control of a Ukhiya Rohingya Camp in Cox’s Bazar on Thursday, July 21, 2022. The shot are Md Hossain, 52, head majhi of D-Block, Camp No 4, Md. Pethan, 41, and […]Continue Reading

Rohingyas are not yaba consumers, they’re carriers: Home Minister

July 20, 2022

NEWS DESK Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said police in Chattogram region seized only 34.76 lakh yaba pills in 2016, which increased to 1.2 crore pieces in 2018 and 2.59 crore pieces in 2021. “We noticed that the seizures have gone up notably after the Rohingya influx. The Rohingyas are not consumers of yaba, but […]Continue Reading

262 UPDF men killed by JSS in 24 years, Hill Women’s Federation claims

July 20, 2022

STAFF REPORTER A total of 335 UPDF (United People’s Democratic Front) leaders and supporters have been killed in the last 24 years, the Hill Women’s Federation has claimed. Of them, 262 were killed by JSS-Santu Larma (Jana Samhati Samiti – Santu Larma) alone, Niti Chakma, president of the Federation, said while reading out a statement […]Continue Reading