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

Marma couple beaten bloody by JSS terrorists in Kaptai’s Raikhali

May 13, 2022

KAPTAI CORRESPONDENT A Marma couple has been beaten bloody by an armed group of JSS terrorists in Sitapahar area of Raikhali union in Kaptai upazila of Rangamati. The incident took place at 7 pm on Thursday (May 12). The tribal couple – Chinanjo Marma (38) and her husband Thoichai Marma – are currently undergoing treatment […]Continue Reading

Two Rohingya men absconding in murder case arrested in Teknaf

May 10, 2022

TEKNAF CORRESPONDENT The Armed Police Battalion or APBn has arrested two absconding Rohingya men in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila. Mahmudur Rahman (19) and Syed Alam (28) were arrested at H-block of Nayapara registered camp around 7:00pn on Monday (May 9), of which both of them are residents, according to APBn sources. Both the arrestees had […]Continue Reading

Rohingya man caught trying to swim across border from Myanmar with drugs

May 9, 2022

TEKNAF CORRESPONDENT Border Guard Bangladesh or BGB troopers have arrested a Rohingya man in possession of 60 grams of crystal meth and 10,000 pieces of yaba tablets during a raid in the Naf River in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila. The arrestee has been identified as Md Saker Ali, 22, son of the late Kalu Mia, […]Continue Reading

Bandarban BNP leader abducted

May 7, 2022

Staff Reporter Terrorists have abducted a Bandarban BNP leader as he was returning home after attending an arbitration meeting on Saturday. The abductee, Chaigya Marma, is the general secretary of BNP’s Kuhalang Union Parishad unit. He is also the member for Ward No 1 under the same Union Parishad. He was picked up by a […]Continue Reading