A former local leader of Bangladesh’s banned student organisation Chhatra League has died after suffering critical injuries in a fall from the tin roof of a poultry farm in Bhaluka upazila of Mymensingh district. The victim, Zakir Hossain, 32, was a resident of Purura village in Bharadoba Union and the son of Abu Sayed. He […]

Two Rohingya women have been arrested in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar, after members of the Bangladesh Coast Guard recovered 60,000 yaba tablets during a targeted anti-narcotics operation, authorities said. The seizure is one of the latest in a series of efforts by law enforcement agencies to curb the flow of illegal drugs through the country’s south-eastern […]

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has recovered three foreign-made pistols and a substantial cache of high-powered explosives during a special operation in the Barlekha border area of Moulvibazar, in what officials described as a significant success in efforts to curb cross-border smuggling and illegal trafficking. The seizure was made during a late-night intelligence-led operation conducted by […]