Boat capsizes in Teknaf: 25 Rohingya rescued, many missing including BGB members

Boat capsizes in Teknaf: 25 Several people, including at least one BGB member, are missing after a boat carrying Rohingyas capsized off Shahparir Island in Teknaf. A joint rescue operation by the BGB and local fishermen rescued 25 Rohingya men, women and children alive after the accident early Saturday morning. It is initially believed that the accident occurred when the boat’s bottom burst in the Bay of Bengal adjacent to the western shore of Shahparir Island. The missing BGB member was working at the Shahparir Island BGB border outpost. Teknaf-2…

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Gold bars worth Tk 3 crore recovered at bus in Chuadanga

Gold bars worth Tk 3 crore recovered during search of passenger bus in Chuadanga The BGB has arrested two people after searching a Purbasha Paribahan passenger bus that left Dhaka for Chuadanga and carrying 18 gold bars, 10,190 taka in cash, and 2 mobile phones. The BGB Chuadanga Battalion conducted the operation in Sarojganj area of ​​Sadar Upazila on the Chuadanga-Jhenaidah highway on Tuesday afternoon. The two arrested are Rafiqul Islam (42) of Pirpurkulla village of Karpasdanga union of Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga and Liton Khan (26) of Hossainpur village…

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