“As a result of the clashes, at the time of this report, on the foreign side, four attackers were killed and six others were injured,” the ministry said, adding that the injured were evacuated and received medical assistance. In its second statement, the ministry released the names of seven people who were on board the […]
The Indian border stretches for 271 km through Jhenaidah, Jashore and Chuadanga districts. Law enforcers said gold is smuggled in various ways, such as hidden inside vehicles, inside the stomach or anus, tied to the body or kept inside the insoles of sandals or shoes. The Chuadanga battalion of 6 BGB and Maheshpur battalion of […]
Speaking about the allegations, Akhtaruzzaman's brother and Kotchandpur Municipality mayor Shahiduzzaman told Prothom Alo that it was hard for him to believe the allegations made against his brother. He said, “Investigation is going on in Akhtaruzzaman's case. Based on whatever comes out in the investigation, he will have to face trial according to the law […]
National Security Intelligence, Customs Intelligence and Airport Customs collaborated to intercept a large quantity of gold at the MAG Osmani International Airport in Sylhet. Now nine passengers are under suspicion for smuggling gold from Dubai. The gold was seized on Friday morning. However, customs officials have indicated that the exact quantity of gold seized is […]
Earlier, in June last year, a pickup truck carrying 3,000 kg or 75 maunds of Muriate of Potash fertilizer was seized during a smuggling attempt in Bijaynagar upazila of Brahmanbaria. The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) had recovered 1,200 bags of DAP fertilizer being smuggled from Natore in January last year. RAB detained six transport workers […]
Bangladesh also officially imports gold. Bangladesh Bank has issued license to around 19 agencies as gold dealers. However, the quantity of gold imported by these agencies is very less. According to the National Board of Revenue (NBR), seven licensed gold importing agencies have so far imported a total of 139.46 kg of gold bars at […]
He told that the market value of the seized goods is around Rs 15 lakh. Articles seized from Ismail Hussain, Zaker Ullah, Nazrul Islam, Mohd Forqan, Abdullah Al Farooq, Zahidul Islam Nayan, Mohd Hussain, Helal Uddin, Abu Sufiyan, Mohd Hasan Mehmood, Shaheedul Islam, Mohd Ayat Ullah and Mohd Amran Hussain . According to the Airport […]
In Manikganj’s Saturiya police station, a gold smuggling kingpin beat up a young man, who is being claimed to be a gold carrier. But the district police said the youth was picked up on the request of a very important person (VIP). However, they were completely unaware that the VIP had called them to help […]