Bangladesh Coast Guard
Bangladesh Coast Guard to be transformed into three-dimensional force: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the government will transform the Bangladesh Coast Guard into a three-dimensional force by inducting new technology and modern equipment
Malaysia-bound trawler capsizes; bodies of 3 Rohingyas recovered, 46 rescued
Bangladesh Coast Guard rescued 39 people, including 35 Rohingyas, in Teknaf of Cox's Bazar in the early hours of today (October 4, 2022) after a trawler capsized in the Bay of Bengal while trying to cross the sea to make an illegally entry to Malaysia.
Turkey Coast Guard chief meets Bangladesh counterpart
Turkey Coast Guard Command Rear Admiral (LH) Ahmet Kendir calls on Director General of Bangladesh Coast Guard Rear Admiral M Ashraful Haq at the latter’s office in the city’s Agargaon area.
Man held with 1600kg baby sharks in Bhola
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard have arrested a youth along with 1600kg baby sharks, an endangered species, in Bhola Sadar upazila.
20 maunds venison seized in Barguna; one held
Coast Guard members arrests a man along with 20 mounds of venison from Baleshwar river in Patharghata upazila in Barguna.
12 held with over one lakh yaba pills in Cox's Bazar
Bangladesh Coast Guard yesterday detained 11 Rohingya men with 100,000 yaba pills from a fishing trawler on the Bay of Bengal in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar.
14 lakh yaba pills seized
Law enforcers, in separate drives, seized 14.40 lakh yaba pills worth about Tk 71 crore and arrested four from Cox's Bazar and Comilla in connection with the seizures.
14 lakh yaba seized from Bay
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard have seized 14 lakh yaba tablets worth about Tk 70 crore from the Bay of Bengal in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila.
5 lakh yaba pills recovered in Cox’s Bazar
Coast guards recover five lakh contraband yaba pills worth around Tk 25 crore in Saint Martin’s Island of Cox’s Bazar.
4 Sundarbans ‘robbers’ killed in ‘gunfight’
Four alleged robbers are killed in what lawmen describe as gunfight during a joint crackdown of Rapid Action Battalion and Bangladesh Coast Guard in the Sarankhola range of the Sundarbans under Bagerhat district.
Coast guard bill passed with provision of death penalty for mutiny
The parliament passes a bill, titled 'Bangladesh Coast Guard, 2016', with a provision for maximum punishment of death sentence for any involvement in mutiny in the force.
Meghna trawler capsize: Search on, no rescue
After a day passed, search is still going strong for the nine missing victims who went down with a trawler that capsized in Chandpur’s Meghna river.
Bill with death penalty provision for mutiny in Coast Guard placed
A bill, titled 'Bangladesh Coast Guard Bill, 2016', is placed in parliament having a provision of maximum punishment of death sentence for involvement in mutiny in the force.
2 held with 6.80 lakh yaba pills in Ctg
A joint team of Department of Narcotics Control (DNC), Chittagong Metro Sub-zone and Bangladesh Coast Guard recover 6.80 lakh pieces of yaba tablets from the outer anchorage of Chittagong port and detained two persons.
3,080kg hilsa seized, 168 fishermen jailed in Ctg
Bangladesh Coast Guard seize 3,080kg hilsa and detain 168 fishermen for netting the fish defying a government ban on hilsa fishing from September 25 to October 9 to protect the fish during the breeding time.
600kg hilsa seized in Bay, 38 jailed
Coast Guard members seize 600kg hilsa fish and detain 38 fishermen for fishing hilsa illegally in the Bay of Bengal.
2 deer rescued, 140kg venison seized in Barguna
Coastguard members rescue two deer and seized 140 kilogrammes venison in Patharghata upazila of Barguna district.
100 fortune seekers rescued in Bay
Bangladesh Coast Guard seizes a Malaysia-bound trawler with over 100 Bangladeshi and Rohingya people near the St. Martin’s south-west channel in the Bay of Bengal.
20 rescued while being trafficked to Malaysia
Bangladesh Coast Guard rescue 20 Bangladeshi fortune seekers from Kutubdia upazila of Cox’s Bazar when they were being trafficked to Malaysia