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Ex-BGB DG Mainul barred from travelling abroad
Former director general of the Border Guard Bangladesh, then known as Bangladesh Rifles, retired lieutenant general Md Mainul Islam, was barred at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport while attempting to travel abroad.
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Ex-BGB DG Mainul barred from travelling abroad
Staff Correspondent 24 December, 2024, 21:13
Md Mainul Islam | Collected photo
Former director general of the Border Guard Bangladesh, then known as Bangladesh Rifles, retired lieutenant general Md Mainul Islam, was barred at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport while attempting to travel abroad.
Confirming the matter, Special Branch chief additional Golam Rasul said that the immigration police barred him at about 5:00pm on Tuesday as he was preparing to travel abroad.
The SB chief, however, could not confirm where Mainul’s destination was.
‘He has been instructed to assist the newly formed commission with necessary information about the 2009 BDR carnage. He has also been asked not to leave the country until the investigation is completed,’ he said.
Earlier on December 23, adviser to the home affairs ministry, retired lieutenant general Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said that the government formed a seven-member commission on reinvestigating the 2009 BDR carnage.
Mainul Islam was appointed as the director general of the then Bangladesh Rifles within 48 hours of the BDR mutiny on February 25-26 in 2009. He served there till May in 2010.
On February 25–26, 2009, in a mutiny 57 military officers, including the chief of the BDR Major General Shakil Ahmed, and 17 civilians were killed at the then BDR headquarters at Pilkhana in Dhaka city.
Bangladesh Rifles was officially renamed as the Border Guard Bangladesh in January 2011.
Mainul Islam is the brother of Mohammad Atiqul Islam, former mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation, who was arrested in capital’s Mohakhali DOHS area on October 16.
Staff Correspondent 24 December, 2024, 21:13
Md Mainul Islam | Collected photo
Former director general of the Border Guard Bangladesh, then known as Bangladesh Rifles, retired lieutenant general Md Mainul Islam, was barred at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport while attempting to travel abroad.
Confirming the matter, Special Branch chief additional Golam Rasul said that the immigration police barred him at about 5:00pm on Tuesday as he was preparing to travel abroad.
The SB chief, however, could not confirm where Mainul’s destination was.
‘He has been instructed to assist the newly formed commission with necessary information about the 2009 BDR carnage. He has also been asked not to leave the country until the investigation is completed,’ he said.
Earlier on December 23, adviser to the home affairs ministry, retired lieutenant general Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said that the government formed a seven-member commission on reinvestigating the 2009 BDR carnage.
Mainul Islam was appointed as the director general of the then Bangladesh Rifles within 48 hours of the BDR mutiny on February 25-26 in 2009. He served there till May in 2010.
On February 25–26, 2009, in a mutiny 57 military officers, including the chief of the BDR Major General Shakil Ahmed, and 17 civilians were killed at the then BDR headquarters at Pilkhana in Dhaka city.
Bangladesh Rifles was officially renamed as the Border Guard Bangladesh in January 2011.
Mainul Islam is the brother of Mohammad Atiqul Islam, former mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation, who was arrested in capital’s Mohakhali DOHS area on October 16.
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BGB seizes smuggled goods worth over Tk 2,184cr last year
The goods smuggled from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024 include gold, bronze, sarees, cosmetics, sugar, cigarette, and drugs, said a press release of the BGB
BGB seizes smuggled goods worth over Tk 2,184cr last year
The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has seized a huge number of smuggled goods worth over Tk 2,184.28 crore from different frontiers and parts of the country in the last year.
The goods smuggled from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024 include gold, bronze, sarees, cosmetics, sugar, cigarette, and drugs, said a press release of the BGB.
During this period, the BGB arrested 2,088 people over their alleged involvement in smuggling of those goods.
Legal actions have been taken against them.
The seized contraband items include 131.424kg gold, 137.289kg silver, 2,14,805 sarees, 3,322,361 cosmetic items, 61,144 pieces of imitation jewellery, 17 touchstone-made statues, 14.81kg of snake venom, 8.398kg of whale vomit (ambergris), 38.4kg of turtle bones, 2,51,64,507 pieces of fireworks, 207 trucks and covered vans, 8 buses, 47 private cars and microbuses, 91 pickups, 873 motorcycles, and 235 bicycles.
The weapons recovered during the same period included 38 pistols, 5 SMGs, 18 grenades, 8 rifles, 6 revolvers, 52 guns, 8,859 rounds of ammunition, 45 magazines, 4 mortar shells, 41 cocktails, 10.44kg of gun powder, and 233 blank cartridges.
The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has seized a huge number of smuggled goods worth over Tk 2,184.28 crore from different frontiers and parts of the country in the last year.
The goods smuggled from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024 include gold, bronze, sarees, cosmetics, sugar, cigarette, and drugs, said a press release of the BGB.
During this period, the BGB arrested 2,088 people over their alleged involvement in smuggling of those goods.
Legal actions have been taken against them.
The seized contraband items include 131.424kg gold, 137.289kg silver, 2,14,805 sarees, 3,322,361 cosmetic items, 61,144 pieces of imitation jewellery, 17 touchstone-made statues, 14.81kg of snake venom, 8.398kg of whale vomit (ambergris), 38.4kg of turtle bones, 2,51,64,507 pieces of fireworks, 207 trucks and covered vans, 8 buses, 47 private cars and microbuses, 91 pickups, 873 motorcycles, and 235 bicycles.
The weapons recovered during the same period included 38 pistols, 5 SMGs, 18 grenades, 8 rifles, 6 revolvers, 52 guns, 8,859 rounds of ammunition, 45 magazines, 4 mortar shells, 41 cocktails, 10.44kg of gun powder, and 233 blank cartridges.
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BGB seizes smuggled goods worth Tk 1.33 billion in May
The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized various types of smuggled goods worth over Tk 1.33 billion in the border areas and other places of the country in May last, said an official release of the paramilitary force. The seized weapons include two domestic pistols, five foreign pistols, two 9mm pi
BGB seizes smuggled goods worth Tk 1.33 billion in May
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Jun 16, 2025 16:48
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Jun 16, 2025 16:48
The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized various types of smuggled goods worth over Tk 1.33 billion in the border areas and other places of the country in May last, said an official release of the paramilitary force.
The seized weapons include two domestic pistols, five foreign pistols, two 9mm pistols, two shot/pipe guns, five magazines, four crude bombs, 24 bullets and one hand grenade.
A huge quantity of narcotics was also seized by the BGB last month.
In the border operation, BGB arrested 145 smugglers and 715 Bangladeshi citizens and 10 Indian citizens for illegally crossing the border. Legal action was taken against the detainees.
In addition, 390 Myanmar citizens who tried to enter Bangladesh were sent back to their country.
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Jun 16, 2025 16:48
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Jun 16, 2025 16:48
The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized various types of smuggled goods worth over Tk 1.33 billion in the border areas and other places of the country in May last, said an official release of the paramilitary force.
The seized weapons include two domestic pistols, five foreign pistols, two 9mm pistols, two shot/pipe guns, five magazines, four crude bombs, 24 bullets and one hand grenade.
A huge quantity of narcotics was also seized by the BGB last month.
In the border operation, BGB arrested 145 smugglers and 715 Bangladeshi citizens and 10 Indian citizens for illegally crossing the border. Legal action was taken against the detainees.
In addition, 390 Myanmar citizens who tried to enter Bangladesh were sent back to their country.
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BGB seizes gold worth Tk 4.56cr, arrests 2 in Jashore
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested two alleged smugglers with 23 gold bars worth approximately Tk 4.56 crore in Jashore early today..The arrestees are Ariful Islam, 30, and Mehedi Hasan, 25. .The two were detained from the Muradgang Bazar area of Jashore Sadar upazila, according
BGB seizes gold worth Tk 4.56cr, arrests 2 in Jashore
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Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested two alleged smugglers with 23 gold bars worth approximately Tk 4.56 crore in Jashore early today.
The arrestees are Ariful Islam, 30, and Mehedi Hasan, 25.
The two were detained from the Muradgang Bazar area of Jashore Sadar upazila, according to BGB.
Lt Col Saifullah Siddiqui, commanding officer of BGB-49 Battalion, said based on a tip-off regarding an attempted gold smuggling operation via the Jashore–Moheshpur route to India, the two were apprehended.
A team from BGB took position near the Muradgang Bazar bus stand and intercepted the suspects.
"Upon searching them, we recovered 23 gold bars, weighing 3.095kg, strapped around their waists," said the commanding officer.
The recovered gold has an estimated market value of Tk 4.56 crore.
The detainees were later handed over to Jashore Kotwali Police Station, and a case has been filed against them in connection with the incident.
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Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested two alleged smugglers with 23 gold bars worth approximately Tk 4.56 crore in Jashore early today.
The arrestees are Ariful Islam, 30, and Mehedi Hasan, 25.
The two were detained from the Muradgang Bazar area of Jashore Sadar upazila, according to BGB.
Lt Col Saifullah Siddiqui, commanding officer of BGB-49 Battalion, said based on a tip-off regarding an attempted gold smuggling operation via the Jashore–Moheshpur route to India, the two were apprehended.
A team from BGB took position near the Muradgang Bazar bus stand and intercepted the suspects.
"Upon searching them, we recovered 23 gold bars, weighing 3.095kg, strapped around their waists," said the commanding officer.
The recovered gold has an estimated market value of Tk 4.56 crore.
The detainees were later handed over to Jashore Kotwali Police Station, and a case has been filed against them in connection with the incident.
