Coast-Guard

A tourist who went missing after entering the water to swim at Alorkol Sea Beach in Dublar Char in the Sundarbans has remained untraced for two days. Riaz Ahmed (25), was swept into the sea by strong waves and currents on Friday afternoon. Since the incident, the Coast Guard, Forest Department and his fellow travelers have searched the seashore and various islands in the Sundarbans, but no trace of him has been found. Meanwhile, the Forest Department identified the missing tourist throug...

The Coast Guard has seized 9,500 liters of illegal palm oil brought into Hatiya, Noakhali, while evading customs duties. Coast Guard media officer Lieutenant Commander Sabbir Alam Sujon disclosed the information on Monday afternoon. In a press release, he said an operation was conducted based on a tip-off near Nalchira Ghat in Hatiya upazila. During the operation, the Coast Guard seized 9,500 liters of illegal and unrefined palm oil worth approximately Tk 1.5675 million. The oil had been...

Fishermen in Cox’s Bazar were unable to fish properly in the sea for two months due to bad weather. Recently, as the sea became somewhat calmer, they returned to fishing to make up for their losses. Although they found fish toward the end of the season, many are unable to return to shore safely. Pirates have allegedly carried out repeated attacks on fishing trawlers on their way back. Fishermen and trawler owners claimed that at least 15 fishing trawlers were attacked in the coastal areas...

Three months ago, Abdullah Al Mamun was promoted and began working as a fourth engineer aboard the foreign flagged vessel Ocean Winner. A native of Satkhira Sadar upazila in Bangladesh, he began his career as a sailor in 2014 after earning a degree from a private marine academy. This was his fifth ship. After receiving news of his promotion, he performed Umrah. He then joined the vessel. Last Saturday, Ocean Winner was sailing to Singapore from the Paraban Port in Odisha, India. The ship...

The Bangladesh Coast Guard has recovered a large cache of weapons, ammunition and firearm-making equipment during an operation in the remote hills of Hwanak in Maheshkhali upazila of Cox’s Bazar. During the operation, Imam Hossain Mintu (38), the alleged chief of the so-called ‘Mintu Bahini,’ was arrested. According to the Coast Guard, Mintu had long been creating panic in the area by manufacturing and supplying illegal weapons, engaging in piracy, robbery and carrying out various terrori...