Bangladesh and Pakistan sign anti-narcotics cooperation MoUBangladesh and Pakistan are boosting security ties. A new agreement will strengthen efforts against drug trafficking and money laundering. ...
11 May, 2026, 08.21 AM IST
BSF examines plan to release crocodiles & snakes along areas of Indo-Bangla borderThe Border Security Force is exploring a novel approach to secure vulnerable riverine stretches along the India-Bangladesh border. Official...
06 Apr, 2026, 04.19 PM IST
Pakistan's drug smuggling bid foiled in BangladeshPakistan tried to smuggle banned poppy seeds to Bangladesh through Chittagong Port. Customs officials seized a large shipment falsely decla...
11 Nov, 2025, 12.24 AM IST
BSF foils major Phensedyl smuggling bid on Bangladesh borderPhensedyl smuggling is surging in Bengal, eclipsing cattle smuggling across the Indo-Bangladesh border. The BSF South Bengal Frontier recen...
15 Jun, 2025, 11.24 PM IST
'Unfair deals' with India will be discussed, says Bangladesh's home affairs adviserBangladesh's interim Home Affairs Adviser, Lt Gen Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, announced that all inequitable agreements with India will be ...
29 Jan, 2025, 03.10 PM IST
Whiff of Chinese crime syndicates in Northeast's drug problemIndia's northeastern states are witnessing an influx of drugs originating from Myanmar, linked to Chinese entities and insurgent groups lik...
28 Aug, 2024, 08.29 PM IST
Land customs stations in NE proposed to be doubled to 50“We are planning to take the number to at least 50 by the end of this fiscal,” a senior official told ET on condition of anonymity. All the...
25 Jul, 2023, 11.35 PM IST
BSF in NE states seize drugs, cattle and contraband worth Rs 150 cr in 2022BSF officials said that highest quantities of drugs, cattle and various other contrabands valued at around Rs 84.87crore seized by the Mizo...
02 Dec, 2022, 07.46 PM IST
India, Bangladesh facing new narco-terrorism threat with new drug smuggling routes: ReportAs a result (of a crackdown on Bangla-Myanmar border), the trans-border narcotic syndicates are now exploiting the Indo-Bangladesh border, ...
01 Jul, 2021, 04.32 PM IST
Security agencies fear 'crazy' yaba may find ground in IndiaA dossier prepared by a central security organisation notes that while India at present is a "transit" territory for the circular-shaped an...
15 Dec, 2020, 04.05 PM IST
Mizoram emerges as major drug trafficking route from MyanmarYaba tablets and other synthetic drugs are smuggled into the northeast from Myanmar and then pushed to other states, besides Bangladesh and...
08 Oct, 2020, 04.30 PM IST
Illegal cancer drugs from Bangladesh flood local marketIllegal import of drugs from Bangladesh and other neighbouring countries have further added to the woes of pharmaceutical companies. Expert...
18 Nov, 2019, 10.58 AM IST
Cross-border arms, cattle, narcotics smuggling cases rose over 3 years: Data till 2017India shares about 15,000-km-long land border with these countries along with China.These borders are primarily guarded by different fronti...
24 Jun, 2018, 01.25 PM IST
Indo-Bangla joint border conference begins"The conference is aimed at improving relation at the grassroots level and issues like smuggling, trans-border crime, narcotics will be dis...
03 Feb, 2015, 06.25 PM IST
Prescription drug abuse growing in India: UN reportThe UN report said in its annual report that governments in South Asia continue to respond strongly to the threat of drug trafficking and a...
05 Mar, 2014, 11.48 AM IST
Pharma products being smuggled outside India are misused: International Narcotics Control BoardPharmaceutical preparations containing narcotic drugs continue to be diverted from Indian pharma firms and smuggled into South Asian countr...
05 Mar, 2013, 09.19 PM IST
- Smuggling of synthetic and 'party' drugs pose new challenge for India and Bangladesh
Both the countries decided to share intelligence regarding these drugs, available easily under names like 'Speed' and 'Ecstasy'.
04 Oct, 2012, 09.00 PM IST