Forty platoons of coast guard are deployed in coastal areas of the country ahead of the December 30 general election.

Four people were killed yesterday in what law enforcers described as a gunfight during a crackdown by the Rapid Action Battalion and Bangladesh Coast Guard on robbers in the Sundarbans.

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.

European warships and coast guard vessels rescue more than 2,000 migrants off the coast of Libya.