Dhaka Customs House members detains three people with 36 gold bars and ornaments, weighing 3.9 kg, at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

Barefoot, with sweat pouring down their naked chests, 50 men slave in the depths of the Central African forest digging for diamonds in a sandy pit half the size of a football pitch.

High Court issues rule questioning legality of the government’s inaction to control smuggled drugs and production of counterfeit medicine.

Libya's official government bans Bangladeshi workers from entering the country because many try to travel to Europe by boat illegally, a government spokesman says.

The members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) seize around five lakh yaba tablets from a fishing boat at the outer anchorage of Chittagong Port.

An eight-year-old boy has been smuggled to Spain from Morocco inside a suitcase, Spanish police say.

Eight convicted drug smugglers have been executed by firing squad in Indonesia.

Authorities has recovered 113 tortoises from two Indian nationals at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

The Argentine authorities say they have arrested two Paraguayan men who tried to cross the border with a 19th Century gold ingot worth more than $2m.

Customs Intelligence arrested an employee of Biman Bangladesh Airlines in connection with a gold smuggling case.