A second  Bangladeshi man in less than 3 weeks has lost a leg in a landmine explosion near the border with  Myanmar along Naikhongchhari of Bandarban. The injured was identified as Abdul Kader, 27, a resident of Chherakum area in Dochhari union under the upazila. Several organs of his body including eyes were also damaged in the explosion, Md Imran, chairman of the Union Parishad, told UNB. He was first rushed to Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital in critical condition, the chairman said.   Kader stepped on the mine when he drifted across the border to bring back his cows around 8pm on Tuesday, said Mohammad Hossain, who brought him to the hospital. Read: Mine explosion inside Myanmar kills Rohingya teen, wounds another Dr Tarekul Islam, medical officer of the hospital, said Kader's leg was severed from the knee down and eyes were also damaged badly. He was shifted to Chattogram Medical College Hospital for better treatment as his condition was stated to be critical, he added. Mentionable, Rohingya teen identified as Omar Farooq was killed and another critically injured in a landmine explosion inside Myanmar along the country's border with Bangladesh early Sunday. On September 16, another Bangladeshi youth was seriously injured in a landmine explosion along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Naikhongchhari upazila of Bandarban. Also read: Rohingya man killed in Myanmar landmine blast near Bandarban Border Twelve mortar shells have been fired by Myanmar army on Bangladesh territory so far. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh warned Myanmar over it.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Saturday detained two Myanmarese nationals with drugs worth nearly Tk 7 crore in Cox's Bazar. The detainees have been identified as Zubaier Ahmed, 22, son of Siraj Uddin, and Md Rafique, 23, son of Abdul Goni of Maungdaw in Myanmar. Acting on a tip-off, a BGB-2 team intercepted a boat in the Naf river and detained the two drug peddlers, said the commanding officer of Teknaf Battalion-2, Lt Col Sheikh Khalid Mohammad Iftekhar. READ: Coast Guard seizes 105,000 pcs of Yaba during raid around St Martin The smugglers tried to escape by jumping into the river but were eventually caught, he said. "Some 54,000 Yaba pills and 1.069kg of crystal meth worth Tk 7 crore were seized from their possession."