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The interim government of Bangladesh has assigned gunmen to 20 individuals who were on hit lists and facing security risks, Home Affairs Adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said on Monday (December 22, 2025). “Those who are on hit lists or concerned about their security have already been given gunmen,” he told reporters after a meeting on the law and order situation. When journalists raised a list suggesting around 50 members of Gono Odhikar Parishad are at risk, the adviser said, “The Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI), National Security Intelligence (NSI) and Special Branch (SB) have jointly identified those at security risk and prepared a list. Gunmen have been provided accordingly.” Read more: Law and order must be maintained before election: Prof Yunus While some individuals declined gunmen for personal reasons, the intelligence agencies are ensuring necessary security measures considering the risks, he added. “The intelligence agencies are continuously monitoring to maintain normal law and order and prevent any possible attacks,” the adviser said, adding that more people might be brought under security if necessary.

The truth about why and how drug smugglers fired shots at a Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) officer at the Tombru border in Bandarban will be identified and shared, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said today (November 15, 2022). He was responding to journalists’ questions after attending the Fire Service and Civil Defence Week 2022 programme in Dhaka. He said the law enforcing team was conducting a drive against drug traders – following information from a detective agency – at the no-man’s-land area on Bangladesh-Myanmar border where thousands of Rohingyas live. Read: DGFI officer shot dead during anti-drugs drive at Tombru border: ISPR On Monday night, an officer of DGFI was shot dead and a Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) personnel was wounded while conducting a drive against drug smugglers at Tombru border, ISPR said in a press release earlier today. ISPR, however, did not reveal the names of the DGFI and Rab personnel yet. Meanwhile, Sub-inspector Ripon Chowdhury, appointed at Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital, told the UNB correspondent that a Rab member was brought to the hospital around 10 pm with critical injury after being shot at the border during a drive. Read: No concrete evidence yet on Buet student Fardin’s murder: Home Minister Assistant Sub-inspector of Naikhongchhari police station Joydeb said they were informed about firing at Konarpara area near the border but don’t have information about who was involved. Some locals claimed Myanmar insurgent group Al Yaqin members shot at a team of Rab-15 members at zero point of the border around 7 pm last night (November 14, 2022) while they were conducting a drive.

An officer of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) was shot dead and a Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) personnel was wounded while conducting a drive against drug smugglers at the Tombru border in Bandarban on Monday (November 14, 2022) night. ISPR confirmed the information through a press release early today (November 15, 2022). Gunshots were exchanged between the drug smugglers and the joint team of Rab and DGFI at the Tombru border with Myanmar, under the Ghumdhum union, which left the DGFI personnel dead and a Rab member injured, the press release said. Read more: BGB-BGP flag meeting ends with Myanmar officially regretting border incidents ISPR, however, did not reveal the names of the DGFI and Rab personnel yet. Meanwhile, Sub-inspector Ripon Chowdhury, appointed at Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital, told the UNB correspondent that a Rab member was brought to the hospital around 10 pm with critical injury after being shot at the border during a drive. Assistant Sub-inspector of Naikhongchhari police station Joydeb said they were informed about firing at Konarpara area near the border but don’t have information about who was involved. Read more: Panic in Ghumdhum as Myanmar army engages insurgents close to border Some locals claimed Myanmar insurgent group Al Yaqin members shot at a team of Rab-15 members at zero point of Bandarban's Tombru border around 7 pm last night while they were conducting a drive.

Detective Branch (DB) of Faridpur district police arrested two fake Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) members from the housing estate area in ​​Faridpur town on Tuesday. The arrestees are Md. Anwar Hossain Babu,54, a former army member and his son Limon Babu, 24, residents of Haldibari village in Kaunia upazila of Rangpur district. Also read: Fake magistrate held in Jashore Tipped-off, a team of DB police conducted a drive in the area and arrested them, said Rakikul Islam, officer-in-charge of Faridpur DB Police. During the drive, the DB men also seized 8 unlicensed walkie-talkies, blank stamps with signature, SIM cards and a private car from their possession. Legal action will be taken against them, he added. Also read: Fake Covid test certificates: 14 fraud gang members held

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged all to protect this society from militancy, terrorism, corruption and drug to utilise the latent and strengthen of the young generation for the development of the country.