Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) seized banned fishing nets worth around Tk 115.25 from Chowk Mogultuli Al-Sahani Market at Chawkbazar in the city on Tuesday evening.  Lt. Commander Labib Usama Ahmadullah, a media officer at the BCG headquarters, said on the basis of secret information, a special operation was conducted by BCG Station Pagla led by Station Commander Lt. Shams Sadekin Nirno in the area adjacent to Chowk Mogultuli Al-Sahani Market of Chawkbazar at around 4:00 pm on Wednesday.  Also read: Foreign clothes worth Tk 20 crore seized by Coast Guard During the raids, the law enforcers seized around 35 million meters of new current nets and 500 pieces china chai nets from four current net shops and godowns in the area. The seized nets were later burnt in the presence of Executive Magistrate, Upazila Senior Fisheries Officer and Station Commander Pagla, the BCG headquarters’ media officer added. 

The Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) has rescued as many as 13 fishermen stranded in a boat in the Bay of Bengal off the coast of Cox's Bazar. The boat with the 13 fishermen was adrift in the sea following an engine failure around 8.30am on Monday, about 10 nautical miles west of Laboni Beach in Cox's Bazar. Read:13 Indian fishermen detained from Bay Coast Guard headquarters media officer Lieutenant Commander Amirul Haque said that the fishing boat 'FB Ma Moni' carrying the fishermen set out from Cox's Bazar Ghat number six early on Monday. "Around 8.30am, the boat's engine broke down off Laboni Beach. The boatmen sent out an SOS message to BCG Cox's Bazar station. The fishermen were rescued later that night. They were given food and first aid at our station," he said. Read:Navy rescues 17 stranded fishermen from Bay of Bengal The rescued fishermen were later handed over to their families and the fishing boat to the owners, the BCG official said.