A fisherman on Sunday succumbed to his burn injuries he sustained in a fire after a gas cylinder exploded inside a fishing trawler at ghat-6 of Nuniachara  in Cox’s Bazar town. The deceased was identified as Osman Gani, 20. Read: 3 probe bodies formed, gateman suspended over death of 3 GRP police in Ctg accident He breathed his last on Sunday night while undergoing treatment at Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH), said Brigadier General Md Shamim Ahsan, director of the hospital. Osman was admitted to the hospital on Friday with 60 per cent burns. Earlier on Friday morning, 11 fishermen suffered burn injuries after a gas cylinder exploded inside a trawler at ghat-6 of Nuniachara in Bazar town of Cox’s Bazar. Of the injured, two injured fishermen were sent to Dhaka for better treatment. Read: Son hacks father to death in Ctg And the rest of the injured burn with 60-90 per cent, are currently being treated at the hospital and their condition is not so good, the CMCH director added. “Their respiratory tracts were also affected.” Mizanur Rahman, ward-2 councillor of Cox’s Bazar municipality, said the cylinder exploded while cooking, leaving 11 fishermen injured.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 4,30,000 Yaba pills during a drive at Teknaf Upazila in Cox’s Bazar. The illegal drug was being smuggled to Bangladesh from Myanmar through Alugola Majhekathi border in the early hours of Sunday, said a BGB media release on Sunday. Read: Coast Guard seizes 700,000 pieces of yaba pills in Teknaf Tipped off, a patrol team of BGB-2 under Nazirpara BOP conducted a drive in the area around 1:30 am and challenged six people. Sensing the presence of the law enforcers, the suspected smugglers jumped into the Naf River leaving four plastic bags and fled to Myanmar. Read: Man detained with 2,400-piece of yaba pills at Dhaka airport Later, the patrol team recovered the Yaba pills from the bags they left at the spot. "Efforts are on to identify the smugglers," said the release.

A gang of young men allegedly kidnapped a couple and their baby from the sea beach in Cox's Bazar on Wednesday afternoon, took them to a desolate place and then to a local hotel where three of them raped the woman for hours. The crime came to light early on Thursday morning when the woman dialled 999 and sought help from police, said an officer of Rab-15, Major Mehedi Hasan. "Already we have identified two of the accused and efforts are on to arrest the culprits." In her police complaint, the 22-year-old woman claimed that she came to Cox's Bazar with her husband and their eight-month-old baby on Wednesday morning and checked into a hotel. Read: Mother-daughter gang raped; 2 arrested In the afternoon, the family went out for a stroll on the sea beach. At Laboni point, the woman's husband had an altercation with one of the accused after he accidentally bumped into the latter. What started as a small argument soon snowballed into a major altercation and the young man called his accomplices to the spot. They kidnapped the family in two auto-rickshaws and took them to a desolate place near the golf club where three of them allegedly violated the woman. The woman's ordeal didn't end there. The family was taken to Zia Guest Inn from the golf club area, where the three accused again took turns to rape her for hours. They released her in the early hours of Thursday and allegedly threatened to kill her family if she narrated her ordeal to anyone.

The United Nations (UN) has condemned the killing of Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah and sought a proper investigation into it. Mohib (44) was allegedly shot to death at a Rohingya camp in Cox's Bazaar by unknown gunmen on September 29. Read: US calls for 'full & transparent' probe into Mohib's murder "The United Nations urges the Bangladesh authorities to undertake an investigation and to hold those responsible to account," said Stephanie Tremblay, Associate Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General. The UN also urged continued strong international support for the protection and support to the Rohingya communities anywhere in the world, including in Bangladesh. Read:Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah buried in Ukhiya camp "The UN continues to call for the voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable return of Rohingya refugees and internally displaced persons. The UN will continue to firmly provide its support in this endeavour." The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) also expressed its deep shock and sadness at the killing of Mohib Ullah.