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Abdul Wahab Bhuiyan, director general, Department of Narcotics Control speaks at the 5th Bangladesh-Myanmar meeting on preventing illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, organised by Myanmar's Central Committee on Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC) online Thursday.

Bangladesh, Myanmar to combat drug trafficking, narcotics smuggling jointly

Both sides made the commitment at the 5th Bangladesh-Myanmar meeting on preventing illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, organised by Myanmar's Central Committee on Drug ...

Two Rohingya leaders shot dead in Ukhiya refugee camp

Two Rohingya leaders shot dead in Ukhiya refugee camp

Several Rohingya people of that camp informed Prothom Alo that there was a dispute between the Rohingya leaders and ARSA members over spreading influence in the camps and drug trading for long

US president Joe Biden waves to the media as he walks towards Marine One for departure to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, US on 7 August, 2022.

US Senate approves bill to fight climate change, cut drug costs in win for Biden

The US Senate on Sunday passed a sweeping $430 billion bill intended to fight climate change, lower drug prices and raise some corporate taxes, a major victory for President Joe Biden that Democrats ...

Murder

One killed, another injured over drug peddling in Dhaka

A person was stabbed to death and another injured in an attack by their rivals over drug peddling in High Court (HC) area of the capital on Saturday, said police

Yaba and crystal meth

Over 4kg crystal meth, 150,000 yaba seized in Cox’s Bazar

BGB on Sunday seized over four kg of crystal methamphetamine and 150,000 yaba in a drive in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar

Rapper Bill Kahan Kapri, better known as Kodak Black.

Rapper Kodak Black arrested on drug charges

The Florida Highway Patrol said that troopers pulled Black over because he was driving a purple SUV with window tints that appeared darker than the legal limit.

Price of 53 essential medicines set to increase

Price of 53 essential medicines set to increase

Directorate General of Drug Administration has decided to increase price of 53 essential medicines, DGDA sources have said

Rahima Begum

Drug trade Rahima from the slums now has a 7-storey house, 120 million in the bank

In addition, Rahima Begum is the prime accused in Aslam Sikder murder case. Aslam was a police informant working against Rahima Begum.

This photo taken on 20 June, 2022 shows Gemma Enad (C) holding an urn containing the ashes of an exhumed drug war victim, during a ceremony at the Sacred Heart Parish Shrine in Kamuning, Quezon City, suburban Manila

Fear and defiance for families of Philippine drug war dead

Six years after four policemen burst into her Manila slum shack and shot dead her husband and teenage son, Mary Ann Bonifacio fears for her own life as she fights for justice

Elastration

International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 21 per cent street children are drug carrier

21 per cent of the street children in the country are being used as the drug carriers. And, 58 per cent of the street children use one or another type of drug. This picture surfaced in a research of ...

Twenty people die in South African pub, cause unclear

20 people die in South African pub

At least 20 young people have died at a makeshift nightclub in a township in South Africa's southern city of East London, but the cause of the deaths is still unclear.

A man looks at a dried cannabis flower for sale at the Highlands cafe in Bangkok on 9 June, 2022

Thailand legalises growing, consumption of marijuana

Thailand legalised the growing of marijuana and its consumption in food and drinks on Thursday, the first Asian country to do so, with the aim of boosting its agriculture and tourism sectors, but ...

Editorial

Drug trade: Not just law, find source and ensure punishment

After the Awami League government came to power, they announced that they would show zero tolerance against drugs. The subsequent anti-drug campaign saw many accused killed in alleged gunfights, but ...

Members of BGB detained a Rohingya drug peddler with 1.06 kg crystal meth and 10,000 pieces of yaba pills from Teknaf in the early hours of Monday

Rohingya drug peddler held with Crystal meth, yaba pills

Members of BGB detained a Rohingya drug peddler with 1.06 kg crystal meth and 10,000 pieces of yaba pills from Teknaf in the early hours of Monday

Antidepressants don't improve quality of life long term

Antidepressants don't improve quality of life long term

When comparing depressed people who don't take antidepressants with those who do, it was found that usage of the drugs over time is not associated with significantly better health-related quality of ...

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