Recently, gold prices have been in the news because of frequent price changes in Bangladesh. Gold prices increased significantly in the last one month. Bangladesh Jewellery Samity (BAJUS) set the value for 22 karat gold at Tk 76,516 per bhori on 10 May, 2022; it went as high as Tk 82,464 on 22 May, only to decrease again to Tk 79,548 on 27 May. On a year-on-year basis, prices
US-Bangla a gateway to gold smuggling !
Gold worth Tk 47.8m seized, 8 staff held
Staff Correspondent
9th February, 2021 10:01:44
Eight employees of US-Bangla Airlines were arrested by Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate on Tuesday after 60 gold bars worth Tk 47.8 million were recovered from an aircraft at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital. – SUN PHOTO
Sixty gold bars worth about Tk 47.8 million were seized from an aircraft of US-Bangla Airlines at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Tuesday.
Eight staff members of US-Bangla Airlines were also arrested in connection with the smuggling of the precious metal.
The Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) seized the illegal gold which was being smuggled into Bangladesh from Dubai.
Sixty gold bars worth about Tk 47.8 million were seized from an aircraft of US-Bangla Airlines at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Tuesday. Eight staff members of US-Bangla Airlines were also arrested in connection with the smuggling of the precious metal. The Customs Intelligence
US-Bangla a gateway to gold smuggling!
Staff Correspondent
9th February, 2021 11:34:04
Sixty gold bars worth about Tk 47.8 million were seized from an aircraft of US-Bangla Airlines at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Tuesday.
Eight staff members of US-Bangla Airlines were also arrested in connection with the smuggling of the precious metal.
The Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) seized the illegal gold which was being smuggled into Bangladesh from Dubai.
The arrested were identified as catering assistants Md Ali Reza (ID no. 1529), Md Saddam Hossain (ID no. 2696), Md Rashedul Islam (ID no. 1923), Abdur Razzak (ID no. 2540), Ashraful Alam (ID no 1321), Md Abu Saleh (ID no 1979), Md Hanif Dewan (ID no 2711) and Jahedur Rahman (ID no. 2688).
US-Bangla involved in gold smuggling !
Staff Correspondent
24th January, 2021 10:06:18
US-Bangla Airlines Ltd is reportedly being involved in smuggling gold into Bangladesh as many smuggled consignments of the precious metal have been seized in recent times from the flights of the private airline company.
Dhaka Customs House and the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate have seized the smuggled gold repeatedly at the airports in the country.
Some employees of the airlines have already confessed before the courts that they are involved in gold smuggling, sources concerned said.
In the latest incident, Dhaka Customs House seized 7.290 kilograms of illegal gold worth nearly Tk 50 million from a US-Bangla flight which landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka from Mascut, the capital of Oman.