Drug
GOP, Dems offer compromise to reduce drug costs for seniors
Washington, Jul 24 (AP/uNB) — Two veteran senators — a Republican and a Democrat — unveiled compromise legislation Tuesday to reduce prescription drug costs for millions of Medicare recipients, while saving money for federal and state health care programs serving seniors and low-income people.
2 ‘drug traders’ found dead in Cox’s Bazar
Cox’s Bazar, July 15 (UNB) – Police recovered the bullet-hit bodies of two suspected drug traders from Kata Pahar area of the district town on Monday.
Man held with ‘2.3 kg heroin’ in Rajshahi
Rajshahi, June 18 (UNB) – Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members detained a man reportedly along with 2.3 kg heroin in Tanore upazila on Monday.
Recurring drives along border fail to stop drug smuggling
Khulna, June 15 (UNB) – Drugs continue to move into the country from across the border despite recurring drives by law enforcement agencies as some 41,000 drug-related cases are pending with lower courts in 10 districts of the southwestern region.
Man held with 15kg hemp concealed in mattress at Ctg airport
Chattogram, Mar 18 (UNB) – Customs officials at Chattogram Shah Amanat International Airport detained a Dubai-bound passenger for carrying 15kg hemp concealing in a mattress on Monday morning.
Group with consumer-friendly vibe pushes drugmakers
Washington, Mar 18 (AP/UNB) — As ominous music plays in the background, the narrator of a radio ad echoes objections from drugmakers by warning that a Trump administration proposal to apply international pricing to certain Medicare drugs would be a nightmare for seniors.
Five held with 10,000 Yaba pills in abdomens in Cumilla
Cumilla, Jan 29 (UNB) – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a raid arrested five people for carrying 10,000 pieces of Yaba tablets in their abdomens from inside a bus in Paduar Bazar Bishwa road area in Sadar Dakhshin upazila early Tuesday.
The arrestees are Rasel, Rezaul, Saddam, Riaz and Rashed, said Sheikh Md Billal Hossain, acting company commander of Rab 11 (CPC-2 Cumilla).
Being informed that a gang of drug peddlers have been carrying Yaba tablets, a team of the elite force brought their movement under surveillance for around week.
Later on, early Tuesday, a team of Rab-11 conducted a search operation in a bus of ‘Shyamoli Paribahan’ and detained the five drug traders.
After searching them the team could not recover anything. Later the detainees were taken to Modern Hospital in Shaktola area in the morning.
After conducting X-ray, doctors found Yaba pills in their abdomens, the Rab official said adding that they had long been involved in Yaba trading.
42kg hemp, 264 bottles Phensidyl seized from Jashore border
Jashore, Jan 22 (UNB) – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in separate drives seized 42kg hemp and 264 bottle of Phensidyl from different bordering areas of the district from Monday night to early Tuesday.
62 held in DMP anti-drug drives
Dhaka, Jan 19 (UNB)- Sixty-two people were arrested in the capital by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police for selling and consuming drugs.
38 held for selling, consuming drugs in city
Dhaka, Nov 30 (UNB) – In the ongoing anti-narcotics drives, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 38 people on charges of selling and consuming drugs in the capital in last 24 hours till 6:00 am Friday.