INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Three Sri Lankan nationals, including a woman who was abducted for ransom in Bangladesh, were rescued by the police
According to local media reports, the trio had travelled to Bangladesh at the invitation of a friend they had met on social media.The police
have detained three local people, including the person who sent them the invitation, in connection with the abduction, confirmed Bangladeshi
Deputy Inspector General of Police (Khulna range) Mohammad Rezaul Haque while speaking to local journalists on Thursday.The four arrested
Bangladeshi Kazi Emdad Hossain, Shahidul Sheikh, Jony Sheikh, and SM Shamsul Alam contacted the families of the Sri Lankan nationals from a
of Emdad Kazi at South Ambari village in the Upazila, according to Touhidul Arif, Superintendent of Police in Bagerhat district of
Emdad invited them to Bangladesh with talk of business opportunities
The three Sri Lankan nationals arrived in Bangladesh on Tuesday
their families called from Sri Lanka and informed us that they had been kidnapped
They had been told they would not be let go without a ransom
citizens to reconsider their travel to Bangladesh, citing civil unrest, crime, and terrorism in the country.There is also a risk of
terrorist violence, including terrorist attacks and other activity in Bangladesh, said the US Department of State travel advisoryEarlier UK
also updated its travel advisory for Bangladesh, advising its citizens against all but essential travel to regions such as the Chittagong
situation in Bangladesh under the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus, local media also reported an alarming increase in the number of
highway robberies, targeting mostly expatriates.According to Bangladesh Highway Police headquarters, such robberies have surged since the
