Bangladesh offers reward for stolen guns before polls
- 05-Nov-2025
DHAKA: Bangladesh announced on Wednesday cash rewards to surrender machine guns, rifles and pistols looted during an uprising last year, hoping to collect hundreds of weapons ahead of key elections. An estimated 6,000 firearms were stolen from police armouries during the deadly August 2024 unrest that toppled the rule of then-prime minister Sheikh Hasina. More […]