Pirate

Pirate

An Indian Navy helicopter carries out aerial security patrols above a commercial crude oil tanker navigating through the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, in this undated image. File Photo: Hindustan Times/PTI

Armed pirates hijack 2 cargo ships with 22 Indians onboard

An official says the Indian crew members are safe.

Coast Guard rescues 21 fishermen held hostage by pirates in the Sundarbans on 21 May 2026. Photo: Courtesy

Coast Guard rescues 21 fishermen held hostage by pirate gangs in Sundarbans

Bangladesh Coast Guard members stand guard beside three alleged forest pirates arrested during “Operation Mangrove Shield” in the Sundarbans, where arms, ammunition, and communication devices were seized, at a press briefing in the western zone today. Photo: TBS

Operation Mangrove Shield: Coast Guard arrests 3 forest pirates with ammunition

Photo: Courtesy

Operation Mangrove Shield: Coast Guard arrests notorious Sundarbans pirate 'Mejo Jahangir'

Suspected members of the pirate group ‘Parvez Bahini’ and hostages. Photo: Courtesy

10 suspected pirates, 8 smugglers held in Coast Guard raids off Cox’s Bazar

Though members of the Jahangir Bahini had surrendered before, following the July Uprising, they returned to piracy citing false cases, inadequate financial help and mistreatment by law enforcement. Photos: TBS

Pirates of the Sundarbans: Fragile peace holds, but for how long?

Illustration: TBS

How safe are the seas?

Kazi Ali Imam, former Commandant of Marine Academy. Illustration: TBS

'Negotiation is the primary option if pirates seize control of a ship'

A photo of the MV Abdullah. Photo: Collected

No ransom demand, no contact with pirates: SR Shipping official

Toufiq Islam atop a ship. Photo: Collected

'I am in danger, please forgive me Maa'

A photo of Md Atik Ullah Khan. Photo: Collected

They're taking our phones away, pray for me: Chief officer of ship under pirate attack

MV Abdullah. File Photo: Shipspotting

Bangladeshi ship hijacked by 50 Somali pirates in Indian Ocean

Representational image. Picture: Collected

Ex-pirate who set out for normal life killed in Cox’s Bazar