Bangladeshi found dead near border in Chuadanga
A 50-year-old man鈥檚 body was recovered from near the Indian border at Darshana upazila of Chuadanga on Wednesday amid growing tension between the two neighbouring countries over border fencing...
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No tension at Bangladesh-India border now: home adviser
Home adviser lieutenant general (retired) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Tuesday said that the situation at the border was almost normal as the construction of barbed wire fencing had already been stopped...
Bangladeshi man injured in BSF firing
A Bangladesh national was injured as the Indian Border Security Force opened fire at Patgram border in the district along India on Saturday night.
BGB seizes smuggled goods worth over Tk 2,184cr in 2024
Border Guard Bangladesh has seized various types of smuggled goods worth over Tk 2,184 crore 28 lakh 52 thousand by conducting raids in the country鈥檚 border areas and other places in the past year, said a press release on Sunday....
The west makes war, the east, peace
WHILE the west subsidises carnage in Gaza and Ukraine, the east does the opposite. For instance, one potential far east flashpoint has long been the India/China border, but that鈥檚 changing 鈥� for the better, due to high-level meetings in December between political bigwigs from both countries. It was the first such confab since 2019, RT reported December...
BSF鈥檚 border fencing move strains bilateral relations
THIS is unacceptable that India鈥檚 Border Security Force continues creating tension with efforts to erect fences on the zero line in violation of international laws and bilateral agreements. The Indian border force is reported to be constructing barbed-wire or iron electric fences along the border in Lalmonirhat, Chapainawabganj and Naogaon. While...
Armed forces鈥� magistracy power extended for 60 days in Bangladesh
The magistracy power of officers from the Army, Navy and Air Force have been extended for another 60 days which will come into effect from Tuesday aiming to maintain law and order across the country.
BDR carnage trial to be held at Dhaka Central Jail
The trial for the BDR massacre case will take place in a temporary court at Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj instead of the previously planned location at the Dhaka Alia Madrasa ground.
Tension along聽border聽continues
The government on Sunday urged India to refrain from any provocative actions amid tensions along the border over the construction of border fencing in violation the international law at...
BORDER FENCING BY INDIA:聽Tension on as BSF avoids flag meeting聽聽
A tense situation continued in Dahagram border at Patgram in Lalmonirhat as the Indian Border Security Force made no response to Border Guard Bangladesh鈥檚 call for holding a flag meeting over the construction...
Tension erupts again over India's bid to build fence along Bangladesh border
Tension erupted again between the Border Guard Bangladesh and Indian Border Security Force on Friday morning over building a barbed wire fence by the Indian force along Dahagram border in Patgram upazila in Lalmonirhat.
JMBF condemns BSF killing of Bangladeshi youth
JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France issued a statement on Thursday condemning the killing of Bangladeshi youth Saidul Islam by Indian Border Security Force gunfire along the Bangladesh-India border at Chinakandi of Bishwambarpur upazila in Sunamganj...
BGB protests as BSF installs electric poles on zero line
The Border Guard Bangladesh has protested at the Indian Border Security Force installing iron electric poles and an electric device on the zero line along the border at Patgram in Lalmonirhat...
BGB 55 Battalion distributes blankets in Srimangal
Border Guard Bangladesh鈥檚 55 Battalion in Habiganj distributed blankets among the cold-hit people at Srimangal in Moulvibazar on Wednesday...
Families want sacked BDR soldiers be reinstated
Families of former Bangladesh Rifles soldiers, dismissed and imprisoned after the 2009 BDR massacre, blocked the Shahbagh crossing on Wednesday, demanding reinstatement in the force, now renamed as the Border Guard Bangladesh...
Tension erupts in Bangladesh as India's BSF tries to erect fence beyond boundary
Tension gripped local villagers as the Indian Border Security Force on Wednesday again began constructing fence along the border in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj amid deployment of additional forces on both sides of the border...
14 YEARS OF FELANI MURDER:聽End to border killings by India demanded
Rights bodies, student platforms and other organisations on Tuesday remembered the day of the killing of Felani Khatun by India鈥檚 Border Security Force 14 years ago with renewed protests and...
BGB-BSF tension erupts over border fence
Tension has erupted between the Border Guard Bangladesh and Border Security Force, the frontier guards of Bangladesh and India respectively, during the last two days at the Chouka border in Chapainawabganj, cantered around the construction of a barbed wire fence...
Bangladesh national found dead in Tripura of India
A Bangladeshi man was found dead at Gauranagar area under Khowai Police Station in Tripura State of India on Monday morning, the Border Guard Bangladesh said...
End to border killing must for good relations with India
JUSTICE for the murder of Felani Khatun at the hands of India鈥檚 Border Security Force on January 7, 2011, could be a point of departure towards improved border management and relations between Bangladesh and India. But it has not happened. The photograph of Felani hanging from the fence created a global stir and readily became a symbol of...
14 YEARS OF FELANI MURDER: Justice yet to be ensured
Today marks 14 years of the murder of teenage girl Felani Khatun, who was shot dead by the Indian Border Security Force on the border in Kurigram in 2011, with her family still waiting for justice.
Border Guard Bangladesh reclaims 5km border area in Jhenaidah
Border Guard Bangladesh has reclaimed a 5-kilometre stretch of border territory along the Kodala River in Moheshpur upazila of Jhenaidah, strengthening Bangladesh鈥檚 sovereignty over the area....
India's BSF halts fence construction after Border Guard Bangladesh's objection
In the face of objection from the Border Guard Bangladesh, the Indian Border Security Force on Thursday stopped constructing a barbed wire fence in Dahagram area along Patgram border in Lalmonirhat.
Bangladeshi man鈥檚 body recovered along border
Members of the Border Guard Bangladesh recovered the body of a Bangladeshi man in the Kotok Bazar area along the Indian border under the Adarsha Sadar upazila in Cumilla on Thursday morning...
Bangladeshi man鈥檚 body recovered along Indian border
Members of the Border Guard Bangladesh recovered the body of a Bangladeshi man in the Kotok Bazar area along the Indian border under the Adarsha Sadar upazila in Cumilla on Thursday morning....
Home adviser asks BGB not to give in on border
Home adviser retired lieutenant general Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Tuesday urged all members of the Border Gurad Bangladesh not to give in to opponents on the border.
Indian youth held with drug in Sylhet
The Border Guard Bangladesh arrested an Indian national in Sylhet on Sunday night on charge of entering the country and possessing illegal drugs.
Border of blood
THE India-Bangladesh border, stretching over 4,096 kilometres and ranked as the fifth-longest land border in the world, stands as one of the most militarised. While serving...
16 Bangladeshis held on return from India illegally
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh arrested 16 Bangladeshis, including a child, for illegally crossing the border from India into Bangladesh through Benapole border Thursday night.
Bangladeshi shot dead by Indian along border
A Bangladeshi teenager was shot to death by a national of India at Jaintapur border in Sylhet on Thursday noon.