BGB seizes smuggled goods worth over Tk 170cr in Feb
The Border Guard Bangladesh seized smuggled goods worth over Tk 170.18 crore from the bordering areas in the month of February, said a BGB press release...
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BSF returns 3 Bangladeshis
The Border Guard Bangladesh on Tuesday said that they brought back three Bangladeshis who were detained by India鈥檚 Border Security Force two days ago on penetration charges in the northwestern frontier...
BGB stops BSF from erecting fence in border
The Border Guard Bangladesh on Sunday obstructed the Indian Border Security Force鈥檚 attempt to erect a barbed wire fence and install iron poles along the Dahagram border in Lalmonirhat鈥檚 Patgram upazila.
Indo-Bangla border haats suspended since August
The operations of border haats between Bangladesh and India, dominated by industrial products from the latter, have remained suspended since August after a mass uprising toppled the Awami League regime on August 5, 2024...
Four dead from India avalanche, five missing
At least four people died from their injuries in India after an avalanche hit a remote border area, officials said Saturday, as rescuers deployed helicopters to search for the remaining five missing...
BGB opens Ukhiya battalion amid tension in Myanmar border
The Border Guard Bangladesh on Saturday launched its 64 Ukhiya Battalion in Cox鈥檚 Bazar amid rising tension between the Myanmar military junta and the Arakan Army along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border...
Bangladeshi youth shot dead by BSF
The Border Guard Bangladesh director general, Major General Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui, on Saturday said they returned Indian intruders following a legal procedure, but it would be tough in the coming days if border killings continued...
1,690 more held amid rampant crimes
Law enforcement and security agencies intensified patrolling and set up more checkpoints across the country on Thursday to rein in the upsurge of crimes...
1,690 held as patrol intensifies amid rampant crimes
The police, joint forces, Rapid Action Battalion, Border Guard Bangladesh and Armed Police Battalion intensified patrolling and setting up more checkpoints across the country on Wednesday to curb crimes...
Govt should deliver justice for BDR carnage
WHILE the 2009 carnage in the Bangladesh Rifles, later renamed as Border Guard Bangladesh, remains a shocking incident, leaving an indelible scar, the failure to establish the motive and the plotters of the incident and to bring them to justice is unsettling. The rebellion, which began in the border guard headquarters on February 25 and spilled over to some other sector...
Delhi should deliver on pledges to end border killing
INDIA鈥橲 Border Security Force reaffirming not to use lethal weapons in border management is welcome. The statement was made at the conference between the director generals of the border forces of India and Bangladesh...
BGB-BSF DG-LEVEL CONFERENCE: Dhaka for joint inspection for any construction in 150 yards of border
The Border Guard Bangladesh has pressed for joint inspection and joint record of discussion engaging representatives of both sides for the construction of any permanent structure or barbed wire fence in the 150 yards of...
Dhaka, Delhi agree border management without killing
Reaffirming the need for synergistic efforts to uphold human rights and curb violence on the border, Bangladesh and India on Thursday agreed to work together with utmost synergy by enhancing joint patrolling, vigilance, and intensifying public awareness programmes...
DCs recommend increased BGB deployment along borders
Deputy Commissioners on Tuesday recommended deployment of Border Guard Bangladesh personnel in a greater number in the country鈥檚 frontier areas to bolster national security in addition to enhanced security measures for waterways....
Chinese minister meets Myanmar scam centre workers
A Chinese government minister met more than 1,000 alleged scam centre workers on the Thailand-Myanmar border on Monday, Thai media said, as the three countries vowed to crack down on the illicit compounds...
BGB-BSF DG level conference opens Monday amid border tension
The four-day director general level border conference between the Indian Border Security Force and the Border Guard Bangladesh is set to begin today in New Delhi amid tension along the border between the two neighbours over...
BSF installs CCTV cameras along Bhurungamari border
The Indian Border Security Force installed CCTV cameras along the zero line of Dakshin Banshjani border in Bhurungamari upazila of Kurigram early Monday...
BGB seizes Tk 162.52cr smuggled goods in Jan
The Border Guard Bangladesh seized arms, ammunition, drugs and other contraband items worth Tk 162.52 crore during anti-smuggling drives across the country, especially in bordering areas in January....
SC tightens security amid vandalism threats
The Supreme Court authorities have tightened security in the court compound, deploying army, Border Guard Bangladesh and law enforcement members following intelligence reports that a group of lawyers might attempt to vandalise a mural of the country鈥檚 founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman installed in the court鈥檚 inner garden...
33 Rohingyas held for illegal trespassing
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh detained 33 Rohingyas from Alikadam in Bandarban district early Saturday while they were entering Bangladesh illegally...
Bangladesh-India border: more than a line
THE implications of strained border relations extend beyond politics. Border communities bear the brunt of these tensions, with disrupted livelihoods and lost lives, writes Imran Hossain...
Time for Delhi to stop playing border ploys, Dhaka to be bold
THE installation of electric poles and searchlights by India鈥檚 Border Security Force within 50 yards of the zero line in the Patgram border in Lalmonirhat appears to be an insidious effort as the Joint India-Bangladesh Guidelines for Border Authorities of the Two Countries, or Border Guidelines, signed in 1975, does not allow the construction of structures within...
BSF installs electric poles on zero line in Patgram
The Indian Border Security Force installed electric pillars and searchlights on zero line at Gatiyar Bhita of Dhabalsuti Gatia under Patgram in Lalmonirhat on Thursday.
BSF reinforces border fence with bamboo in Lalmonirhat
Indian Border Security Force have allegedly attached slices of bamboo to the erected barbed fence along the Zero Line of the border in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat...
India's West Bengal approves land acquisition for fencing border with Bangladesh
The West Bengal Cabinet had given the go-ahead for acquiring land for the Border Security Force of India to fence the India-Bangladesh border at Karimpur in the Nadia district, reported hindustantimes.com on Wednesday...
BGB-BSF talks in Feb 17-20
Border forces of Bangladesh and India are set to hold a director general-level meeting in New Delhi of India from February 17 to 20 amid tensions between the two neighbours over border fencing at several points by India鈥檚 Border Security Force...
New migrant caravan en route to US border
A caravan of over 1,000 migrants left southern Mexico over the weekend for the US border, despite president Donald Trump deploying reinforcements to keep migrants out and cancelling all asylum applications.
Smuggled goods worth over Tk 5cr seized in Sylhet, Sunamganj borders
Border Guard Bangladesh seized a huge consignment of smuggled goods worth over Tk 5 crore in Sylhet and Sunamganj borders on Friday.
BSF issues 10-day ops alert along Bangladesh border
India鈥檚 Border Security Force has issued a 10-day 鈥極ps Alert鈥�, effective from January 22, and will exercise the alert along the India-Bangladesh border to tighten security during India鈥檚 76th Republic Day celebrations.
Villagers asked not to go to border
Border Guard Bangladesh 59th Battalion (Rohanpur) commander Lieutenant Colonel Golam Kibria on Thursday requested villagers not to rush to the border during any tensions, saying that the BGB was enough to face the Indian Border Security Force...