A nine-member delegation of India鈥檚 Border Security Force is set to reach Dhaka today to attend the 56th director general-level conference with the Border Guard Bangladesh.
The team is expected to arrive in Dhaka in the afternoon and the official meeting will start from Tuesday, BGB officials said.
The BSF delegation, led by its director general, is expected to take part in the conference, said a BGB press release on August 10.
Different cross-border crime issues, including border killings, push-ins, illegal intrusion, smuggling drugs, arms and ammunition, and other issues from the Indian side, are likely to be discussed in the meeting.
The other issues would include the implementation of development activities within 150 yards of the international border, water sharing, and the protection of embankments on transboundary rivers.
BGB officials said that they will also raise the issue of possible security risks along Bangladesh鈥檚 borders with the Indian state of Assam over allowing arms to the indigenous people.
In the 55th DG-level conference of the two border forces in February 17鈥�20 in New Delhi, the BGB expressed concern over the killing of Bangladeshis along the Indian border and urged its counterpart to bring the border killings to zero.
At least 34 Bangladeshis were killed by the BSF in the first year of the interim government鈥檚 tenure, while the figure was 30 in 2024 and 31 in 2023, according to rights group Ain O Salish Kendra data.
The BSF and the Indian Navy have pushed more than 2,000 people, including 173 Rohingyas and Indian nationals, into Bangladesh since May 7.
Among the Rohingyas pushed by the Indian BSF, 50 are registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in India.
According to Bangladesh authorities, Bangladesh has 4,156 kilometres of border with India, of which some 180 kilometres fall on different water bodies and 79 kilometres on the Sunderbans.
