26 Bangladeshi fishermen brought back from Arakan Army
The Border Guard Bangladesh on Saturday afternoon brought 26 Bangladeshi fishermen back from Myanmar鈥檚 Arakan Army鈥檚 custody...
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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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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.
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...
Only farmers to be allowed within 150 yards of border
A sector commander-level meeting between the Border Guard Bangladesh and the Indian Border Security Force on Wednesday decided that no one except Bangladeshi and Indian farmers would be allowed to enter the 150-yard area from the border pillars...
BGB thwarts BSF鈥檚 fence attempt at Jaipurhat border
The Border Guard Bangladesh has thwarted yet another attempt allegedly by the Indian Border Security Force to install barbed-wire fence along the Uchna border in Panchbibi upazila of Jaipurhat...
BGB allowed to use sound grenades, tear gas shells on border: adviser
Home affairs adviser retired lieutenant general Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Monday said that they had allowed the Border Guard Bangladesh to procure non-lethal weapons like sound grenades and tear gas shells to use in the border areas.
BGB sues BNP leaders for snatching buffaloes
Border Guard Bangladesh officials filed a case against twelve people, including five leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, on charge of snatching two buffaloes from them on Saturday.
BGB provides financial assistance to July uprising injured
Border Guard Bangladesh provided financial assistance to 18 students and people injured in the July-August uprising at an event at the Border Conference Centre of the BGB Headquarters in Dhaka on Sunday...
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....
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.
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...
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...
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...