Bangladeshi dies along border with India
A Bangladesh national died along the border with India at the Jhulipara border point of Haribhasa union under Sadar upazila in Panchagrah district early Sunday...
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Dhaka must talk push-in globally, Indians should also raise voice
INDIA鈥橲 Border Security Force pushing people into Bangladesh not only furthers Delhi鈥檚 unneighbourly conduct but also appears a deliberate policy decision. This blatantly contravenes international laws, bilateral agreements and established border management norms. Since May 7, Indian guards have pushed at least 1,511 individuals into Bangladesh. While the majority...
Shoot-on-sight ordered at Assam border
The Assam government on Friday issued a shoot-at-sight order in the India Bangladesh border town of Dhubri after dusk to rein in what chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma described as 鈥榓聽 communal group鈥� fomenting trouble over the past week, reports The Times of India.
48 Rohingyas registered in India pushed into Bangladesh
The Border Security Force of India has recently pushed at least 122 Rohingyas, including 48 registered by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in India, into Bangladesh...
Dhaka should step up effort to address border tension
TENSION along Bangladesh鈥檚 borders with India and Myanmar continues to escalate amid a series of troubling incidents, including push-ins, border killing by India鈥檚 Border Security Force and landmine explosion and abduction by Myanmar鈥檚 rebel group Arakan Army. The persistent pattern of abuse and violence against Bangladeshis in the frontiers remains a matter of grave...
Tensions continue along Bangladesh鈥檚 borders with India, Myanmar
Tensions along Bangladesh borders with India and Myanmar have continued to rise amid repeated incidents of push-in and border killing by the Indian Border Security Force and land mine explosions and abductions of fishermen by Myanmar rebel group Arakan Army...
10 BGB personnel injured in attack by arrestee鈥檚 supporters
At least 10 Border Guard Bangladesh personnel, including its 64 Battalion deputy commander, were injured as supporters of an arrested Yaba peddling suspect attacked a BGB patrol team in the Moulvibazar area under Teknaf upazila in Cox鈥檚 Bazar district Monday afternoon...
BSF returns youth鈥檚 body two days after killing
The Indian Border Security Force Monday morning handed over the body of a Bangladeshi youth, who was shot dead by BSF personnel two days earlier along the Dattagram border in Sharifpur union of Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar...
One arrested with gold bars worth Tk 2cr
Members of the Border Guard Bangladesh in a raid in Jashore detained a man along with 12 gold bars weighing 1.397 kilograms and worth Tk 2,03,51,496, said Lieutenant Colonel Saifullah Siddiqui, commanding officer of 49 Border Guard Battalion...
BSF returns youth鈥檚 body two days after killing
The Indian Border Security Force Monday morning handed over the body of a Bangladeshi youth, who was shot dead by BSF personnel two days earlier along the Dattagram border in Sharifpur union of Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar.
1,106 people pushed into Bangladesh since May 7
The Border Security Force of India and the Indian Navy have pushed 1,106 people into Bangladesh through 17 bordering districts since May 7.
India pushes 82 more into Bangladesh
The Border Security Force of India pushed 82 more people into Bangladesh through the borders in Sylhet and Sunamganj on Wednesday...
Unabated border killing
The death of Bangladeshis at the hands of India鈥檚 Border Security Force has become a grim reality, with barely any effective response that would stop the happening. The death hardly creates outrage outside a few rights groups. The Border Guard Bangladesh lodges protests. The issue comes up at bilateral meetings or dialogues. Yet, there is little sustained pressure or...
India pushes 67 more into Bangladesh
The Border Security Force of India pushed 67 more people into Bangladesh through the borders in Meherpur, Satkhira, and Kurigram districts on Tuesday...
Yunan explores cross-border trade cooperation
A high-level Chinese delegation led by Liu Jie, deputy director of the Lancang-Mekong Sub-regional Economic and Trade Development Centre of the Department of Commerce in Yunnan province, held a meeting on Monday with Anwar Hossain, vice-chairman of the Export Promotion Bureau of Bangladesh...
India鈥檚 unilateral push-in policy is condemnable
INDIA has unilaterally pushed several hundred people into Bangladesh through several border areas, which is unacceptable because it goes against accepted border management guidelines and diplomatic standards. India has continued pushing people into Bangladesh since May 7, when a war-like situation prevailed between India and Pakistan. Of the fresh push-in incidents...
21 more pushed into Bangladesh
The Border Security Force of India on Saturday pushed 21 more people into Bangladesh through Kanaighat border in Sylhet without maintaining any legal process.
Tension prevails at NBR
A tense situation prevailed at the National Board of Revenue on Saturday amid the presence of a huge number of police, Border Guard Bangladesh and army personnel at the revenue board鈥檚 premises since the morning of the day...
Two arrested for impersonating military officers to defraud cattle traders
Members of the Border Guard Bangladesh on Thursday detained two people for allegedly impersonating senior military officers and defrauding cattle traders by promising to facilitate cross-border cattle smuggling...
India pushes 105 more into Bangladesh聽
Indian Border Security Force on Thursday pushed 105 more people into Bangladesh through different border points of six districts.
India鈥檚 push-in strategy
DESPITE deep ties between Bangladesh and India in the geopolitical landscape of South Asia, India鈥檚 approach to border management has often been aggressive, escalating tensions with its neighbours. Recently, a complex diplomatic conflict has emerged over 鈥榩ush-in鈥� incidents along the India-Bangladesh border, where Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) have been...
2 BGB members hurt in attack by drug peddlers
At least two members of the Border Guard Bangladesh were injured in an attack allegedly by suspected drug dealers at the Nazir Gomani border under Patgram upazila in Lalmonirhat early Sunday...
India pushes 28 more people into Bangladesh
India鈥檚 Border Security Force pushed 28 more people into Bangladesh through borders in Thakurgaon and Panchagarh district on Saturday as the neighbouring country continued push-in of people.
India pushes 30 more into Bangladesh
The Border Security Force of India on Thursday pushed 30 more people into Bangladesh through separate bordering points of Kulaura and Borolekha upazilas in Moulvibazar as pushing people into Bangladesh from India continues without following any legal process.
Hanging body of Border Guard Bangladesh soldier found in Satkhira
A member of the Border Guard Bangladesh was found hanging from a ceiling fan at his rented house in the Burigoalini area of Shyamnagar, near the Nildumur BGB camp, in Satkhira on Wednesday...
India鈥檚 push-in聽attempts go on Dhaka sends letter to Delhi
The Border Security Force of India is continuing attempts to push people into Bangladesh territory through different bordering areas amid heightened security measures.
Dhaka should pull its finger out to stop border death, abduction
BANGLADESHIS coming to be shot, abducted or tortured in the frontiers has remained a prickly issue with India. India鈥檚 Border Security Force, as Human Rights Support Society said in a statement on March 10, has killed 305 Bangladeshis and wounded 282 more in the border in a decade. The statement says that Indian guards killed 26 Bangladeshis and wounded 25 in...
India鈥檚 push-in efforts further strain BD-India relations
INDIA鈥橲 Border Security Force continuing to push people into Bangladesh is another instance of its blatant disregard for international laws and border protocols and bilateral agreements. On May 10 and 11, Indian border guards pushed at least 92 people into Bangladesh through border points in Satkhira and Chuadanga. Indian border guards pushed 78 people into...
Migrant families protest after US-Mexico reunion event cancelled
Families separated by the US-Mexico border staged a demonstration Saturday on both sides of the boundary, where US president Donald Trump鈥檚 aggressive anti-migrant policies forced the cancellation of a Mother鈥檚 Day reunion event.
Blood on the border
ONE of the most tragic and unresolved human rights crises in South Asia is the deadly border killings by the Indian border forces. India鈥檚 Border Security Force kills Bangladeshi civilians despite the many bilateral agreements and repeated diplomatic assurances...