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...
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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...
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...
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...
Dhaka, Delhi need to effectively engage in easing border tension
THE clash between Bangladeshi and Indian villagers in the Shibganj border in Chapainawabganj over harvesting crops on no man鈥檚 land adds to the ongoing border tension resulted from India鈥檚 Border Security Force trying to erect fences on the zero line in violation of laws and agreements. Hundreds of villagers from both Bangladesh and India clashed...
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.
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...
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...
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.
Torture, killing of Bangladeshis on border should stop
THREE Bangladeshis allegedly having been tortured to death by India鈥檚 Border Security Force once again questions the commitment of Indian authorities to ending border killing. The police and the Border Guard Bangladesh found the bodies on three spots along the border with India near the River Ichhamati at Sharsha in Jashore on December 18. While the...
BSF detains Bangladesh national at Patgram border
The Indian Border Security Force on Wednesday morning arrested a Bangladeshi national at the Patgram border in Lalmonirhat...
Bangladesh national injured in BSF firing
A Bangladesh national was injured in firing by the Indian Border Security Force in the Kutirpar border area of Aditmari upazila in Lalmonirhat early Saturday.
India hands over Rezaul鈥檚 body to Bangladesh
Indian police on Saturday handed over the body of a Bangladeshi citizen, who died inside the neighbouring country鈥檚 territory, to Bangladesh police...
Bangladesh protests at killing of its national by Indian BSF
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government on Wednesday protested at the killing of Bangladeshi national Md Kamal Hossain by Indian Border Security Force along the border area in Cumilla.
EU supports with equipment to strengthen border security
The European Union is supporting border control personnel to detect and counter forged documents, identify thefts and other cross-border crimes, as well as to prevent irregular migration...
BSF move to construct border fence halted
The Border Guard Bangladesh halted the Indian Border Security Force鈥檚 attempts to fence the borderline with barbed wire in the no man鈥檚 land in Joypurhat area on Sunday...
BGB-BSF meeting decides to return 200 acres to Bangladesh
Bangladeshi landowners are set to regain around 200 acres of land previously lost to India due to the erosion of the Padma River along the Daulatpur border in Kushtia...
BSF returns body of schoolboy
The Indian Border Security Force has returned the body of Jayonto Kumar Singha, a Bangladeshi schoolboy who was fatally shot along the Baliadangi border in Thakurgaon...
Unfriendly borders
IN THE shadow of diplomatic pleasantries, the relationship between India and Bangladesh reveals a much darker and more unsettling truth. Despite decades of professed friendship and collaboration, the border between these two neighbouring nations has become a deadly frontier where the promises of good relations are betrayed by the harsh...
University students protest at border killing by Indian BSF
Students of Jahangirnagar University, Jagannath University and Rajshahi University on Tuesday held demonstrations protesting at killing of Bangladeshis by the Indian Border Security Force. 聽
JU, RU students protest at border killing by BSF
Students of the Jahangirnagar University and the Rajshahi University on Monday held rallies on their respective campuses to protest against killings of Bangladeshis by the Indian Border Security Force in bordering areas...
Bangladesh lodges protest over killing of teenage girl by India's BSF
Bangladesh has lodged a formal protest to the government of India on the killing of a 13-year-old Bangladeshi girl, Shwarna Das of Juri upazila in Moulvibazar, who was...
Bangladesh national injured in BSF firing along Sylhet border
A Bangladeshi man was injured along Sylhet鈥檚 Companiganj border after Indian Border Security Force personnel opened fire on Monday night.
BSF returns body after killing
Indian Border Security Force on Wednesday returned the body of Abdullah, 35, who was shot and killed on the Chapainawabganj border...
India blocks Bangladeshis fleeing chaotic regime change
India has arrested nearly a dozen Bangladeshis attempting to cross the border to escape violence and political tumult following deadly protests that led to the ouster of prime minister Sheikh Hasina, border officials said Monday...
India forms body to monitor safety of Indians in Bangladesh
A five-member committee led by a senior Border Security Force official has been set up to communicate with Bangladesh authorities 鈥榯o ensure the safety and security of Indian nationals, Hindus, and other minority communities living there,鈥� The Hindu reported quoting Union Home Minister Amit Shah as saying on Friday...
India govt removes BSF chief, deputy
In an unprecedented move, the Centre on Friday removed Border Security Force director general Nitin Agrawal and his deputy Special DG (West) YB Khurania and sent them...