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BSF’s border fencing move strains bilateral relations

THIS is unacceptable that India’s Border Security Force continues creating tension with efforts to erect fences on the zero line in violation of international laws and bilateral agreements. The Indian border force is reported to be constructing barbed-wire or iron electric fences along the border in Lalmonirhat, Chapainawabganj and Naogaon. While...

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BDR carnage trial to be held at Dhaka Central Jail

The trial for the BDR massacre case will take place in a temporary court at Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj instead of the previously planned location at the Dhaka Alia Madrasa ground.

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Tension along border continues

The government on Sunday urged India to refrain from any provocative actions amid tensions along the border over the construction of border fencing in violation the international law at...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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End to border killing must for good relations with India

JUSTICE for the murder of Felani Khatun at the hands of India’s Border Security Force on January 7, 2011, could be a point of departure towards improved border management and relations between Bangladesh and India. But it has not happened. The photograph of Felani hanging from the fence created a global stir and readily became a symbol of...

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Bangladeshi man’s body recovered along border

Members of the Border Guard Bangladesh recovered the body of a Bangladeshi man in the Kotok Bazar area along the Indian border under the Adarsha Sadar upazila in Cumilla on Thursday morning...

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Indian youth held with drug in Sylhet

The Border Guard Bangladesh arrested an Indian national in Sylhet on Sunday night on charge of entering the country and possessing illegal drugs.

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Border of blood

THE India-Bangladesh border, stretching over 4,096 kilometres and ranked as the fifth-longest land border in the world, stands as one of the most militarised. While serving...

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Border killings never acceptable: Fakhrul

Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said that border killings should never be accepted under any circumstances...

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BGB Day-2024 observed

The Border Guard Bangladesh Day-2024 was celebrated on a limited scale in all regions, institutions, sectors and units of the BGB on Monday.

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BDR massacre: a call for justice

THE massacre at the headquarters of the Bangladesh Rifles, now renamed as Border Guard Bangladesh, on February 25, 2009, stands as harrowing tragedy in Bangladesh’s history. Fifty-seven army officers were murdered by the border guards. Alongside the officers, several civilians fell victim to the barbarity. The crime was marked by unimaginable...

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Torture, killing of Bangladeshis on border should stop

THREE Bangladeshis allegedly having been tortured to death by India’s 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...

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3 Bangladesh nationals found dead near Indian border

The police and the Border Guard Bangladesh recovered the dead bodies of three Bangladeshis from three separate spots along the border with India near the Ichhamati River under Sharsha and Benapole port police in Jashore on Wednesday...