5 journalists killed in Bangladesh in 2024: Reporters Without Border
The Reporters Without Borders 2024 Round-up has highlighted a grim picture of press freedom worldwide, with 54 journalists including five in Bangladesh killed in 2024...
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Tension continues along border
Tension remained high along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border as of Wednesday evening amid a heightened risk of a fresh influx of Rohingya people as rebel group Arakan Army had established its full control along the border between the two countries in the Rakhine state...
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...
Lebanon boosting troops on Syria border
The Lebanese army said on Sunday it was reinforcing its presence on the border with neighbouring Syria, after the government of president Bashar al-Assad fell and rebels took the capital Damascus...
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.
No gathering on Thaurgaon border this year
The yearly gathering and traditional fair along Bangladesh-India border in Thaurgaon鈥檚 Ranishankail upazila scheduled for Friday will not be held this year. Rakibul Hasan, Ranisankail upazila nirbahi officer, said...
Sarwar appointed as Priyo Pay strategic adviser
Badrul Munir Sarwar has been appointed as strategic adviser of Priyo Pay, a San Francisco-based cross-border payment platform, said a press release...
2 BGB members injured in smugglers鈥� attack
Two members of the Border Guard Bangladesh were injured as smugglers attacked them to snatch seized smuggled goods in the Dowarabazar border area 鈥嬧�媔n Sunamganj early Tuesday.
Unwarranted Indian interference
THIS is quite disconcerting that the Bharatiya Janata Party鈥檚 Hindu nationalist government of India has expressed 鈥榗oncern鈥� about the arrest of Chinmoy Krishna Das, spokesperson of Sanatan Jagaran Mancha and a 鈥榝ormer鈥� leader of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, or ISKCON, on specific charges of sedition. Moreover, the chief of the West Bengal BJP, Suvendu Adhikari, reportedly threatened...
Six platoons of BGB deployed in Jatrabari-Demra area
Six platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh personnel have been deployed in Jatrabari-Demra area to maintain law and order.
Tk 3cr smuggled products seized in Habiganj
Border Guard Bangladesh seized different products, including fabrics and cosmetics, smuggled in the country from India in Habiganj on Saturday. 聽
Govt extends army鈥檚 magistracy power
The government has extended the magistracy power given to commissioned army officers for another two months...
Burundi journalist risks 12-year jail term
A journalist in Burundi is at risk of a 12-year jail term over information she shared in a private WhatsApp group, global media watchdog Reporters Without Borders said...
250 migrants found in US-bound truck
Mexican authorities said Sunday that they had found more than 250 migrants crammed into a double trailer truck heading towards the US border.
20 Bangladeshi fishermen return from Myanmar
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh has brought back 20 Bangladeshi fishermen from the clutches of Arakan Army, an armed separatist organisation in Myanmar.
Smuggled goods worth over Tk 8cr seized in Sylhet
A task force led by the Border Guard Bangladesh seized huge consignments of smuggled goods worth more than Tk 8 crore during a drive that continued from Monday night to Tuesday...
BGB detains two Indian nationals
The paramilitary Border Guard Bangladesh detained two Indian citizens with some liquor from Shahpur frontier of Cumilla.
US welcomes India, China efforts to lower border tensions
The United States on Tuesday welcomed efforts by India and China to resolve border tensions, after they recently agreed on ways to step back from their deadly 2020 confrontation...
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...
Myanmar citizen among two held
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh, in an overnight drive, detained two people, including a Myanmar citizen from Sylhet border area.
BGB halts BSF move to construct border fence
The Border Guard Bangladesh on Saturday halted the Indian Border Security Force鈥檚 attempts to fence the borderline with barbed wire within 20 yards of Indian border at Panchbibi upazila in...
BGB detains six Bangladesh nationals along Panchagarh border
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh detained six Bangladeshis, including three of a family while allegedly trying to cross into India through the border in Panchagarh on Thursday night.
BSF detains Bangladeshi in Sylhet border
The Indian Border Security Force detained a Bangladeshi man in the Sylhet border area on Tuesday afternoon.
Arakan Army returns 16 Bangladeshi fishermen to BGB
Arakan Army returned 16 Bangladeshi fishermen to Border Guard Bangladesh on Monday.
11 killed in Pak tribal clash
At least 11 people were killed and eight were injured in shooting incidents in Kunj Alizai area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa鈥檚 Kurram district, hospital and local officials said on Saturday...
Joint secy Kibria arrested while fleeing to India
Border Guard Bangladesh on Saturday in Brahmanbaria arrested joint secretary AKMG Kibria Majumdar while fleeing to India.聽
Indian national held in Jaipurhat for trespassing
The Border Guard Bangladesh on Thursday detained an Indian national allegedly involved in human trafficking as he entered Bangladesh illegally through the Uchna border under...
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.
Two Indian citizens among 10 held in border areas
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh detained 10 people, including two Indian nationals, from border areas in Brahmanbaria, Panchagarh and Sylhet districts.
BGB seizes smuggled goods worth Tk 253 crore in Sept
Border Guard Bangladesh has seized various types of smuggled goods worth over Tk 253 crore 56 lakh and 85 thousand by carrying out raids in border areas and other places of the...