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BGB thwarts BSF's attempt to erect barbed wire fence along Joypurhat border

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) thwarted yet another attempt by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) to construct a barbed wire fence along the Panchbibi border in Joypurhat. The incident occurred early Saturday around 5:30 am in the Sonatala border area under the jurisdiction of the Hat

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BGB thwarts BSF's attempt to erect barbed wire fence along Joypurhat border
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Published :
Oct 19, 2024 23:48
Updated :
Oct 19, 2024 23:48

A flag meeting was held on Saturday evening between the BGB and the BSF. Photo : UNB

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) thwarted yet another attempt by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) to construct a barbed wire fence along the Panchbibi border in Joypurhat.

The incident occurred early Saturday around 5:30 am in the Sonatala border area under the jurisdiction of the Hatkhola BOP camp.

Lt Col Mohammad Nahid Newaz, commander of Joypurhat-20 BGB Battalion, confirmed the matter.

International law prohibits any construction within 150 yards of the border. Despite this, BSF personnel began erecting a temporary barbed wire fence using bamboo poles approximately 20 yards inside Indian territory, near the third and fourth sub-pillars of main pillar 280, according to BGB sources and local residents.

Local residents alerted the BGB patrol team, who arrived at the scene to intervene. The BGB's action forced the BSF to halt their construction efforts, ensuring the integrity of the border remained intact.

In a related development, a flag meeting was held on Saturday evening between the BGB and the BSF. Under the leadership of Naik Subedar Naeemul Islam, company commander of Koya BOP, and AC Ankur, company commander of the 137 Battalion BSF, both sides discussed the ongoing issue of border construction.

The BSF commander assured the BGB that there would be no further attempts to construct the barbed wire fence outside areas allowed under international law.

On October 17, BSF members had made two attempts to build a barbed wire fence using iron poles in the same area, but their efforts were similarly obstructed by BGB personnel. Following those incidents, a protest letter was sent by Joypurhat Battalion-20 BGB to the commander of the 137 Battalion BSF.​

 

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BGB, BSF DG-level talks postponed

The director general-level border talks between Bangladesh and India, initially set for next month in New Delhi, have been postponed.

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BGB, BSF DG-level talks postponed

The director general-level border talks between Bangladesh and India, initially set for next month in New Delhi, have been postponed.

Speaking to this newspaper yesterday, BGB Deputy Director General (Media) Colonel Mohammad Shariful Islam said with approval from the home ministry, the BGB requested the BSF to delay the meeting by a month, as BGB officials are currently deployed across the country due to the present situation.

The 55th meeting between the DGs of the border forces of the two countries was planned to be held in New Delhi from November 18 to 22, marking the first such meeting since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government on August 5.

Indian news agency PTI reported that the meeting has been postponed due to adjustments in Bangladesh's plans.

BGB and BSF chiefs hold these meetings twice a year. PTI, citing sources, mentioned that efforts are underway to schedule a new date for the meeting soon.

The last meeting took place in Dhaka in March.​

 

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BSF returns body of trader killed along Mymensingh border

The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has returned the body of a businessman who was killed along the Dhobaura border in Mymensingh on October 24. Lt Col ASM Kamruzzaman, commander of 31 Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) battalion, confirmed the matter on Saturday. The deceased, Rezaul Karim, was a

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BSF returns body of trader killed along Mymensingh border
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Oct 26, 2024 22:00
Updated :
Oct 26, 2024 22:00

The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has returned the body of a businessman who was killed along the Dhobaura border in Mymensingh on October 24.

Lt Col ASM Kamruzzaman, commander of 31 Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) battalion, confirmed the matter on Saturday.

The deceased, Rezaul Karim, was a medicine trader from Sherpur. He died while attempting to cross the border at the Dhobaura frontier on October 24, UNB reports.

Bachchu, officer-in-charge of Durgapur Police Station, received the body in the presence of BGB members at the Bagmara Land Checkpoint in Netrokona District on Saturday afternoon. An initial examination revealed no signs of gunshot wounds on the body, according to the BGB official.

Rezaul hailed from Alinapara village in Sherpur Sadar upazila. He owned a pharmacy on Hospital Road in the Narayanpur area of Sherpur.

On the evening of October 24, Rezaul was reportedly killed near pillar 1139/9 in the Indian Territory, close to the BGB camp in the Munshipara area of South Maizpara Union in Mymensingh’s Dhobaura upazila. Following the incident, the BSF took his body to the Dhamdam camp.

Local residents heard gunfire from the BSF shortly after Rezaul entered India to procure medicines at a lower cost, leading them to believe that he was shot by the BSF.

However, on Saturday morning, the BSF informed the 31 BGB battalion in Netrokona that seven individuals encountered challenges from the BSF while trying to cross into India. Six managed to escape, but Rezaul fell off a culvert, suffered a head injury, and became unconscious, subsequently drowning in the water.

BSF personnel rescued him and took him to a local primary treatment centre, where he was declared dead.

OC Bachchu noted that a case is underway to be filed at the police station.​

 

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BGB, BSF hold sector commander-level border coordination meeting

A border coordination meeting was held on Thursday between the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Rangpur Sector and India’s Border Security Force (BSF) Dhubri Sector at the Sonahat land port in Bhurungamari, Kurigram. The three-hour meeting, beginning at 11:00 am, was attended by BGB Rangpur Sec

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BGB, BSF hold sector commander-level border coordination meeting
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Published :
Nov 14, 2024 22:38
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Nov 14, 2024 22:38

A border coordination meeting was held on Thursday between the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Rangpur Sector and India’s Border Security Force (BSF) Dhubri Sector at the Sonahat land port in Bhurungamari, Kurigram.

The three-hour meeting, beginning at 11:00 am, was attended by BGB Rangpur Sector Commander Col Mamunur Rashid, and BSF Dhubri Sector DIG Shri Ashutosh Sharma, with 16 representatives from each side present, reports UNB.

Lt. Colonel Muhammad Masudur Rahman of Kurigram’s 22 BGB informed that discussions focused on preventing illegal border crossings, attacks on innocent civilians, controlling smuggling and drug trafficking, prohibiting illegal structures within 150 yards of the border, and coordinating developmental activities such as barbed-wire fencing.

The meeting was attended by officers from BGB's Kurigram Battalion (22 BGB), including Battalion Commander Lt. Colonel Muhammad Masudur Rahman, Lt. Colonel S.M. Khairul Alam, and other staff officers. Representatives from BSF’s Dhubri Sector, including commanders of the 19, 31, and 150 BSF Battalions and staff officers, were also present.​