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BGB-BSF TALKS: Dhaka to highlight border killings, push-ins

Dhaka will widely discuss the border killing and push-in issues in the 57th four-day director general-level talks between the Border Guard Bangladesh and the Indian Border Security Force, which began on Monday in New Delhi, India.

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BGB-BSF TALKS: Dhaka to highlight border killings, push-ins
Staff Correspondent 09 June, 2026, 00:30

Dhaka will widely discuss the border killing and push-in issues in the 57th four-day director general-level talks between the Border Guard Bangladesh and the Indian Border Security Force, which began on Monday in New Delhi, India.

In the inaugural day of the four-day summit, the two forces will select issues to be discussed in the next three days, according to BGB headquarters officials.

‘We usually discussed widely over border killings, but this time the push-in issue has become more important as the BSF has been making such attempts along with the longstanding border killings issue,’ a BGB HQ official said on request to be not named.

The border guards of the two neighbouring countries engaged in showdowns at many border points, with the BGB resisting BSF bids to push people into Bangladesh and set up barbed wire fence in 150 yards of the no-man’s-land in violation of the international law.

A 15-member delegation, led by BGB director general Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui, is attending the four-day programme that will end on June 11.

‘Today is the first day of the four-day talks. We will issue a press statement about the talks after the end on June 11,’ said BGB headquarters deputy director general (Media) Colonel Abul Hasnat Mohamamd Mahmud Azam.

Dhaka has also set major issues, including constructing barbed wire fence within 150 yards of the no-man’s land and resolving the ongoing development projects, installing optical fibre through the Tin-Bigha corridor—Dahagram-Patgram area, preventing human trafficking, arms and other smuggling, illegal flying of drones and helicopters in Bangladesh territory and the dispute over the demarcation of Muhurirchar near Parshuram in Feni and Belonia in India’s South Tripura.

Other issues include embankment protection of transboundary rivers, installing effluent treatment plants for releasing industrial wastes and draining water into four cross-border canals from Agartala in India to Akhaura, exchange of regional armed groups activities and the information and implementation of the Coordinated Border Management Plan for border management and resolving border disputes.

Dhaka will also discuss how to stop sharing negative propaganda about Bangladesh and bordering areas on Indian media and social media platforms.

According to Bangladesh authorities, Bangladesh shares 4,156-kilometre-long border with India, of which some 180 kilometres fall on different water bodies and 79 kilometres on the Sundarban.

The BGB-BSF DG-level conference is held twice annually, alternately once in New Delhi and once in Dhaka.

In the concluding day of the 56th BGB-BSF summit at the BGB Pilkhana headquarters in Dhaka on August 28, 2025, the BSF had repeated the promise that it would bring down the border killing to zero.

The BGB had also protested at the push-ins of people through the border by the BSF in that summit.

Despite repeated BSF pledges, the killing of Bangladeshis by the BSF and Indian citizens along the border in 2025 marked the highest level in the past five years -- with 34 killings.

At least eight Bangladeshis were killed by the BSF either in firing or by torture in the first five months of this year, of whom four were killed between January and April while May alone accounted for four killings, showing a sharp spike of border killings in recent times.​

 

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Bangladesh protests to India over violations at 68 border points

Bangladesh has formally protested to India over the construction of barbed-wire fencing and other infrastructure projects along the Bangladesh-India border, alleging violations of existing bilateral procedures. Dhaka has informed New Delhi that various irregularities or deviations have been...

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Bangladesh protests to India over violations at 68 border points

Raheed Ejaz
Dhaka
Published: 11 Jun 2026, 10: 09

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Bangladesh has formally protested to India over the construction of barbed-wire fencing and other infrastructure projects along the Bangladesh-India border, alleging violations of existing bilateral procedures.

Dhaka has informed New Delhi that various irregularities or deviations have been identified in fencing projects at 68 locations along the border. It has stated that work on barbed-wire fencing at another 86 locations cannot commence until those irregularities are rectified.

In a communication sent this week to the Indian High Commission in Dhaka, Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Indian authorities had carried out various activities within 150 yards of the border without obtaining Bangladesh’s consent.

These activities include attempts to construct barbed-wire fencing, construction or repair of roads, establishment of border posts or other structures, and construction of bridges, culverts, embankments, or similar defensive infrastructure.

Bangladesh maintains that these activities are inconsistent with the 1975 Joint Guidelines of the Bangladesh-India Border Authorities and existing bilateral understandings and procedures governing activities in border areas. Dhaka therefore expects India to take the necessary steps to address these irregularities.

The message was conveyed by Bangladesh around the time the Director General-level meeting between the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and India’s Border Security Force (BSF) began in New Delhi.

Wednesday marked the third day of the talks, during which both sides discussed finalising the draft of the agreed minutes of the meeting. The four-day meeting concludes today, Thursday.

However, diplomatic sources said that, unlike previous occasions, the two sides will not hold a joint press conference after the meeting and will instead issue a press release.

The BGB-BSF meeting is taking place amid continued attempts by India to push people into Bangladesh. Bangladesh has described such “push-ins” as illegal, contrary to human rights, and in violation of international law.

India, on the other hand, has maintained that it is repatriating undocumented foreign nationals in accordance with its domestic laws and established procedures.

On Tuesday night, the BSF again attempted a push-in through the Rahimpur border area of Dewanganj Upazila in Jamalpur district. However, the attempt was thwarted due to the vigilance of BGB personnel and local residents. The BSF had previously made a similar attempt through the same location.

Dhaka’s protest

Diplomatic sources said that Bangladesh had also protested to India in February last year over similar border activities, including attempts to construct fencing. In its latest communication, Dhaka highlighted irregularities identified along the border between February 2025 and May 2026.

According to Bangladesh, India carried out various activities within 150 yards of the border without obtaining Bangladesh’s consent. Such incidents were identified at a total of 68 locations.

In some cases, multiple violations occurred at the same site. These included 39 instances of attempts to construct barbed-wire fencing, 33 cases involving road construction or repair, 27 instances of constructing border posts or other structures, 20 cases involving bridges, culverts, embankments, or similar defensive installations, and 18 other infrastructure-related activities.

In its objection sent to India, Bangladesh stated that although there is a rule prohibiting the deployment of border guards or other armed personnel within 150 yards of the zero line, armed BSF personnel have been observed performing duties in those areas after the fencing was installed.

The protest further noted that at several locations, welded wire mesh and bulletproof barbed-wire fencing had been constructed in deviation from the approved designs.

In most cases, fencing could have been erected farther from the border, but was instead built close to the zero line without any acceptable justification. Bangladesh also alleged that patrol posts, entry gates, CCTV cameras, and searchlights had been installed alongside the fencing without its approval.

Dhaka’s position is that work should not resume at the 68 completed sites and five under-construction sites where deviations have been identified until the irregularities are corrected.

Likewise, at the 86 locations where barbed-wire fencing has not yet begun, Bangladesh has said that joint inspections must first be completed and the minutes of bilateral discussions finalized before construction can proceed.

Bangladesh has also called for an end to the presence of BSF personnel or other armed members within 150 yards of the zero line.

Former ambassador M Humayun Kabir believes that both countries should take initiatives to restore normalcy and avoid the continuing tensions surrounding push-in incidents along the Bangladesh-India border.

Speaking to Prothom Alo, he said that it was desirable for both sides to make efforts through existing institutional mechanisms to overcome the current tensions and move toward a more stable situation.​