Home Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury today said the BGB has been instructed to stay fully prepared to tackle any situation along the border.

"We have instructed the BGB to be prepared to face any situation. BGB will always be ready on the border. However, there is no such major tension at the border right now," Jahangir said in response to a reporter's query at the BGB headquarters in the capital's Pilkhana.

He, however, said if tension arises along the border, it will be dealt with accordingly.

The adviser made the remarks while attending a rehabilitation event for those injured during the July movement.

Any provocation would have to be resisted, not spared, he said, adding that the border force is ready to tackle any situation front on.

Regarding the border killings and border tension at Panchagarh, he said,

"I would like to tell the Bangladeshi citizens along the border that there is no need to worry. We are always ready to ensure safety. Border citizens are safe," he said.

Asked what kind of instructions were given to the BGB, the adviser said the BGB would work for internal and border security.

"However, I have asked to reduce internal work and focus on the border," he said.

The home adviser also said except for one or two isolated incidents, BGB played a very tolerant, humanitarian, and responsible role in the movement of July and August.

After the victory of the students and people on August 5, the BGB has been playing an important in maintaining law and order across the country, he said.

The home adviser said the BGB detained about 50 controversial people of the then government while they were trying to cross the border and handed them over to the law authorities.

"In the new context, BGB has been able to arrest a significant number of smugglers and seize a large number of smuggled goods along the border in the last three months by playing a strong role in protecting the country's border," said the adviser.

BGB Director General Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddique said the BGB has taken initiatives to rehabilitate 107 students and people injured in the anti-discrimination movement across the country.

In continuation of this, seven have been assisted through today's programme, he said.

Earlier, the BGB provided Tk 5 lakh to the Shaheed Abu Sayeed Foundation, Tk 3 lakh to the family of Shaheed Nazibul Sarker Bishal of Joypurhat, and Tk 5 lakh to the injured students at the Popular Hospital in the capital. Mentioning that the BGB is fully prepared to face any untoward situation on the border, the BGB DG hoped that every member of the BGB would work as a vigilant guard on the border.