Cross-border

Cross-border

BGB-BSF hold sector commander-level meeting

The meeting comes held three days after BSF picked up a farmer from the border area in Biral on Friday. However, BSF later freed the farmer, Al Amin, after 5 hours

4d ago

BGB detains 8 Bangladeshis along Panchagarh border

Of the eight detainees, the three children, of Dinajpur's Parbatipur and Kaharol upazilas, were handed over to their relatives

1w ago

Tension flares at border in C’nawabganj

Tension flared at the Chapainawabganj border yesterday following an altercation between Indian and Bangladeshi citizens over the cutting of tree branches within Bangladeshi territory.

1w ago

No tension at border now: home adviser

Home Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said the border situation has returned to normal since India halted the construction of barbed wire fencing...“There is no tension at the border now,” he said while replying to a query after coming out from a views-exchange meeting w

2w ago

BGB reclaims 5km border area of River Kodla bordering India

The Moheshpur 58 BGB Battalion, responsible for overseeing this border area, verified the river's rightful ownership through documents, maps, and consultations with the local administration

3w ago

Conflict in rakhine: Dhaka in touch with both the Myanmar govt, Arakan Army

Dhaka is maintaining contact with both the Myanmar government and the Arakan Army -- the rebel group that is now controlling the border with Bangladesh -- to protect national interests, said Home Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury.

1m ago

Bangladeshi teen shot dead in Meghalaya

A Bangladeshi teenager was shot dead allegedly by Khasi People of India's Meghalaya along the Minatila border in Sylhet's Jaintiapur upazila this afternoon

1m ago

Border management: India to install new system for Pakistan, Bangladesh

India will put a comprehensive integrated management system to “monitor sensitive areas” along the entire border with Bangladesh and Pakistan, Home Minister Amit Shah said yesterday.

1m ago

Bangladeshi killed by BSF at Panchagarh border

A Bangladeshi man was killed by the Indian Border Security Force along the Mominpara border in Panchagarh's Sadar upazila early today

1m ago

5 held while entering Bangladesh from India via Sylhet border

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained five people on Saturday while they were entering Bangladesh from India through the Sylhet border

2m ago

2 Bangladeshi men shot by BSF along Brahmanbaria border

Two Bangladeshi men were injured when they were shot by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at the border area in Brahmanbaria’s Kasba upazila.

2m ago

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.

3m ago

Myanmar Conflict: Teknaf rocked by sound of blasts

Sounds of explosions of mortar shells and bombs from across the Myanmar border amid fighting between Junta troops and armed insurgents of the Arakan Army rocked Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar from Monday night till early yesterday.

3m ago

85 Bangladeshis set to return home from Myanmar

Eighty-five Bangladeshi nationals who were languishing in Myanmar jails are scheduled to return home tomorrow

4m ago

23 Bangladeshis arrested in Agartala for illegal entry

India's railway police on Saturday night arrested 23 Bangladeshi nationals and a tout from a railway station in Agartala, the capital city of the Indian state of Tripura, for allegedly illegally entering India, ANI reported today

6m ago

Hijra tortured by BSF along Banglabandha border

A 45-year-old Bangladeshi hijra was tortured allegedly by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Banglabandha border in Panchagarh's Tentulia upazila early today

6m ago

Two Myanmar soldiers, 31 Rohingyas return to country

Thirty-three Myanmar nationals, including two BGP members and the rest Rohingyas, returned to their country this evening

6m ago

Myanmar national killed in mine explosion at Teknaf border

A Myanmar national was killed in a landmine explosion on the other side of the border along the Teknaf upazila in Cox's Bazar

7m ago