Cross-border
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.
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.
85 Bangladeshis set to return home from Myanmar
Eighty-five Bangladeshi nationals who were languishing in Myanmar jails are scheduled to return home tomorrow
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
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
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
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
Indian national held at Kurigram border
Bangladesh Border Guard has detained an Indian national at Phulbari border in Kurigram for entering Bangladesh illegally
Explosions in Myanmar as ship spotted in Naf river
People in the border area said they heard sounds of multiple explosions intermittently from last night to Friday afternoon. However, between 3:00pm and 4:00pm today, there were more than 10 loud explosions
Blasts, gunshots heard along Teknaf border
Following a week of calm, gunshots and mortar shell explosions were heard from across the Naf river, suggesting the resumption of fighting between the Myanmar junta and rebel Arakan Army in Rakhine state
Bullet 'fired from Myanmar' injures one in Bandarban
A man in Bandarban's Naikhongchhari today was wounded by a bullet suspected to have been fired from across the Myanmar border
Dhaka, Delhi agreed to use non-lethal weapons to reduce border killings: FM
Dhaka and Delhi have agreed to use non-lethal weapons to reduce the number of border killings
Gunfire in Myanmar can still be heard in Naikhongchhari
Sounds of gunshots could still be heard today although the situation of bordering areas of Naikhongchhari in Bandarban, Ukhiya and Teknaf in Cox's Bazar remained relatively calm
Bangladesh has strengthened its stance on frontier: Quader
Quader said Bangladesh will inform the UN in writing about its concerns
Lull in fighting on Myanmar border: BGB, local officials
After fierce fighting across the border from Cox's Bazar and Bandarban between the Myanmar army and rebel group Arakan Army over the last week, officials and locals said today that the intensity of battle has reduced over the last 24 hours
Tumbru-Ghumdhum border areas not safe for civilians: BGB DG
Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddique has said the Ghumdhum and Tumbru border areas of Naikhongchhari upazila of Bandarban are not safe for the common people
12 trafficking victims return from India via Akhaura
They were handed over to their families through the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Agartala
Won't allow Rohingya to enter Bangladesh anymore: BGB chief
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Director General Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui today said they would no longer allow Rohingya refugees to enter Bangladesh territory