Cross-border

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.

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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.

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85 Bangladeshis set to return home from Myanmar

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Indian national held at Kurigram border

Bangladesh Border Guard has detained an Indian national at Phulbari border in Kurigram for entering Bangladesh illegally

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264 Myanmar border, security force members now in Bangladesh: BGB

A total of 264 members of Myanmar’s border and security forces have come to Bangladesh to escape the fighting between the Myanmar army and the rebel Arakan Army at the border between the two countries, according to the BGB.

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Myanmar fighting: 4 bullet-hit BGP men admitted to CMCH

Four personnel of Myanmar's Border Guard Police (BGP), who crossed the border into Bangladesh to take refuge from the ongoing gunfight inside Myanmar, have been admitted to Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) with bullet injuries

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106 Myanmar BGP members take refuge in Bangladesh: BGB

One hundred and six members of Myanmar's Border Guard Police (BGP) have crossed the border at Tumbru and taken shelter in Bangladesh, said Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)

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2 killed in Ghumdhum as mortar shell from Myanmar explodes in Bangladesh

Two people were killed and a child was injured as a mortar shell from across the border in Myanmar exploded in Ghumdhum union of Bandarban's Naikhongchhari upazila this afternoon

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Myanmar wants to take back troops who fled to Bangladesh: Hasan Mahmud

Myanmar has communicated with Bangladesh about taking back around 100 Border Guard Police (BGP) members who have been crossing the border into Bangladesh since yesterday to escape the Arakan Army's attacks, Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud said today

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58 BGP members in Bangladesh for shelter: BGB

Fifty-eight members of Myanmar's Border Guard Police entered Bangladesh during clashes between the country's armed forces and rebels from this morning till this evening

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BSF returns body of Bangladeshi man

The body of a Bangladeshi man, who was shot dead by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Aunghorpota border in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat, was handed over to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)

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Security beefed up along Myanmar border

Villagers living in the areas in Cox's Bazar along Myanmar border are passing their days in panic due to the explosions of heavy mortars and gunshots across the border

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Two bodies found in Rajshahi

Police recovered the bodies of two youths from the Padma river near the Godagari frontier in Rajshahi today, five days after they went missing

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Border killing, smuggling discussed at BGB-BSF meeting

In a concerted effort to address shared concerns and fortify border security, the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Border Security Force (BSF) convened a sector commanders-level meeting in Dinajpur's Biral today

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