Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)

191 BGB platoons deployed to maintain law and order

A total of 191 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) was deployed to maintain law and order across the country today

BGB members seize one kg of crystal meth in Benapole

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized one kg of crystal meth in Kutibari border area of Satkhira's Kalaroa last night

11 platoon BGB deployed to maintain law and order

Eleven platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed in the capital to ensure security and maintain law and order tonight

“Complaint will be lodged with UN over Myanmar mortar shelling if no diplomatic resolution”

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said the government is trying to resolve the issues with Myanmar peacefully and diplomatically but a complaint will be lodged to the United Nations regarding mortar shelling at the border if necessary.

BGB on high alert as mortar shells from Myanmar land in Bangladesh

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has protested the killing of a Rohingya youth and injuring four others in Bandarban's Naikhongchhari upazila last night (September 16, 2022).

“They were criminals”: BSF DG tries to justify Bangladeshis killed on the border

Director General of India’s Border Security Force (BSF) Pankaj Kumar Singh today (July 21, 2022) tried to justify Bangladeshi nationals killed on the border – terming them as “criminals”.

BSF hands over body of Bangladeshi shot dead by Khashias in India

India's Border Security Force (BSF) handed over the body of a Bangladeshi man, who was shot dead by Indian Khashias five days ago, to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) today (May 28, 2022).

BGB patrol team attacked in Cumilla, vehicle vandalised

A Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) patrol team came under attack allegedly by a group of drug peddlers at Shashongacha in Cumilla last night (May 10, 2022).

Bangladeshi teen in Indian prison for 'crossing the border illegally to buy favourite chocolate'

A Bangladeshi teenager has been arrested and put in prison for "illegally crossing the border to buy his favourite Indian chocolate", India's Border Security Force sources said today (April 15, 2022).

March 1, 2018
March 1, 2018

Myanmar violated border norms deploying addl forces: BGB

Myanmar has violated border norms by deploying additional forces with arms on their bordering area which is opposite to Bangladesh’s Tombru border, Border Guard Bangladesh Additional Director General Brig Gen Mojibur Rahman says.

February 20, 2018
February 20, 2018

‘Smuggler’ killed in Benapole ‘gunfight’

An alleged smuggler is killed in a “gunfight” between members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and smugglers in Daulatpur frontier in Benapole.

February 11, 2018
February 11, 2018

BGB vows to strengthen border security

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) will take effective measures to strengthen its agenda against smuggling and other criminal activities at border, its chief Maj Gen Abul Hossain says.

February 7, 2018
February 7, 2018

Khaleda verdict: BGB deployed in Dhaka city, 14 dists

​A total of 20 platoons Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members are deployed in Dhaka city to avert any untoward incident ahead of tomorrow’s graft verdict of Khaleda Zia.

February 4, 2018
February 4, 2018

Man held with 20 gold bars in Benapole

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members arrest an alleged gold smuggler with 20 gold bars worth Tk 1 crore from along Boroachra in Jessore’s Benapole.

January 6, 2018
January 6, 2018

BGB member killed in Dhaka road crash

A member of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) is killed in a road accident near Bijoy Sharani Urojahaj crossing in Tejgaon area of Dhaka.

October 19, 2017
October 19, 2017

Rohingya crisis a ‘humanitarian disaster’

Terming the ongoing Rohingya crisis “a humanitarian disaster”, Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Major General Abul Hossain urges the international community to play an effective role to resolve the crisis.

September 30, 2017
September 30, 2017

3 Rohingya youths held with 20,000 yaba in Teknaf

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members has arrested three Rohingya youths along with 20,925 pieces of yaba from Naf river in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

August 31, 2017
August 31, 2017

Hindus too fleeing persecution in Myanmar

Several hundred members of Hindu community from Maungdaw of Myanmar have fled to Bangladesh through a border in Ukhia of Cox’s Bazar amid attack by an “unidentified armed group”.

August 27, 2017
August 27, 2017

'Befitting reply’ if Myanmar creates anarchy in border: BGB chief

Border Guard Bangladesh warns Myanmar of “befitting response” if its border guards create any untoward situation in the bordering area following the ongoing unrest in Rakhine State.