Border Security Force (BSF)

India's lack of response to push-in objections deeply troubling

Bangladesh must step up efforts to ensure India stops its illegal operations

India’s impunity at the border must end

Continued push-ins testing the limits of bilateral relations

India's unilateral 'push-ins' in Bangladesh a blow to already strained ties

India must respect international norms in border conduct

“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”.

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).

Indian national held in Petrapole trying to smuggle mobile phones into Bangladesh: BSF

An Indian national was arrested for trying to smuggle mobile phones into Bangladesh through the Petrapole integrated check-post in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, the Border Security Force (BSF) has said.

BSF kills Bangladeshi ‘cattle smuggler’ in Lalmonirhat

Members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) shoot dead an alleged Bangladeshi cattle smuggler at Shamsernagar border in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat.

Bangladeshi boy found in empty goods train by BSF in India

A 12-year-old Bangladeshi boy, a suspected victim of human trafficking, has been found by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) in a railway wagon at Petrapole in West Bengal, and handed over to Indian Railway police.

BSF kills Bangladeshi on Sylhet border

A Bangladeshi national has been shot dead by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Jaflong border in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet.

December 18, 2015
December 18, 2015

BSF hands over 19 Bangladeshis to BGB

Nineteen Bangladeshi nationals who were detained in India for trespassing are handed over to local authority via Benapole border.

November 27, 2015
November 27, 2015

Bangladeshi national shot dead by BSF

A Bangladeshi cattle trader is shot dead by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at Gotamari border point in Hatibandha upazila.

September 18, 2015
September 18, 2015

Bangladeshi shot dead by BSF in Joypurhat

A Bangladeshi national is killed and four others suffer bullet wounds as members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) open fire on them at bordering Paschim Ram Krishnapur village in Joypurhat Sadar upazila.

August 28, 2015
August 28, 2015

10 killed as India, Pakistan trade border fire

At least 10 civilians are killed as India and Pakistan traded fire across their disputed border.

August 1, 2015
August 1, 2015

BGB-BSF conference begins Monday

A director general level conference between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) to begin on Monday in New Delhi.

July 13, 2015
July 13, 2015

Writ filed with Indian SC over Felani verdict

Amnesty India files a writ petition with Indian Supreme Court, saying human rights were violated in Felani murder and confusion is created surrounding the trial process.

June 25, 2015
June 25, 2015

BSF kills Bangladeshi cattle trader

A Bangladeshi cattle trader has been killed and another injured when Indian Border Security Force (BSF) men fire rubber bullets and hurled hand bombs on them near Hapania border in Naogaon.

May 5, 2015
May 5, 2015

India-Bangladesh LBA: The Cake with a Bite

SOON the Government of India would table the 119th Constitutional Amendment Bill to bring the revised India Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) into force.

May 4, 2015
May 4, 2015

A truncated deal is unacceptable

Dropping Assam from the Land Boundary Bill is a regressive decision by India

May 1, 2015
May 1, 2015

BSF kills Bangladeshi in Dinajpur border

Indian Border Security force (BSF) shoots down a Bangladeshi at Birail upazila of Dinajpur.