According to the BGB and police, a group of people, including youth, had gone to the Indian border to fetch cattle at around 11 pm. He said that sensing the presence of suspected cattle smugglers, BSF members targeted them from the border and opened fire, due to which Kalam was seriously injured. Later, his colleagues […]
Government is working as before to send back Myanmar border guards: Foreign Minister
Earlier, around 330 Myanmar nationals, including BGP and Myanmar Army members and customs officials, had fled to Bangladesh through the Wykong border in Teknaf and the Ghumdhum border in Naikhongchari upazila. Later the BGB sent them all back to Myanmar on 15 February. Clashes between Myanmar's BGP and the Arakan Army began on 2 February […]
Three hundred and thirty-three members of Myanmar security forces and others who have taken refuge in Bangladesh amid clashes between the Myanmar army and armed rebel groups there will be repatriated to their country by a ship on Thursday. Shariful Islam said that under the supervision of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), the Myanmar nationals, including […]
A Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Thursday that Dhaka is giving top priority to the safe and speedy return of Myanmar border guards to their country. “Our priority now is to ensure the safe and speedy return of Myanmar border guards, but the priority is not whether they will be sent back by air or […]
Discussions are likely to be held in Naypyidaw, the administrative capital of Myanmar on Wednesday. Fighting between Myanmar government forces and rebel groups has intensified for several days in the Myanmar-Bangladesh border areas. A mortar fired from across the border landed in Ghumdhum in Naikhongchari upazila of Bandarban on Monday, killing two people in Bangladesh […]
While going to the spot around 1.30 pm, it was seen that BGP members were entering Bangladesh territory under the protection of BGB members. Hundreds of people had gathered in the area. Earlier, 264 members of Myanmar’s BGP had entered Bangladesh. At present he is in BGB custody. The Bangladesh government is discussing to send […]
There is fear and panic among the people in the 13 border villages of Ghumdhum and Palangkhali since the fighting started weeks ago. Now they have got some relief as the sound of bullets has reduced considerably. Speaking to Prothom Alo, Tauhidul Islam, 42, of Mandal Para of Ghumdhum union near Dhekibuniya border post, said […]
114 more people, including army, Border Guard Police (BGP) and government officials from Myanmar, have fled to Bangladesh amid fighting between rebel groups including the Arakan Army and the country’s government troops, taking the total number of those who fled since Sunday to 229. They crossed the Rahmatar Beel border at Palongkhali union council of […]
Seven more members of the Border Guard Police (BGP) from Myanmar have fled to Bangladesh amid clashes between rebel groups including the Arakan Army and the country’s government troops. Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) on Tuesday said the number of BGP members who fled from Myanmar is 113. BGB has disarmed him and taken him into […]
Major General Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui becomes new BGB DG
