BGB won’t turn its back on border anymore: Sakhawat

Home Affairs Adviser Brigadier General (retd) M Sakhawat Hussain today said the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) will not turn their backs on the border anymore. "This party was worse than any fascist party. They told BGB, who are supposed to protect borders, to turn their backs," he said. "That will not happen

Border killings rising again as BSF neglects effective measures: MSF

Incidents of killing and injuring Bangladeshis alongthe Bangladesh-India border are rising again due to the Indian Border Security force, or BSF, refusing to adopt safe and effective measures, according to a Bangladeshi right organisation. The Sultana Kamal-led Manabadhikar Shongskriti Foundation (MSF), which tracks border killings, said that four Bangladeshi nationals were

Afghans in droves head to border to leave Pakistan

Large numbers of Afghans crammed into trucks and buses in Pakistan on Tuesday, heading to the border to return home ahead of the expiration of a Pakistani government deadline for those who are in the country illegally to leave or face deportation. The deadline is part of a new anti-migrant crackdown

Myanmar border clashes challenge junta’s grip on power

Myanmar's military is facing a serious challenge to its grip on power in the northern Shan state after three ethnic armed groups joined forces and launched an offensive to seize military targets in the region that borders China. The Arakan Army (AA), the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, and the Ta'ang

Ways to increase capacity of land ports of Bangladesh

The commerce minister of Bangladesh Tipu Munshi called for increasing capacity of land ports on Bangladesh-India border on 21 December 2022. He stated that, India is a close friend and major trading partner of Bangladesh. He also reiterated a huge demand for Bangladeshi products in the Indian market. Bangladesh is now

Why Pakistan plans an invasion of Kashmir in October 1947?

Each year the people of Jammu and Kashmir, both in Indian Administered Kashmir and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir observe ‘Black Day’ on different dates across the most troubled border. The first Black Day was observed on October 22, 1947, when Brigadier Akbar Khan of the newly-born Pakistan Army was entrusted with a

Another Bangladeshi loses leg in Myanmar landmine blast

A second Bangladeshi man in less than 3 weeks has lost a leg in a landmine explosion near the border with Myanmar along Naikhongchhari of Bandarban. The injured was identified as Abdul Kader, 27, a resident of Chherakum area in Dochhari union under the upazila. Several organs of his body including

Li to discuss early repatriation of Rohingyas

 Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming has met acting Foreign Secretary Rear Admiral (Retd) Md Khurshed Alam and discussed the ways for early repatriation of the Rohingyas and the recent incidents along Bangladesh-Myanmar border.  Talking to a small group of reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after the meeting on

Russian men seek refuge abroad

Military-aged men fled Russia in droves Friday, filling planes and causing traffic jams at border crossings to avoid being rounded up to fight in Ukraine following the Kremlin's partial military mobilization.  Queues stretching for 10 kilometers (6 miles) formed on a road leading to the southern border with Georgia, according to