BGB-BSF border meet begins in Guwahati
Photo courtesy: UNB
Unb, Dhaka
Unb, Dhaka
A four-day director general-level border conference between Border Guard Bangladesh and Indian Border Security Force began yesterday in Guwahati, the capital of Assam state.
BGB Director General Maj Gen Md Shafeenul Islam is leading the 11-member Bangladesh delegation to the meeting while his counterpart Rakesh Asthana is leading the 12-member Indian team.
For the first time in four decades, the border conference between the two forces is being held outside the Indian capital, New Delhi.
The meeting will end on Friday with the signing of a Joint Record of Discussions (JRD).
Bangladeshi youth shot dead by BSF along Lalmonirhat border
UNB, Lalmonirhat
UNB, Lalmonirhat
A Bangladeshi youth was shot allegedly by some members of the Indian Border Security Force along Shreerampur border area in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat today.
The deceased was identified as Jahidul Islam, 24, son of Dulal Hossain of Islampur village in the upazila.
Subedar Ajharul, company commander of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) 61 battalion, said a patrol team of BSF opened fire on a group of cattle traders when they went to the Indian border to bring cattle in the early hour.
Jahidul died on the spot and later Indian police of Mekhliganj recovered the body and sent it for autopsy at 1:30pm, he said.