Border Guard Bangladesh
ASP, OC withdrawn after Brahmanbaria violence
The authorities withdraw an assistant superintendent of police and an officer-in-charge from Brahmanbaria following a clash that left a madrasah student dead.
12 January 2016
3 ATN News journos held in Rajshahi
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) men detain a journalist and two cameramen of ATN News for violating the electoral code at Puthia municipality in Rajshahi.
30 December 2015
Tomorrow’s BGB-BSF DG-level talks postponed
Tomorrow’s director general-level talk between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) is postponed.
22 December 2015
874 turtles recovered in Benapole
Border guards recover 874 turtles worth over Tk 2 crore from India-bordering Benapole area of Jessore’s Sharsha upazila.
13 December 2015
48 trafficking victims return from Myanmar
A number of 48 Bangladeshi human trafficking victims, who were rescued by Myanmar authorities from the Bay of Bengal, return home following a flag meeting between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Myanmar border guards.
2 December 2015
BGB deployed at Chittagong, Sylhet airports
The “Dog Squad” of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) is deployed at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong today as part of a tightened security measure.
3 November 2015
3 lakh yaba tablets seized at Teknaf border
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered three lakh yaba tablets from a fishing trawler at Shahpuri Dwip in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar last night.
20 October 2015
Durga Puja: BGB to guard 5 Ctg districts
The authorities have decided to deploy paramilitary BGB in Chittagong, Rangamati, Khagrachhari, Bandarban and Cox’s Bazar from today to ensure security during Durga Puja – the largest religious festival of the Hindus in the country.
17 October 2015
BSF kill Bangladeshi at Shibganj border
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) troopers have gunned down a Bangladeshi man near Fatehpur frontier in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj.
8 October 2015
‘Highest alert’ on Benapole border
The authorities issue what they term ‘highest alert’ on the Benapole border to stop killers of two foreigners from escaping the country.
6 October 2015
7kg gold seized in Satkhira
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members recovers 60 gold bars weighing around seven kilograms in Kolaroa upazila of Satkhira.
2 October 2015
Attack on BGB: Youth ‘linked to’ Arakan army held
Police detain a youth who is allegedly linked to the Myanmar rebel group Arakan Army from Rangamati after yesterday’s attack on Border Guards Bangladesh.
27 August 2015
125 Bangladeshis brought back from Myanmar
A total of 125 Bangladeshi human trafficking victims, who were rescued by Myanmar authorities, return home.
25 August 2015
159 Bangladeshi brought back from Myanmar
A total of 159 Bangladeshi human trafficking victims, who were rescued by Myanmar’s Navy, are brought back to Bangladesh.
10 August 2015
Don’t enter India to bring cattle, BGB warns
With an existing curb in the supply of cattle from India, Border Guard Bangladesh requests Bangladeshis not to enter India to bring cattle.
9 August 2015
Felani killing: Retrial process ‘incomplete’
India’s BSF says it has conveyed to its Bangladesh counterpart that the retrial process of Felani Khatun killing on the border is “incomplete”.
6 August 2015
Bangladeshi beaten dead by BSF
A Bangladeshi national was beaten to death allegedly by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Nitpur border in Porsha upazila of Naogaon.
6 August 2015
Flood tightens grip on several districts of Bangladesh
Five more people, including three women and a kid, were killed in a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Cox's Bazar town early yesterday, barely a month after five died in landslides in the district.
27 July 2015
5 killed in Cox’s Bazar landslide
Woman and her 6-year-old daughter killed in Cox's Bazar landslide triggered by rain, 3 more missing as members of Bangladesh Army continue rescue operation.
27 July 2015
155 trafficking victims brought back from Myanmar
Bangladesh border guards in a flag meeting with their Myanmar counterpart to bring back 155 nationals rescued from the sea.
22 July 2015