BGB awake along border with Myanmar: DG

UNB . Bandarban
10 Oct 2022 17:31:09 | Update: 10 Oct 2022 17:47:24

Director General of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Major General Shakil Ahmed speaks with the reporters at the Ghumdhum area in Naikkhongchhari upazila in Bandarban — Courtesy/ UNB

Director General of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Major General Shakil Ahmed on Monday said that the border guards are on high alert along the border with Myanmar over tensions that have plagued the region for the last two months.

“The BGB has remained very watchful and has taken a firm stand (along the border),” the BGB chief told reporters as he visited the Ghumdhum area in Naikkhongchhari upazila in Bandarban.

At least a dozen mortar shells have recently been fired by the Myanmar army on Bangladesh territory. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh has warned Myanmar about it. Myanmar says its military is fighting against insurgent groups inside its territory.

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“Since, it is an internal issue of Myanmar, on the other side of the border, that’s their concern to deal with. Bangladesh has strongly protested after patrols of the Myanmar military crossed the borderline and fired mortar shells that fell inside Bangladesh. Bangladesh has sent a note of protests,” he said.

In response, he said, Myanmar agreed to hold a flag meeting with the BGB. “The flag meeting is expected to be held very soon,” he said.

BGB chief reached Ghumdhum from Cox's Bazar around 11:00 am and visited Tambru, Baishfari, Tuingajhiri and Rejupara border outposts.

On October 5, a Bangladeshi man lost a leg in a landmine explosion near the border, also Naikkhongchhari.

On September 16, a second Bangladeshi youth was seriously injured in a landmine explosion along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border at Naikkhongchhari.