Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked BGB personnel to continue performing their responsibilities with utmost sincerity, and providing security to the lives and property of the people living in the bordering areas.
She also extended her thanks to the BGB members, as they have been fulfilling their responsibilities with competence, while addressing the parade of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Day-2022 at its headquarters in Dhaka.
The premier said the border guards played a responsible role during the peaceful exchange of enclaves between Bangladesh and India.
“We set an example for the world by exchanging enclaves amid a festive atmosphere,” she said.
During the Rohingya influx into Bangladesh, BGB also carried out their responsibilities with efficiency, including the registration of the displaced people, she added.
Focusing on the modernisation of BGB during her regime, Sheikh Hasina said the Awami League government has carried out massive development works and enacted a new law in order to enhance the capacity of the force under the BGB reform initiative.
“BGB got the organisational shape of an efficient, strong, modern three-dimensional force,” she said, adding that now BGB is capable of performing its duty on land, water and air.
The PM said her government has adopted the ‘Border Guard Bangladesh Vision-2041’ in a bid to develop the BGB as a world-class border guard force.
The ‘Smart Digital Surveillance and Tactical Border Response System’ has been installed at vulnerable border areas for seamless surveillance and countering trans-border terrorism, she said.
Thanks to the addition of advanced and up-to-date weapons and equipment to the BGB, its operational capacity and competence have been enhanced, she noted.
The prime minister said the present government has taken a plan to construct a total of 1,036 km of border roads to increase the security of the hilly border areas and uplift the socio-economic condition of the people living in the remote areas.
The construction of 317 km border road in the first phase is in progress, she informed.
The premier thanked the BGB for removing the words “Pak” or “Pakistan” from 14,005 border pillars on the Bangladesh-India border and writing “Bangladesh” or “BD” in their places.
