Cross-border

Cross-border

23 Bangladeshis arrested in Agartala for illegal entry

India's railway police on Saturday night arrested 23 Bangladeshi nationals and a tout from a railway station in Agartala, the capital city of the Indian state of Tripura, for allegedly illegally entering India, ANI reported today

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Hijra tortured by BSF along Banglabandha border

A 45-year-old Bangladeshi hijra was tortured allegedly by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Banglabandha border in Panchagarh's Tentulia upazila early today

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Two Myanmar soldiers, 31 Rohingyas return to country

Thirty-three Myanmar nationals, including two BGP members and the rest Rohingyas, returned to their country this evening

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Myanmar national killed in mine explosion at Teknaf border

A Myanmar national was killed in a landmine explosion on the other side of the border along the Teknaf upazila in Cox's Bazar

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Indian national held at Kurigram border

Bangladesh Border Guard has detained an Indian national at Phulbari border in Kurigram for entering Bangladesh illegally

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India's Brahmaputra Board plans project to conserve Teesta water flowing thru north Bengal

Representatives of the Brahmaputra Board, which works for conservation of rivers flowing through the Brahmaputra basin, including the Teesta, have said they intended to take up a project for conservation of water flowing through hilly streams in north Bengal so that it could be used for different purposes

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New train between Rajshahi, Kolkata soon

Bangladesh and India are planning to launch a train service connecting Kolkata and Rajshahi

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Ctg, Kolkata to be connected via bus service

Bangladesh and India have agreed to launch a bus service connecting Kolkata and Chattogram

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St Martin’s Island get food, essentials after 9 days

The tourist ship Baro Awlia left a Teknaf jetty this afternoon ferrying the goods, to ease the ongoing food crisis on the island due to the conflict in Myanmar

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Indian national arrested at Patgram border

Border Guard Bangladesh BGB today arrested an Indian national for illegally entering the country at Patgram border in Lalmonirhat

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Myanmar conflict: Senior NUG ministers, security experts seek Dhaka’s intervention

An international dialogue titled "Building Bridges of Harmony: A Holistic Strategy for Social Cohesion, Peace and Stability in Post-Civil War Arakan/Rakhine" was held at  the EMK Center in Dhaka’s Gulshan on Saturday

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Bangladeshi youth killed in BSF firing near Patgram border

A Bangladeshi youth was shot dead by India's Border Security Force (BSF) across the border in Patgram upazila in Lalmonirhat early today.

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173 return home from Myanmar prisons

A total 173 Bangladeshi citizens, who have been held imprisoned in Sittwe (Akyab), the capital of Myanmar's Rakhine State, for one to three years, returned to Bangladesh today

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9 more Myanmar border guards enter Bangladesh

At least nine members of Myanmar's Border Guard Police (BGP) took shelter in Bangladesh this morning amid the ongoing conflict between the junta force and Arakan Army in Rakhine state

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3 Myanmar soldiers take refuge in Bangladesh

Three members of Myanmar military took refuge in Bangladesh this morning, fleeing the ongoing conflict in Rakhine State between junta forces and rebel Arakan Army

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Explosions in Myanmar as ship spotted in Naf river

People in the border area said they heard sounds of multiple explosions intermittently from last night to Friday afternoon. However, between 3:00pm and 4:00pm today, there were more than 10 loud explosions

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Blasts, gunshots heard along Teknaf border

Following a week of calm, gunshots and mortar shell explosions were heard from across the Naf river, suggesting the resumption of fighting between the Myanmar junta and rebel Arakan Army in Rakhine state

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Bullet 'fired from Myanmar' injures one in Bandarban

A man in Bandarban's Naikhongchhari today was wounded by a bullet suspected to have been fired from across the Myanmar border

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