BDR, BSF hold meeting
A company commander level flag meeting between Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) was held at JK Poladnga border point of Bholahat upazila yesterday morning following the incident of assault on Bangladeshi farmers by Indians. At the meeting the two sides took some decisions to avoid future clashes over the farmlands along the borders. The meeting was held at JK Poladanga area of zero line near river pillar no 4. George Mia, Company commander of JK Poladanga camp and AK Azad Company Commander of Gilabari camp of Naogaon 43 Rifles Battalion led the BDR team while the BSF team was headed by inspector of Muchia camp of Maldah BSF battalion Rikesh Kumar. Both the sides came to a consensus that any border problem would be settled through discussion. It was also decided that no farmer would any further cultivate the lands of the other country as sharecropper as was a culture earlier, BDR sources said.
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