Bangladesh India border

BGB blocks multiple push-in attempts along northern border

Dozens, including women and children, remain stranded near zero line in Lalmonirhat, Panchagarh and Chapainawabganj
5 June 2026, 13:48 PM

India crackdown: Migrants try to flee to Bangladesh

Hasina Bibi clutched her hungry four-year-old daughter as she waited at an India-Bangladesh border post, trying to leave as fears grow of an Indian crackdown on undocumented migrants.
30 May 2026, 00:00 AM

BGB steps up Jashore border surveillance to stop push-ins, rawhide smuggling

Security forces launch awareness campaigns and step up patrols in vulnerable border areas
29 May 2026, 10:49 AM

BGB boosts vigilance on parts of India border

Bangladesh’s border guards have intensified patrols and launched public awareness campaigns along parts of the frontier with India because of concerns India has illegally forced people into Bangladesh, officials said.
27 May 2026, 00:00 AM

Beyond kaanta-taar: Rethinking life at the Bangladesh–India border

In conversation with Sahana Ghosh, author of A Thousand Tiny Cuts: Mobility and Security Across the India-Bangladesh Borderlands and assistant professor of Anthropology at the National University of Singapore.
23 May 2026, 00:00 AM

BGB retaliates after BSF opens fire at Sylhet border, no casualties reported

Patrols intensified along Sonarhat area in Gowainghat
19 May 2026, 12:55 PM

BGB tightens Jashore, Khulna border security after West Bengal polls

Heightened surveillance launched to prevent illegal infiltration from India following post-election situation in West Bengal
7 May 2026, 21:07 PM

BGB told to stay alert along India border to prevent possible push-ins: Home minister

Salahuddin says govt does not see an immediate possibility but wants border forces prepared in advance
6 May 2026, 20:46 PM

India mulls reptile river guards on Bangladesh border

Senior Border Security Force officer Manoj Barnwal told AFP that "the use of reptiles" was discussed in a February meeting with the Home Ministry
8 April 2026, 16:02 PM

Indian citizen detained in Lalmonirhat for illegal border crossing

BGB hands the man over to Aditmari Police Station
24 December 2025, 12:13 PM

BGB steps up vigilance in Satkhira after reports of groups gathering near India border

West Bengal officials conducting door-to-door visits to verify voters’ nationality
26 November 2025, 12:38 PM

Mending the line of blood on our border

Three hundred and five. That is the number of Bangladeshis killed by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) in the last ten years.
12 August 2025, 05:00 AM

From barbed wires to backbone

From Felani to Swarna, from silence to defiance, the story of Bangladesh's border is no longer written in Indian ink.
4 May 2025, 07:35 AM

‘Border bars’ for Bangladeshis

It was a cloudy afternoon on October 2 at Shahpur border in Cumilla.
27 December 2022, 01:30 AM

‘Bangladesh can’t wait forever to resolve the Teesta issue’

The next stage of Bangladesh-India relations should involve long-term, innovative projects.
5 September 2022, 13:41 PM

India to probe border killings: Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen

India has assured Bangladesh that it will carry out an investigation into why border killings were taking place despite the Indian government’s decision to bring those down to zero, Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen said.
23 August 2020, 14:51 PM

NRC, CAA are India’s internal affairs: Home Minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday told parliament that Bangladesh is intensely observing Indian’s internal situation regarding the country’s controversial National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
26 January 2020, 14:39 PM

Assam border gets smart fences

Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh yesterday inaugurated an advanced electronic surveillance “smart fencing” system along a geographically-tough 61-km stretch of Assam's border with Bangladesh to tackle cross-border crimes and provide respite to BSF personnel from round-the-clock patrolling.
5 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Border without boundaries

A grove of tall coconut trees stands against the sun, blocking its rays. While the grove is in India, the shade falls on Bangladesh.
22 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Bangladeshi shot dead by BSF in Jhenidah

A cattle trader is allegedly shot dead by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Baghadanga border in Moheshpur upazila of Jhenidah district early today.
5 August 2016, 05:41 AM