Security stepped up along India-Bangladesh border ahead of Independence DayAugust 8th, 2009 MALDA - Security has been stepped up along the India-Bangladesh border ahead of Independence Day. "On the occasion of August 15, we are conducting a special operation.
Dhaka could be next stop for foreign troops: Islamist leaderMay 10th, 2009 DHAKA - After Afghanistan and Iraq, Bangladesh could be the next destination of 'foreign troops' engaged in battling Muslim militants, an Islamist leader has warned here. The charge by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI)'s Ameer (chief) Motiur Rahman Nizami Saturday comes close to a similar statement by former prime minister Khaleda Zia.
Terrorism still a concern in Bangladesh, says US envoyMay 3rd, 2009 DHAKA - The US government believes that Islamist militancy is still a major concern in Bangladesh, the US ambassador in Dhaka said Sunday. 'We do have disturbing indications.
India fully equipped to deal with infiltration: BSF chiefApril 25th, 2009 AGARTALA - Indian security forces are fully equipped to deal with any armed infiltration bid from across the border in Jammu and Kashmir, Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF) M.L. Kumawat Saturday said here Saturday.
Three probes on into Bangladesh Rifles mutinyApril 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Three separate investigations were on into the Feb 26 mutiny, Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) chief Major General Mohammed Mainul Islam said here Wednesday, adding that only the probe will reveal if Pakistan's spy agency was invovled in it. 'Three separate investigations - judicial, administrative and other - are underway to probe the mutiny,' Islam said here at the conclusion of the India-Bangladesh Border Coordination conference.
PCB rules out playing Bangladesh series in UAEMarch 25th, 2009 KARACHI - Pakistan has ruled out the idea of taking the postponed One-day series against Bangladesh to United Arab Emirates (UAE) this summer. A senior Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) official said the proposal to play the series against Bangladesh that was postponed because of security-related problems in Dubai and Abu Dhabi in May is not feasible because of the extremely hot weather in UAE during that time of the year.
Border fencing by Myanmar upsets BangladeshMarch 17th, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladesh says its eastern neighbour Myanmar is 'unilaterally' erecting a barbed wire fencing along its border and has mobilised troops and naval force. Tension runs high along the Bangladesh-Myanmar 200 km long border, The Daily Star said Tuesday quoting unnamed defence sources.
PCB confident of touring BangladeshMarch 17th, 2009 KARACHI - Pakistan's cricket bosses are hopeful that their team's tour of Bangladesh for a One-day series will go ahead in spite of security apprehensions. Saleem Altaf, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief operating officer, told IANS Monday that he is in constant touch with Bangladesh officials, adding there is a big possibility that the new dates would be soon finalized.
Bangladesh Army is loyal to government, says chiefFebruary 28th, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladesh Army chief General Moin U. Ahmed has said that his force remains loyal to the civilian government.
Indian borders on alert after mutiny in BangladeshFebruary 26th, 2009 AGARTALA - India put its eastern borders on high alert Wednesday after a mutiny by the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) left many people dead and several injured, an official said. Senior officials of the Border Security Force (BSF) rushed to the frontier along Bangladesh, BSF spokesman A.K.
Joint India-Bangladesh exercise continues despite Dhaka mutinyFebruary 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI/KOLKATA - India and Bangladesh continued their first joint military exercise in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district Thursday amid reports that the mutiny by Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) troopers, which saw the killing of at least 50 people, spread beyond Dhaka. 'The Indian Army, Air Force and Bangladesh Army have been participating in the exercise to test their battlefield tactics since Feb 22.
Bangladesh Rifles has a 200 year historyFebruary 25th, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladesh's border guards Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), whose troopers mutinied in Dhaka Wednesday, has a military history going back more than 200 years. Today a paramilitary force guarding the country's 4,427 km long border, the Bangladesh Rifles was raised in 1795 as the Ramgarh Local Battalion.
'Indian militants in Bangladesh may shift to neighbouring countries'February 5th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Indian militants from the northeastern region holed up in camps in Bangladesh could flee that country to some neighbouring nations or even try entering India following security pressure on them, a top official said Friday. 'There is pressure on them (Indian militants in Bangladesh) and that pressure may bring them to India and at the same we are aware of probabilities of them going to other countries.
300 ULFA and NDFB militants based in Bangladesh, says GogoiFebruary 1st, 2009 GUWAHATI - Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Monday said there are about 300 cadres of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) in 15 camps located in Bangladesh. 'The ULFA and the NDFB based in Bangladesh are getting support from local groups and organisations like HuJI (Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami) and we want Dhaka to launch a flush out drive to uproot their bases,' the chief minister told journalists here.
BSF steps up vigil on India-Bangladesh borderDecember 26th, 2008 AGARTALA - The Border Security Force (BSF) has intensified its vigil along the border with Bangladesh that goes to polls Dec 29, an official said here Saturday. 'We have deployed additional BSF troopers all along the border with Bangladesh and asked the forces to maintain their strict vigil specially in the porous and riverine sections of the border,' a senior BSF official told IANS.
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