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Teknaf border again shaking off with sound of gunshots

News Desk Border 2024-02-10, 2:01pm

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Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members are on high alert at the border.



The sounds of gunshots and mortar shells were heard again from Hoaikong border of Teknaf upazila in Cox's Bazar on Saturday morning.

But Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members are on high alert at the border.

Panic gripped the local residents of Bandarban's Uttarpara and Hoaikong again.

BGB Cox's Bazar Battalion's Director Lt Col Hafizur Rahman said, "The gunshots on the border have reduced than before. We are on high alert to prevent infiltration."

Two bullets, fired from Myanmar, found inside Bangladesh territory. But no injury reports were reported.

Sirazul Mostafa Lalu, member of Hoaikong Union Parishad Ward No 2, said some bullets fell on the houses from Myanmar.