BGB and BSF hold border coord meeting at Sonahat Land Port

BGB and BSF exchange greetings before holding border coordination meeting at Ninahat Land Port on Thursday 14 Nov. 2024._11zon

Kurigram, Nov 14 - A border coordination meeting was held on Thursday between the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Rangpur Sector and India’s Border Security Force (BSF) Dhubri Sector at the Sonahat land port in Bhurungamari, Kurigram. The three-hour meeting, beginning at 11 am, was attended by BGB Rangpur Sector Commander Col Mamunur Rashid, and BSF Dhubri Sector DIG Shri Ashutosh Sharma, with 16 representatives from each side present.

Lt. Colonel Muhammad Masudur Rahman of Kurigram’s 22 BGB informed that discussions focused on preventing illegal border crossings, attacks on innocent civilians, controlling smuggling and drug trafficking, prohibiting illegal structures within 150 yards of the border, and coordinating developmental activities such as barbed-wire fencing.

The meeting was attended by officers from BGB's Kurigram Battalion (22 BGB), including Battalion Commander Lt. Colonel Muhammad Masudur Rahman, Lt. Colonel S.M. Khairul Alam, and other staff officers. Representatives from BSF’s Dhubri Sector, including commanders of the 19, 31, and 150 BSF Battalions and staff officers, were also present. - UNB