BGB to get four regions
Says Sahara
Home Minister Sahara Khatun yesterday said that Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) will be divided into four regions to bring dynamism in its activities.
She disclosed it at a reception programme arranged for 57 freedom fighters of Dhaka region from the paramilitary force having titles of Bir Shrestha, Bir Uttam, Bir Bikram and Bir Pratik.
Eight gallantry award-winning freedom fighters and family members of the martyrs attended the reception organised for marking the first anniversary of BGB after changing the force's name from Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) at BGB Headquarters in the city's Pilkhana.
After BDR mutiny on February 25-26 in 2009, the government renamed the 200 year-old force as BGB on December 20, 2010.
BGB began a journey afresh with Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina hoisting its flag on January 23, 2010.
BGB chief Maj Gen Anwar Hossain at the event said a total of 817 personnel of the force had sacrificed their lives during the Liberation War.
A total of 119 personnel of the force were given gallantry award. Of them, Lance Nayek Nur Mohammad Sheikh and Lance Nayek Munshi Abdur Rouf were awarded Bir Shrestha, the highest gallantry award in Bangladesh.
Another eight had been awarded Bir Uttam while 32 Bir Bikram and 77 Bir Pratik awards.
Sahara also declared to raise the BGB sectors from existing 12 to 16 to strengthen the force and make it time befitting.
The government is considering deployment of BGB personnel to the UN Peacekeeping Mission alongside the police and army, she said.
The BGB chief said this year around 7,000 personnel have been promoted while 1,961 personnel were recruited against the vacant posts in the force.
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