BGB

BGB deployed in Rajshahi, Sylhet, Barisal ahead of city polls

Forty- four platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members are deployed in Rajshahi, Sylhet, Barisal ahead of the city corporation elections.
28 July 2018

BGB, BSF exchange greeting marking Independence Day

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) exchange greetings in a bordering area of Dinajpur marking the Independence Day of Bangladesh.
26 March 2018

8.3km ‘crime free zone’ declared at border

For the first time, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Indian border security force (BSF) have announced an 8.3-kilometer border area as ‘crime free zone’.
9 March 2018

Intelligence failure still puzzling

The High Court yesterday asked Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) to form a probe body to investigate why the intelligence unit of then BDR failed to detect the impending 2009 mutiny.
27 November 2017

Operation Dal-Bhat in spotlight

Once again "Operation Dal-Bhat" came in the spotlight as the High Court in its verdict yesterday recommended prohibiting activities that belittle the pride and self-respect of the members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB).
27 November 2017

Revisiting BDR Carnage: Shots ring out, hell descends

The Satmasjid Road at capital's Dhanmondi was buzzing with usual morning rush hour traffic around 9:00am on February 25, 2009. Shops were already busy handling customers; parents hurrying to schools to drop off their children and make it to their offices in time.
27 November 2017

Forces teams in semifinals

Bangladesh Navy, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), Bangladesh Army and Bangladesh Police moved into the semifinals of the Bashundhara Presents Independence Day Kabaddi tournament at the Shaheed Suhrawardi Indoor Stadium yesterday.
25 April 2017

BSF kills Bangladeshi in Kurigram

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) members guns down a Bangladeshi cattle trader inside the Indian territory opposite to Roumari border in Kurigram early today.
9 August 2016

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

BGB, BSF will jointly probe border killings

Bangladesh and Indian border guards will jointly investigate any border killings, both forces have decided in a five-day discussion held in Dhaka aimed to bolster the cooperation among both forces.
16 May 2016

7 BSF men suspended for killing teen

India suspends seven of its Border Security Force (BSF) troopers in connection to killing of a Bangladeshi teenager in Chuadanga.
15 May 2016

Bandarban BGB camp comes under mortar attack

A camp of paramilitary force Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) came under mortar shell attack in Thanchi upazila of Bandarban.
12 May 2016

BGB man ‘kills himself’ in Jamalpur

A member of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) commits suicide by shooting himself with his gun in Madarganj upazila of Jamalpur, police say.
7 May 2016

Man killed in Pabna post-polls clash

A man aged around 60 has been killed in BGB firing when angry mob attacked a polling centre due to “delay in announcing election results” in Pabna’s Chatmohar Upazila, police say.
23 April 2016

Bangladeshi shot dead by BSF in Kurigram

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) guns down a Bangladeshi cattle trader on Roumari border in Kurigram.
18 April 2016

Had no option

Border Guard Bangladesh personnel had no choice but to open fire to protect election officials and prevent unruly mobs from snatching ballot boxes during Tuesday's Union Parishad polls in Pirojpur and Cox's Bazar, the BGB chief said yesterday.
24 March 2016

BGB for UP polls to avert violence

The Election Commission has deployed paramilitary force Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) for union parishad elections to avert any violence.
21 March 2016

BGB deployed in Dhaka

A total of 14 platoons Border Guard Bangladesh members have been deployed in Dhaka city to avert any untoward incident ahead of Jamaat enforced tomorrow’s hartal.
8 March 2016

BSF kills Bangladeshi at Johorpur frontier

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) shoot dead a Bangladeshi national near Johorpur frontier in Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila.
2 March 2016

80,000 yaba tablets seized

The Border Guard Bangladesh arrested a Myanmar national and seized 80,000 yaba tablets worth around Tk 2.4 crore at Teknaf in Cox's Bazar yesterday morning.
6 February 2016