India has been installing wire fencing along the nearly 5,000-kilometer-long border, a move that Bangladesh strongly objects to. Citing the 1975 agreement, Bangladesh claims that no defensive structure can be built within the 150-yard zone.

It is the first high-level meeting between the two security forces since the Hasina led government fell last August and the interim government took over

Old rivalries between India and Pakistan are driving a shift in regional ties, with New Delhi courting Afghanistan's Taliban while Islamabad befriends the new leaders of post-revolutionary Bangladesh.

Ahead of next month's director general-level talks between BSF and BGB in New Delhi, India today said it expected all existing mutual agreements on the border issue to be honoured as they form the basis of structured engagements between the two countries.

Their growing alliance will not bring stability to the region. Rather, it will raise the geopolitical temperature and provoke more Indian pressure on Bangladesh.

DHAKA, Jan 29, 2025 (BSS) – The directors general (DGs) of Bangladeshi and Indian border guards are to join a four-day meeting in New Delhi next month when Bangladesh side would seek some “uneven agreements” to be scrapped and discuss other border related issues.

As local television channels showed videos of the face-off, the Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) stepped in; tear gas shells were used to defuse the situation and prevent the violence from spreading.

Bangladesh has not outlawed Indian TV stations in the country, contrary to reports the government pulled the plug on all Indian satellite channels as tensions soared between the South Asian neighbours.

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We expect all mutually agreed MoUs and agreements to be honoured. These form the basis for structured engagements between border guarding forces and facilitate creation of mutually beneficial security and trade infrastructure along the border,