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Thursday, August 14, 2025
TopicIndia-Bangladesh border

Topic: India-Bangladesh border

Intense patrolling, more personnel, leaves scrapped — BSF on high alert after Hasina flees Bangladesh

All possible methods being taken to prevent illegal influx, say officers; security outside the Bangladesh High Commission in Delhi also tightened.

BSF, Bangladesh counterpart coordinate safe return of 3,000 Indian students amid anti-quota stir

BSF data shows that 4,315 students from India, Nepal, Bhutan, the Maldives and Canada, including 41 from Bangladesh, entered India between 18 and 23 July.

West Bengal CID uses divers and drones to hunt for ‘butchered’ Bangladesh MP’s body parts

A CID team reached Bangladesh to interrogate three accused arrested by police there in connection with murder of ruling Awami League legislator Anwarul Azim Anar, it is learnt.

Opposition corners Hasina as Awami League MP’s gruesome murder sends shockwaves across Dhaka

Jhenaidah-4 lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar, missing since 13 May in Kolkata, was 'murdered over a gold smuggling disagreement' by an illegal immigrant, a hitman and others, it is learnt. 

Progress slow, MHA unlikely to finish fencing India-Bangladesh border by March 2024 deadline

There was 915.35 km of border remaining to be fenced from this January. ThePrint analysis shows that with just 35km fenced last year, meeting target seems to be an uphill task.

BSF is not trigger-happy, strife at Bangladesh border due to aggressive cattle smugglers

Deaths of smugglers sour relations between India and Bangladesh, the solution is legalisation of cattle trade not avoiding confrontation.

BSF’s shoot-to-kill policy can’t stop Bangladesh cow traffickers. Trade legalisation must

The success of Sheikh Hasina’s government in crushing jihadist terrorism has had a crucial role in making India more secure.

Ailing, dying cattle at the borders ‘hampering’ our work, BSF chief tells parliamentary panel

BSF chief Pankaj Kumar Singh is learnt to have pointed to missive from Centre advocating that BSF take measures for ‘gau raksha’, as well as pressure from animal rights groups.

BSF is a boon for border populations. It can do much more than just protect them

Since 1965, the BSF has not only protected India's border areas with Pakistan and Bangladesh but also helped with internal security and development.

‘Borderlands’ shows what it means to live on India’s borders today. It counts the human cost

The 67-minute documentary refuses to engage in the 'us vs them' debate. Instead, it follows the lives of six people on India's borders.

On Camera

Trump is swinging on Russia again. What this means for Europe’s security architecture

The dynamics between Europe and Russia have gone so south that mending fences looks like an uphill task—even as the US swings between sanctions and olive branches.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

Hit by mortar shell, but still fighting—BSF heroes of Op Sindoor honoured with gallantry medals

President of India has honoured 16 BSF personnel with gallantry medals for show of exemplary courage in the 87-hour ‘war’ between India and Pakistan that followed the launch of Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.