On January 1, 2013 at around 4:30 am Muktar Dai (23), son of Ainul Dai and late Rekha Dai of Dhirganj village under Haripur police station of Thakurgaon district in northern Bangladesh and Mohammad Nur Islam (32), son of Abdur Rahman and Nurjahan of Bojruk village were shot to death by the members of the […]
Bangladeshi child named Shafikul was detained by BSF at Chanduria border in Kolaroa Upazila of Satkhira district
The geographical divide between Bangladesh and India barely changes the relationship for those living in Chanduria in Kolaroa Upazila of Satkhira district of Bangladesh and those living by the Pandaria border in Gorjola village of Gaighata thana in Uttar Chobbish Pargana district of West Bengal, India. Almost regularly, they cross the borders to visit each […]
BSF detains Bangladeshi female agricultural labour Sreemoti Sharoti without charges at Gorakmondop border of Kurigram
Sreemoti Sharoti (39) is a poor female agricultural labour and the wife of Sree Atul Kumar of Gorakmondop village under Phulbari police station of Kurigram district. Sharoti worked at Dinesh Chandra Burman’s field near the border to earn a living and help Atul bear the family expenses. On November 20, 2012 at around 8:30am, Sharoti […]
BSF firing injures three farmers, Setaur, Abu Sayem and Saidul at Unishbighi border in Chapainawabganj
On October 7, 2012 at around 7:30am Mohammad Setaur Rahman (54) and Mohammad Abu Sayem (33), both sons of late Mohammad Ilias Uddin and late Mosammot Golmahata Begum of Unishbighi village of Shibganj Upazila in Chapainawabganj district along with Mohammad Saidul Islam (35) son of Mohammad Farzan Ali and Mosammot Hanefa Begum were plucking weeds […]
BSF firing kills a boy named Mohammad Sujon Ali at Chor Majardia border of Poba Upazila in Rajshahi
On October 7, 2012 at around 11:30 pm Mohammad Sujon Ali (16), son of Mohammad Shukur Ali and Tazzema Begum of Chor Majardia village in Haripur Union Porishod of Poba Upazila in Rajshahi district had gone fishing at a branch of the Padma River between sub pillar 1 and 2 of the 61st main pillar […]
BSF allegedly kills a Bangladeshi at Nagorbhita border in Thakurgaon
The Border Security Force of India (BSF) has allegedly tortured and killed Mohammad Hajirul Islam (27), son of late Iyaz Uddin and Hajera Khatun of South Dowari village in Baliyadangi Upazila of Thakurgaon district in Bangladesh on the night of September 1, 2012. Nagorbhita border of Bangladesh on its opposite has Tingao border of Goalpukur Police Station in […]
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