CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Jan 8, 2025 (BSS)- A flag meeting between Border Guard 
Bangladesh (BGB) and Border Security Force (BSF) of India was held centered 
around the construction of a barbed wire fence at the Chouka border in the 
district this afternoon. 

A decision for keeping the barbed wire-fencing and constructing road along 
Shibganj frontier in the district suspended has been taken in the flag 
meeting.

Commanding Officer (CO) of 59 Battalion of the BGB Lieutenant Colonel Md. 
Golam Kibria confirmed. 

"It was a cordial discussion between the officials of both the countries," he 
said, adding that further decision would be taken later by the high officials 
of the two countries.

"Members of Sabdalpur BSF camp in Gopalganj thana of Malda district in India 
started constructing a road and making a fence of barbed wire along the 
border last Sunday morning, but after the BGB intervention, they stopped the 
work. The situation is now calm. Additional BGB members have been deployed at 
the border," the CO remarked.

He assured that there is no reason for the general public to be afraid.