(Compilation of translated articles from various Burmese and
Bengali blogs last week.)
BGB Battalion-50 inaugurated by General Ahmed. |
Last May a new battalion of BGB (Border
Guards Bangladesh) the BGB Battalion-50 was established at Ramu (Old Panwar
Town as Burmese called it) on the Bangladeshi side of the Bangladesh-Burma
border.
The launching ceremony of BGB-50 was
held on May-19 at Ramu and BGB-chief Major-General Aziz Ahmed attended the
ceremony. Formerly known as Bangladesh Rifles the BGB under the Bangladesh
Ministry of Home Affairs is a paramilitary police force responsible for border
security in Bangladesh.