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A sector commander-level flag meeting between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Border Security Force (BSF) of India was held on Saturday (25 May).
Rangpur Sector Commander's Deputy Director General Mamunur Rashid led the 5-member Bangladesh delegation while DIG Shri GS Dhaniwal led the 8-member delegation of BSF Cooch Behar Sector in the meeting that started at 11:00am.
The flag meeting was held between Lalmonirhat 15-BGB battalion under Rangpur Sector and Coochbehar Sector at Sahebganj in Cooch Behar district of India, within 150 yards of boundary pillar 962 on the Bagbhandar border of Bhurungamari, Kurigram.
In the 2-hour long meeting, the border forces of the two neighbouring countries discussed the issues of smuggling of drugs and cattle and human trafficking and ways to curb those.
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