Home Affairs Adviser Lt. Col (retd) Jahangir Alam has said any intrusion into the country through borders won’t be tolerated. He said this while speaking to reporters after a meeting on law and order ahead of the celebration of 31st night and Christmas at the Secretariat on Sunday. Regarding tensions along the border, the adviser said, “We’ve been vigilant on the entire border, not only in Sylhet but also in Benapole and other borders the Border Guard Bangladesh members have been on alert. You (reporters) publish true news, those who spread false news will be shamed.”    The adviser said Indian secretary to the Ministry of External Affairs will visit to Bangladesh and the secretary-level talks will be held. Replying to another question, the home adviser expressed his optimism that the normalcy in bilateral relationship between the two countries will return through the forthcoming meeting. Read: Two ‘drunken’ Indians detained in Satkhira for intrusion with pickup van He said they will shut the normal bars on the 31st night. “On many occasions, nuisance is created on the 31st night celebrations. If you tell the youth in advance that such behavior is inappropriate, they will be more cautious.”

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained two Bangladeshi citizens while allegedly trying to trespass into India through the border in Biral upazila of Dinajpur early Friday. The detainees are Magnet Roy, 25, son of Rama Roy of Dinajpur’s Bochaganj and Likhan Roy, 19, son of Profulla Roy, of Palashbaria area under Nilphamari Sadar upazila. Read: BGB detains 5 people while trying to enter India illegally thru Dinajpur border Ahsan-ul-Islam, commandant of the BGB-42 in Dinajpur, said they detained the two from Nonagram area under Bhandara union of the Biral upazila along the border with India after being tipped-off that some Bangladeshis were intruding into India. The detainees were handed over to the concerned police station to take legal action in this regard, he added. Read more: BGB detains local AL leader, his brother from Sylhet border