United News of Bangladesh

Bangladesh and India should have a highly developed border management system to manage and control crimes and criminal activities, enabling the legal movement of people and goods, said former Indian diplomat Pankaj Saran, describing the killings along the Bangladesh-India border as ‘unfortunate’. “I don't know what to say, it's unfortunate. These things should not happen at all….. We should be honest with ourselves as to why this is happening. The actions and remedies for this lie on both sides - the Bangladesh authorities and Indian authorities,” said Pankaj, Convenor of NatStrat, a Delhi-based independent centre for research on strategic and security issues. During an interaction with a Bangladeshi media delegation at the Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service in New Delhi recently, the former Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh said many protocols have been signed and agreements have been reached between the border forces and the two governments on the issue of managing the border effectively.