A Bangladeshi man was shot dead and another injured allegedly by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) members early Thursday near the border in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat district.  The deceased was identified as Rezaul Karim, 42, son of Monsur Ali of Jagatber union in the upazila and the injured was identified as Jumman Babu,30. Read:Bangladeshi shot dead ‘by BSF’ along Kushtia border The incident occurred along Samshernagar border in the upazila, said Omar Fauk, Officer-in-Charge of Patgram police station.  According to locals, some local youths went to India-Bangladesh border’s no-man’s-land area in the early hours of Thursday.  Rezaul died on the spot when BSF members fired at them, they said. Read: Indian girl handed over to BSF through Tetulia border Babu, who suffered injuries,  was allegedly picked up by BSF troops while others managed to flee.  Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) did not comment on the matter. BGB sources, however, said they will brief the media formally later. 

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has handed over three Bangladeshi schoolboys, who mistakenly entered India while playing at Shimultali border in Naogaon, to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) after the schoolboys called the National Emergency Service 999 for help. The schoolboys are Rabiul Islam, 15, Rabiul Alam, 14, and Badshah, 13, all are residents of Dhamoirhat of Naogaon. Read:999 call: Coast Guard rescues 15 stranded fishermen from sea On Monday evening, one of the three boys called 999 and sought help saying that they entered India mistakenly while playing near a river along Shimultali Border in Dhamoirhat and then were detained by BSF, according to the press release of 999. After receiving the call, constable Rubel Rana immediately reported the matter to Dhamoirhat police station and the camp in-charge of BGB's Shimultali border outpost. Read: 999 call: 7 tourists stuck on boat in Kaptai Lake rescued after hours Later, BGB contacted the BSF authorities and BSF handed over the detainees after holding a flag meeting. Naik Subedar Md Shahjahan, camp in-charge of BGB Shimultali border outpost-14, told 999 that three schoolboys were handed over to their families, the release added.

The family of Felani Khatun, a 15-year-year-old Bangladeshi girl who was killed by Indian border guards, did not give up hope for justice as they observed the 11th anniversary of the gruesome murder on Friday. Felani worked as a domestic help in New Delhi. She was returning home with her father through Anantapur border in Kurigram district on January 7, 2011, when members of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) shot her dead. Her body was handed over to Bangladesh a day later. A picture of her lifeless body hanging from the barbed-wire fence went viral, triggering a global outcry and prompting BSF to open an investigation into the killing. Read: Border killing: Photo exhibition held on Felani’s home premises BSF pressed charges against Constable Amiya Ghosh but he was acquitted by a special court in 2013. Amid criticisms, BSF later decided to revise the trial but another judicial court upheld the verdict, acquitting Ghosh for the second time in 2015. Felani's frustrated father Nur Islam later moved to the Indian Supreme Court with the assistance of human rights group Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha. The full bench headed by the chief justice accepted the petition in 2015 and show-caused several bodies concerned, including the Indian home ministry. But the Felani family has not yet received justice as the date of the hearing was postponed several times. "We’ve gone to many people, including human rights activists, seeking justice for the murder of our daughter. I have not got justice even after 11 years," said Felani's mother Jahanara Begum. Her father Nur Islam said he had gone to Cooch Behar and testified twice in the court there, raising the atrocity of BSF member Amiya Ghosh. “Still we’ve not got justice. But we’ve not left our hope for justice from the Indian Supreme Court yet,” he said. Read:Justice eludes Felani’s family Kurigram Public Prosecutor SM Abraham Lincoln, who provided legal aid to Nur Islam in the Felani murder case, said the organisations that were show-caused placed their statements in the court. He said the date for hearing in the Supreme Court was changed several times and later the hearing was scheduled for August 28, 2018, but was finally not held. Abraham said he doesn’t know the latest progress of the case that was hampered by Covid-19 pandemic.

Two Bangladeshi youths were shot dead by some members of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Burimari border in Patgram upazila on Sunday morning. The deceased were identified as Yunus Ali, 29, son of Bulbul Hossain of Dangapara village under Burimari union of Patgram upazila and Sagar, 26, of Jaldhaka area of Nilphamari district. Read: Bangladeshi youth killed in BSF firing along Lalmonirhat border According to 61 Burimari BGB camp sources, a patrol team of BSF opened fire on a group of cattle traders when they went to bring cattle near pillar no 842 of Burimari border, leaving Sagar and Yunus dead on the spot. Omar Faruque, Officer-in-Charge of Patgram Police Station, said they identified the duo after seeing the photographs sent by Indian prople living along the border.

An organization of Petropole Port India “Jeebon Jibika Bachao Committee" has halted trade through Benapole port of Bangladesh for the second consecutive day.