A flag meeting between members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Myanmar’s Border Guard Police (BGP) is underway over the prevailing unrest along the border at Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar on Sunday morning. Lieutenant Colonel Khalid Mohammad Iftekhar, commanding officer of BGB-2 Battalion, is leading the Bangladesh side while Police Lieutenant Colonel Ye Wai Soe, Commanding Officer, No (1) Border Guard Police Branch, the Myanmar side, Shariful Islam, public relations officer of the BGB headquarters told UNB. Read more: Bangladesh Army asks Myanmar Army to be cautious during operations at common border They would discuss the issues related to the border security and prevailing tension, Lieutenant Colonel Khalid said on Saturday. “You have learned what incidents have happened, we will discuss issues, which have triggered tension among our people living along the border,” he said. On September 16, a Rohingya boy was killed and five others injured as a mortar shell fired by the Myanmar army exploded at a Rohingya Camp located at the Zero Point of the border. On the same day, another Bangladeshi young man was seriously injured in a landmine explosion along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border at Naikhongchhari upazila in Bandarban. Read more: Locals in dread as firing inside Myanmar rocks Naikhongchhari Local people said it was the Myanmar army that had planted mines the area. One exploded near the Tombru border. In the face of continuous gunfire and mortar shelling inside Myanmar close to the Bangladesh border local authorities evacuated 30 families from Dochari and Ghumdhum unions at Naikhongchhari on October 23. Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has recently summoned Myanmar envoy to Dhaka several times and formally protested against the move by the Buddhist-majority nation’s military.

On the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, border guards of Bangladesh and India exchanged sweets and greetings on Wednesday morning. Hili CP Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) camp commander Subedar Showkat Ali Molla said that sweets were gifted to the commander of Border Security Force (BSF) on the Indian side fro Joypurhat-10 BGB battalion. Also read: BSF won't let BGB build mosque at 200-year-old site Commander Ramakant Singh of BSF Hili camp reciprocated by sending sweets as gifts. During religious and national celebrations, BGB and BSF exchange gifts, greetings and sweets as a tradition with an aim to bolster  friendly ties between the two countries, the BGB camp commander said. Also read: Bangladeshi youth killed in BSF firing along Lalmonirhat border Meanwhile, the BSF camp commander said that "this kind of exchange of sweets and greetings motivates the border guards of both the countries".