Bangladesh Reinforces Borders Amid Alleged Cross-Border Push-in by Indian Forces

Reading Time: 4 minutes Dhaka, Bangladesh — A Growing Border Crisis Tensions are mounting along the Bangladesh-India frontier as allegations emerge of repeated cross-border push-in by India’s Border Security Force (BSF). According to official sources in Dhaka, Indian and Myanmar nationals—most of them Muslim—are being forcibly moved into Bangladeshi territory, raising urgent humanitarian, legal, and strategic alarms. These push-ins, reported across multiple sectors of the north-western and south-eastern borders, are not isolated incidents. Rather, they appear to be part of a recurring pattern, one that Bangladeshi officials say directly contravenes long-standing bilateral border protocols and fundamental international humanitarian standards. In response, the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has launched an extensive reinforcement operation, quadrupling its presence in key sectors and placing all forward-deployed units on high operational alert. “Our forces are under strict instructions to uphold the law, but we are prepared to take necessary defensive actions if our sovereignty is