Bangladesh Army Chief Inspects Border Airstrips

Reading Time: 3 minutes Unscheduled Visits Following Indian MI Delegation In the immediate aftermath of a low-profile visit by an Indian Military Intelligence delegation to Dhaka between 14 and 17 October 2025, Bangladesh Army Chief General Waker-uz-Zaman undertook unscheduled inspections of two long-abandoned airstrips at Lalmonirhat and Thakurgaon. Both locations are situated in northern Bangladesh, near the border with India’s West Bengal, placing them in close proximity to the strategically critical Siliguri Corridor — the so-called “Chicken’s Neck” that links mainland India to its north-eastern states. The Indian delegation, led by Major General Kundan Kumar Singh and accompanied by a brigadier and a colonel, engaged with several formations of the Bangladesh Army, the Operations and Plans and Intelligence directorates of the Armed Forces Division, the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence, the Army Aviation Group, and key logistics branches. The visit was deliberately low-profile, reflecting ongoing intelligence coordination despite a deterioration