Dhaka: At least 58 soldiers of Myanmar’s paramilitary Border Guard Police (BGP) escaping the junta-run country took shelter in Bangladesh amid reports of heavy gunfights between the government troops and the rebel resistance fighters, officials said here on Sunday. The soldiers entered through the Tambru border in predawn hours on Sunday and sought shelter from the Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB). “Fifty-eight BGP personnel took shelter in Bangladesh throughout the day since the predawn hours. Dhaka, meanwhile, expressing concern over the skirmishes in its border areas with Myanmar, said the violence was affecting Bangladesh's frontlines. But when the sound of gunfights is heard at the border, naturally it creates panic in the public mind.

Source: bd News24 February 04, 2024 10:41 UTC