Jessore, Bangladesh: With India looking to completely seal the Indo-Bangla border in Assam soon, a top Bangladeshi security commander has said his country has decided to erect a barbed wire fence along the border with India and Myanmar. While India borders Bangladesh from three sides (4,096 km), it shares a small 271 km border with Myanmar on its eastern flank. “Our government, in principle, has agreed to have barbed wire fencing along the borders with India as well as Myanmar. He said it was “unfortunate” that these “two basic needs” of having a barbed wire fence and roads has not been developed on the Bangladeshi side till now. He said as India has already raised fence along 79% of the Indo-Bangla border, it “indirectly helps” his country in checking cross-border crimes.

Source: Mint September 25, 2016 14:48 UTC