Staff Reporter:
BNP has alleged that Bangladesh’s border security, independence and sovereignty have come under threat because of the current ‘unpopular government’s’ passive role in defusing tension along the My-anmar frontier.
In a statement issued on Tuesday based on the decisions of the BNP standing committee’s meeting held on Monday, the party feared that the country’s border could become out of control at any time as hun-dreds of Myanmar nationals are waiting to illegally enter Bangladesh.
It said fierce fighting, skirmishes and gunfire between the armed forces of the military junta and insur-gent groups inside Myanmar have taken a dire shape along the border between Bandarban’s Nai-khongchhari Ghumdhum and Tumbru for more than a week.
The party said bullets, mortar shells, and exploded rocket launcher shells exchanged by both Myanmar’s armed forces and insurgent groups are falling inside Bangladesh every day, causing loss of life, injuries, and damage to people’s homes.
“The local people are leaving the border area for the safety of their lives. Schools have been closed,” it observed.
