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21-01-2024, 08:27 PM
Bangladesh Moves to Boost Security on Myanmar Border...Dhaka — Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) chief visited frontier with Rakhine State where Arakan Army (AA) has seized a town & several of Myanmar’s junta outposts. BGB HQ said Major General AKM Nazmul Hasan visited troops @Bandarban, Palangkhali, Tekhnaf & Saint Martin Island in Cox’s Bazar, inspected defense system & instructed force to remain on high alert for threat of smuggling. A special meeting was held on Wednesday@Cox’s Bazar admin offices to address increasing smuggling of fuel, food & cooking oil to Myanmar through coastal areas.
The AA on Sunday seized town of Paletwa in southern Chin State, about 20km from Bangladesh border on the Kaladan River. A New Delhi-backed infrastructure initiative along Kaladan is underway to link India’s landlocked northeast to the Bay of Bengal.
A Bangladeshi home ministry source said Dhaka is closely observing developments in western Myanmar and the developing food shortages. Dhaka’s Business Standard reported on Thursday the Bangladeshi authorities have arrested 28 suspected smugglers and seized 7,636 liters of octane fuel, 136 liters of diesel and 3,752 liters of soybean oil destined for Myanmar.
The newspaper blamed the growing conflict with Myanmar’s junta in Rakhine State and Paletwa for the growing demand for essentials. Cox’s Bazar Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Shaheen Imran has asked oil pump owners and traders to submit weekly fuel and cooking oil transactions to his administration.
“The Bangladeshi boatmen are making huge profits, selling fuel at six to seven times Bangladeshi prices in Myanmar,” a Cox’s Bazar official Bangladeshis along Myanmar’s border told The Irrawaddy.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/ban...order.html
The AA on Sunday seized town of Paletwa in southern Chin State, about 20km from Bangladesh border on the Kaladan River. A New Delhi-backed infrastructure initiative along Kaladan is underway to link India’s landlocked northeast to the Bay of Bengal.
A Bangladeshi home ministry source said Dhaka is closely observing developments in western Myanmar and the developing food shortages. Dhaka’s Business Standard reported on Thursday the Bangladeshi authorities have arrested 28 suspected smugglers and seized 7,636 liters of octane fuel, 136 liters of diesel and 3,752 liters of soybean oil destined for Myanmar.
The newspaper blamed the growing conflict with Myanmar’s junta in Rakhine State and Paletwa for the growing demand for essentials. Cox’s Bazar Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Shaheen Imran has asked oil pump owners and traders to submit weekly fuel and cooking oil transactions to his administration.
“The Bangladeshi boatmen are making huge profits, selling fuel at six to seven times Bangladeshi prices in Myanmar,” a Cox’s Bazar official Bangladeshis along Myanmar’s border told The Irrawaddy.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/ban...order.html
