A four-day border conference between the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Myanmar's Border Guard Police (BGP) began at the Pilkhana BGB headquarters in Dhaka on Monday.
The senior-level conference between the border forces of the two neighbouring countries will end on Thursday, said BGB HQ Public Relation Officer Md Mohsin Reza.
The agenda of the conference includes border security issues such as prevention of illegal drug smuggling – i.e. yaba pills, firing at the frontiers by the BGP and Myanmar army, trespass into Bangladesh territory by Myanmar nationals, operating Myanmar military helicopters and drones over the border areas, removal of landmines or Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) from the zero line of border, setting up Border Liaison Office, implementation of development activities at the frontiers, and steps to increase mutual cooperation as well as confidence.