Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has appreciated members of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) for their role in protecting the country from the violence that was created by the BNP-Jamaat men during the January 5 election.
The premier made the statement while addressing a programme marking the “Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Day-2014” at Pilkhana on Saturday morning.
Sheikh Hasina said: “The members of BGB have been playing a laudable and exemplary role in protecting the country’s border along with assisting the civil administration.”
She hoped that the BGB would discharge its duties with honesty and sincerity to keep the border areas safe and uphold the country’s image.
“We expect your further cooperation for protecting our country from any kind of violence,” she added.
She said her government has taken all measures to make the BGB a modern force.
To this end, she said, the government enacted the Border Guard Bangladesh Act-2010, and approved a new organisational framework and manpower for making it an efficient force.
The government has already decentralised the BGB command structure under four regions in the country for bringing dynamism in its activities, said the prime minister.
Sheikh Hasina said her government also approved setting up four more sectors along with 15 battalions, and most of which have already been implemented.
