Sylhet Bureau :
Border Guard Bangladesh, Sylhet Battalion (48 BGB) organised a discussion meeting and free medical campaign with local citizens in Jaintapur. The discussion medical campaign was completed at 11 am on Sunday at Rangpani Captain Rashid School and College in the upazila.
The exchange of views was moderated by Mohammad Farukh Hossain PBGM, Assistant Director of Border Guard Bangladesh Sylhet Battalion (48 BGB), and Lieutenant Colonel Md Hafizur Rahman PSC, Commander of Sylhet Battalion (48 BGB). Jaintapur Upazila Assistant Commissioner (Land) Ms Farzana Akhter Laboni, Assistant Superintendent of Police (Kanaighat Circle) Alok Sharma, Officer-in-Charge of Jaintapur Model Police Station Abul Basar Mohammad Badruzzaman, Deputy Commander of Jaintapur Upazila Muktijoddha Sangsad Shri Yadavmoy Biswas, Chairman of Jaintapur Union Parishad No. 2 Fakhrul Islam and former Chairman Alamgir Hossain were also present as special guests in the meeting.
At the meeting, BGB delivered a speech and gave guidelines on public awareness for the protection of the border and the lives and property of people. The activities of BGB for border security are ongoing. It was called upon to create public awareness by ignoring the ban and crossing the border or avoiding areas near the border.
The guests present at the time called for the issue of opening stone quarries as before to ensure employment for the workers to be taken to the attention of the higher authorities through the BGB. Now, due to the lack of permission to extract stones, they are being forced to cross the border to India. As a result, there are incidents of arrests in India, including deaths.
Haji Mostaq Ahmed Chowdhury, Headmaster of Biam Dr. Kudrat Ullah School Abu Sufian Bilal, eminent scholar Abdus Sattar, President of Sreepur Pathar Quarry Association Abdul Ahad, Soleiman Ahmed Kontu, General Secretary of Chinnamul Mini Stone Crusher Mill Owners Association Shafiqul Islam Shafiq, (acting) Principal of Rangpani Captain Rashid School and College Oliur Rahman Sarkar, Sunil Debnath along with local dignitaries and journalists from print and electronic media of Jaintapur Gowainghat Upazila were present.
Later, a free medical campaign was organized by the Border Guard Bangladesh Sylhet Battalion (48 BGB). During this, men, women and children from Greater No. 4 Bengal, border areas and marginal areas received free medical services and medicines.
