More BDR patrol in CHT border, says Sahara
Saturday, 2 October 2010
RANGAMATI, Oct 1 (bdnews24.com): The government has taken initiatives to increase the number of BDR patrol personnel and check posts along the border at the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
A bill aiming to restructure the border security force-Bangladesh Rifles- has already been tabled in parliament, Home Minister Sahara Khatun said Friday.
The minister was talking to reporters at a press briefing after her visit to the site of a proposed tax station, in the Thegamukh area of Rangamati's Barkal Upazila and Thegamukh BDR outpost.
BDR personnels risk their lives to carry out their duties providing untiring security along the border, Sahara added. "Pulse will be included in the present BDR rations," Sahara also said.
Sahara also expressed the hope that the government would advocate that Operation Uttaran Padak, an award currently given solely to military personnel for bravery, be given to the BDR personnel too.
After visiting the BDR camp at Sajek Union under Baghaichhari Upazila of Rangamati, the minister distributed clothes among the destitute.
A bill aiming to restructure the border security force-Bangladesh Rifles- has already been tabled in parliament, Home Minister Sahara Khatun said Friday.
The minister was talking to reporters at a press briefing after her visit to the site of a proposed tax station, in the Thegamukh area of Rangamati's Barkal Upazila and Thegamukh BDR outpost.
BDR personnels risk their lives to carry out their duties providing untiring security along the border, Sahara added. "Pulse will be included in the present BDR rations," Sahara also said.
Sahara also expressed the hope that the government would advocate that Operation Uttaran Padak, an award currently given solely to military personnel for bravery, be given to the BDR personnel too.
After visiting the BDR camp at Sajek Union under Baghaichhari Upazila of Rangamati, the minister distributed clothes among the destitute.