The twice postponed Director General (DG) level border talks between India and Bangladesh are now expected to be held here from February 16 with the issue of fencing and rise in infiltration attempts post the regime change in that country being a major subject of discussion,

No defence structure can be constructed within 150 yards of the India-Bangladesh boundary by either side. But is wire fencing a 'defence structure'? Here is what the disagreement is all about, and what experts have to say.

Home and Agriculture Adviser, Lieutenant General (Retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, has assured that there is no tension along the India-Bangladesh border.

Barbed-wire fencing, border lighting, technical devices, cattle fences are measures for securing the border, it says

India summons Bangladesh Head of Mission over border issue, escalating tensions along India-Bangladesh borders.

The tensions between India and Bangladesh primarily stem from allegations by Dhaka that India is attempting to construct fences at five locations along the India-Bangladesh border, which Bangladesh claims violates an existing bilateral agreement between the two nations.

On Sunday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bangladesh called in Indian High Commissioner Pranay Verma to address claims regarding India's plans to erect fences at five specific points along the 4,156-kilometer border shared by the two nations.

India on Monday summoned Bangladesh's acting High Commissioner Nural Islam and conveyed to him that New Delhi has followed all laid down protocols in the construction of fencing along the border betwe

Dhaka: Bangladesh Foreign Ministry on Sunday summoned Indian High Commissioner Pranay Verma over border tensions. The development came hours after Dhaka alleged that India was trying to construct fences at five locations along the Indo-Bangla border,

The foreign ministry of Bangladesh summoned Indian High Commissioner Pranay Verma on Sunday following rising tensions over border issues.