'285 BGP and Army personnel to be sent back on April 22'

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Staff Correspondent, Barta24.com | 2024-04-20 07:51:52

285 members of the Border Guard Police (BGP) and the Army who fled Myanmar to Bangladesh to save their lives will be sent back by sea on April 22.

On Friday (April 19) afternoon, Foreign Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud informed this.

He said, the country has assured to take back 285 members of the Myanmar border guard and Army who have taken refuge in Bangladesh. On April 22, BGP members and Army personnel who took refuge will be sent back by ship. A final discussion has been held on this matter. The ship that will come to pick them up will bring 150 Bengalis stuck in Myanmar.

At this time, the Foreign Minister also said that there was a discussion about sending our manpower to Greece. We have talked with the foreign minister of Greece about setting up an embassy in our country. Bangladesh is also in the list of embassies in 6 new countries.

Apart from this, there was an opportunity to speak about environmental pollution and protection of fish resources at a meeting in Greece. The Minister said that Bangladesh's decision to stop fishing for 65 days has been appreciated. 

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