BSF delegation reaches Dhaka to attend BGB-BSF border conference

A nine-member delegation of Border Security Force (BSF) led by its director general (DG) Shri Nitin Agrawal landed in Dhaka this morning to attend the 54th DG-level BGB-BSF Border Conference to be held from 5-9 March at the BGB headquarters in the capital.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) director general (DG) Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui and his wife Naureen Ashraf extended floral greetings and warmly welcomed the Indian delegation along with the BSF director general and his wife Smita Agrawal at the airport, said a press release.

The BSF delegation reached the BGB headquarters in a motor procession from the airport and paid tribute to the martyrs of the Liberation War at 'Simanto Gourab' in the city's Pilkhana area at first.

On the invitation of Naureen Ashraf, chief patron of BGB Simanto Poribar Kalyan Samiti (SHIPKS), a delegation of BSF Wives Welfare Association (BWWA) also arrived in the capital.

The BWWA delegation will participate in various functions. BGB Border Family Welfare Association and Border Officers Ladies Club are organising the programmes, the release added.  The BSF delegation is scheduled to leave for India on 9 March.