Myanmar returns BGB man’s body

Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) Saturday handed over the body of a Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) member killed in a BGP firing along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border at Naikhyangchari Wednesday.
The body of Nayek Mizanur Rahman was handed over to BGB at a flag meeting in Panchhari near the border pillar-52 at around 5:45pm, said locals, UNB reported.
Commanding officer of BGB Ramu Battalion-50 major Tareque received the body, said Dochhari union parishad chairman Abdur Rashid who was present on the occasion.
Mizan went missing amid indiscriminate firing by the BGP members along the Naikhyangchari border Wednesday morning.
Later, a BGP officer confirmed that a member of the Border Guard Bangladesh was killed by his unit Wednesday when a clash broke out between the two sides amid rising tension along the border.
After the incident, tension escalated along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border. It further intensified Friday afternoon when BGP further fired gunshots along Panchhari border in Naikhyangchari.
Bangladesh summoned Myanmar ambassador to Bangladesh Myo Myint Than for the second time Saturday since May 28, and handed over a note verbal strongly protesting the unprovoked eruption of gunfire from the Myanmar border force along the Bangladesh-Myanmar international border Friday afternoon.