Dhaka to lodge protest against Myanmar shelling mortars into Bangladesh

NEWS DESK

Bangladesh will lodge its strong protest with Myanmar so that nothing such ever happens inside Bangladesh as the country witnessed mortal shells fired from Myanmar inside Bangladesh territory on Sunday (Aug 28, 2022).

“We usually protest amid such incidents. A few days ago we also received similar reports. We will again strongly protest it with them (Myanmar),” said Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) stepped up its vigilance along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in the Bandarban area after mortar shells from Myanmar landed in the Tumbru area under Naikkhangchhari in Bandarban on Sunday afternoon.

Locals got panicked seeing the mortar shells which remained unexploded.