Cattle smuggling has been a source of tension between the two countries but AFP could not independently verify the purpose behind the construction of the fence.
Security forces from India and Bangladesh had a tense confrontation this week over the construction of a fence supposedly meant to keep cattle from straying over their shared border, officials ...
"Tension flared up after Bangladesh border guards sought to block the building of a cattle fence," BSF deputy inspector general A. K. Arya told AFP. "But there was no violence." Bangladesh is ...
Over 60 volunteers assisted in replacing wire and posts in affected ranches. Many ranchers lost hundreds of miles of fencing and livestock in the flames, and it will take years to fully recover.