PM declares BGB a ‘3-dimensional force’
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday declared Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) a three-dimensional force after the induction of two helicopters, Bir Shreshtha Nur Mohammad and Bir Shreshtha Abdur Rouf, into it.
"We're celebrating the Mujib Borsho. In this Mujib Borsho, BGB got two helicopters. This is indeed a matter of pride. I'm declaring BGB a three-dimensional force," she said.
The prime minister said this while addressing a programme for inducting two MI-171E helicopters into the Air Wing of BGB.
The event was held at the BGB Headquarters, Pilkhana. The PM attended it virtually from her official residence Gono Bhaban.
She asked the BGB personnel to keep the goodwill of the force by discharging their duties with sincerity and faith imbued with patriotism.
Hasina said the government wanted to make all the forces of the country capable. She said BGB protects the country's border, which is a huge task. "For this, the government will do whatever this force needs," she said.
The premier said to make BGB a modern and time-befitting border force, the government has taken massive reforms and development programmes.
She mentioned that the government has passed the BGB Act-2010 and to make it a world-standard modern boarder guard force, the government has taken plans to formulate "Border Guard Bangladesh Vision-2041".
"Now, BGB is a very much skilled, well-organised and dynamic force," she said.
She said to improve the operational capability of BGB, the government has completed many development works and many others will be finished soon.
GOVT TO RECRUIT 15,000 BGB TROOPERS
The prime minister said there is a plan to recruit 15,000 members in the force, which will be implemented in three steps.
In the first step, there will a regional headquarters with 4,282 personnel, one K-9 unit, one regional intelligence bureau, one station headquarters, one guard police battalion. These activities will be completed by 2022.
In the second phase, she said, there will be a sector, five battalions, one reserve battalion, one K-9 unit and training centre with 5,782 members and increase of manpower for five border guard hospitals is under consideration.
She said purchase of two fast craft, seven high-speed boats, two marina and two trailers are under process.
The PM said in the Ecnec meeting held on September 22, the government has approved to build 73 more new composite BOP. This will have a positive impact on soldiers' morality apart from increasing BGB's operational capacity.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, Senior Secretary of Public Security Division of the ministry Mostafa Kamal Uddin and BGB Director General Maj Gen Md Shafeenul Islam also spoke at the programme from Pilkhana.
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