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Fence at India-Bangladesh border is latest irritant in once-strong New Delhi-Dhaka ties
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Fencing the border has been a long-standing Indian initiative to deter illegal immigration and cross-border criminal activities.
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NEW DELHI – A border fence has emerged as a fresh source of tension between India and Bangladesh, underlining the growing disconnect between the two countries that were once an exemplar of good neighbourliness in South Asia.
The dispute flared up after India’s Border Security Force (BSF) resumed building a single-row, barbed wire fence along a 1,200m stretch of the border between Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal in the week of Jan 6.
