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BDR asked to curb border deals

Smuggling a major cause of economic recession: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Haslna identified smuggling as one of the main causes of economic recession and asked the paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) yesterday to curb cross border smuggling for rapid economic growth, reports UNB.
'It Is only possible for the skilled BDR men to protect the frontier, help maintain law and order, and effectively control smuggling." she said addressing the BDR parade at Peelkhana in the morning.
A smart contingent of BDR personnel Joined the parade on the occasion of BDR Week-2000 and presented an impressive inarch past. The prime minister Inspected the guard and took salute.
Addressing the BDR officials and personnels. Haslna said socio-economic development is linked with the curbing of smuggling and maintaining law and order.
The prime minister assured that the government would also continue its effort to make the BDR more modern and increase facilities for the force. She advised them to maintain physical fitness and enhance professional skill
Referring in various problem
of the frontier force, she said the government has taken sonic necessary steps to address their problems and added that a Rifle Square Is being constructed un -der the supervision of BDR.
The money collected from the Rifle Square will be spent for the welfare of the BDR and their family members, she said, adding that the government has also ciecided to hand over the Diesel Plant at Gazlpur to BDR.
The prime minister said the BDR strength would be increased by another 4.000 recruitment.
Home Minister Mohammad Nasim and BDR Director Gen -eral Maj Gen ALM Fazlur Rahman were present at the dais with the Prime Minister who distributed the BDR and the President's Rifle medals.
Later, the prime minister addressed the sector commanders of the frontier force at the BDR headquarters building and asked them to take special steps for controlling smuggling.
Haslna specially directed the BDR officials to control smuggling of diesel, arms and ammunition. drugs, insecticide, sugar, salt and Industrial products.
She also asked them to make
allout effort to stop child and women traffic king and said the government has already introduced strict law in this regard.
Al the beginning, the prime minister paid tribute to the martyred BDR personnel killed during the Liberalion War. She also mentioned the sacrifice of the BDR personnel who laid down their lives taking the risks of transmit ling Banga-bandhu's declaration of independence on the night of March 25 in 1971.
At the meeting, the prime minister assured the officials of increasing the infrastructure facilities for BDR and asked them to disburse speedily the Incentives for smuggling control.
She said the government has taken up a project for the modernisation of BDR hospital and steps to ensure speedy disbursement of pension to the BDR officials and personnels.
She also announced in the meeting that the government has increased the amount of cash award for the President's Rifle Medal to Tk 50.000 from Tk 10.000. and for the BDR Medal to Tk 25.000 from Tk 5.000.