Staff Correspondent

Sophisticated Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC) and riot control vehicles were included in Border Guard Bangladesh’s (BGB’s) arsenal yesterday to enhance its operational activities and capacity building.

In addition to ensuring its own security, riot control vehicles have been added to BGB for effectively maintaining the country’s internal law and order and controlling domestic riots, BGB said in a release.

Through the efforts of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and overall supervision of the BGB director general, the inclusion of these APCs and riot control vehicles has greatly enhanced the capacity of BGB, the release added.

BGB has already started operational activities to ensure proper and maximum use of the sophisticated equipment.

“As a result, BGB is able to play a more dynamic role in the overall security of the border as well as in controlling the internal law and order situation and protecting the sovereignty of the motherland,” BGB said in the release.