BD, India end border survey

Published April 4, 2005

DHAKA, April 3: Bangladesh and India have agreed to set up new boundary Pillars, repair the damaged ones and resolve amicably the disputes over lands along the frontier. They reached the accord after a three-day Bangladesh-India border survey at Tentulia and Sadar upazilas concluded on Sunday. The survey was undertaken following clashes between the border forces of the two countries over the fencing of the frontier by India and construction of a river-protection dam by Bangladesh.

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