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 for good neighbours 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.
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