BGB director general Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui spoke at the closing parade of the BGB’ 103rd recruit batch in Satkania of Chittagong today. Photo : BGB

DHAKA, July 10, 2025 (BSS) – Border Guard Bangladesh’s (BGB) director general Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui today asked newly recruited soldiers of the paramilitary force to protect every inch of the motherland even at the cost of their lives.

“I firmly believe that the new soldiers will give their lives if necessary to protect the integrity of the motherland, but will not let even an inch of the country's soil to be lost,” he told the closing parade of the BGB’ 103rd recruit batch.

The BGB chief asked the new soldiers not to show softness towards the opponents under any circumstances adding “the new soldiers must never disappoint the countrymen. These new soldiers will be the symbol of security and trust of the border”.

The parade was held at Bir Uttam Mujibur Rahman Parade Ground of the BGB Training Center and College (BGTC&C) at Baitul Izzat in Satkania of Chittagong.

Siddiqui highly praised the BGB personnel for their intense efforts to ensure uninterrupted sleep of the countrymen.

He described the BGB as 'watchful guardian of the border', saying they were constantly securing Bangladesh’s 4,427-kilometer-long border and discharging their task they were preventing smuggling of drugs, weapons and other illegal goods alongside trafficking of women and children and suppressing any kind of cross-border crimes.

“Not only that, the BGB is also able to perform its duties with great trust and reputation in assisting the civil administration in maintaining internal law and order in the country,” the chief of the paramilitary force said.

The BGB chief has asked the new soldiers to carry out any assigned duty in an orderly and efficient manner being inspired and motivated by the four main mottos of the BGB - 'morale, brotherhood, discipline and efficiency'.

He said discipline is the ornament of a soldier's life and a real soldier is one who never backs down from following orders and duties.

“Honesty, intelligence, reliability, loyalty and enthusiasm are the criteria for the discipline and professional skills of a force," he said.

The BGB chief paid tribute to 817 martyrs of the then EPR who sacrificed their lives in the Great Liberation War of 1971.  He also paid tribute to all the students and public who were martyred in the July Mass Uprising.

The basic training of the 103rd recruit batch began on January 26, 2025. After successfully completing the 24-week long training, 694 recruits, 658 men and 36 women, formally took the oath and entered the paramilitary life through the closing the parade today.

Commandant of BGTC&C, Brigadier General Gazi Nahiduzzaman was present at that time along with senior BGB officers, army officers of Chittagong and Cox's Bazar regions, senior officers of the civil administration and police.