As soon as the sound of gunfire at the border falls silent,
a difficult task begins. The bodies of Bangladeshis lying on the other side
must be brought home. The responsibility was not assigned by the government.
Yet, for the past two decades, Abdur Rahman of Thakurgaon has been carrying out
this work out of humanitarian duty.
Whenever a body needs to be recovered at the Dharmagarh
border in Thakurgaon’s Ranisankail upazila, members of the Border Guard
Bangladesh (BGB) and local residents...
