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NEW DELHI: India and Bangladesh will hold "important" Director General Border talks in Dhaka next month to discuss a host of issues related to crimes on the front and other security challenges, officials said on Tuesday.

The Biannual talks will be held between the Border Security Force and their counterpart Border Guard Bangladesh from September 13 to 18 at Pilkhana, the Headquarters of the Bangladesh Force in Dhaka.

Newly appointed BSF DG Rakesh Asthana will lead a dozen officers strong Indian delegation that will have representatives from the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), the external affairs ministry and other government agencies.

The Bangladeshi side will be led by BGB DG Maj Gen Md Shafeenul Islam.