Dhaka has once again summoned the Myanmar ambassador to Bangladesh and strongly protested the landing of shells inside Bangladesh territory.
Director General of Myanmar section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mia Mainul Kabir formally handed over the protest letter to Aung Kyaw Moe on Sunday.
Myanmar ambassador was summoned to the State Guest House Padma and a meeting was held for about an hour where Bangladesh's expressed its displeasure over the incidents.
This is the third time in the last 15 days that Dhaka summoned the Myanmar ambassador over their army's mortar shells landing on Bangladesh soil.
Earlier on August 21 and 29, Myanmar ambassador was summoned by Bangladesh side and protested the incidents of landing mortar shells from Myanmar on the Bangladesh side of the border respectively on August 20 and 28.
On Saturday, at least four Myanmar fighter aircraft crossed into Bangladesh's air space over Naikhongchhari upazila in Bandarban.
Bandarban Superintendent of Police (SP) Tariqul Islam said that two shells fired from one of the Myanmar military aircraft landed some 120m inside Bangladesh near border pillar No 40.
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