Dhaka, Jan 7 (IANS) The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, a human rights organisation against religious discrimination, has expressed grave concern over the escalating attacks on minority communities across Bangladesh. The rights body stated that communal violence has been increasing at an alarming rate as the February national election in Bangladesh approaches.Highlighting the growing atrocities against minorities in Bangladesh last year, the council in a statement said, “In De…
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Kathmandu, Dec 27 (IANS) Several protests were organised in major cities of Nepal – including Birgunj, Janakpurdham, and Golbazar – on Friday and Saturday to protest against the brutal killing of Hindu men in Bangladesh. A 25-year-old Hindu youth, Dipu Chandra Das, was brutally killed in a mob lynching incident over false blasphemy accusations by a Muslim coworker at his factory on December 18. The mob killed Das and then hung his body from a tree before setting it on fire.In another heinous inc…
Dhaka, Dec 26 (IANS) Members of the Bangladesh National Hindu Grand Alliance – the Bangladesh Jatiya Hindu Mahajote – formed a human chain and held a protest rally in Dhaka on Friday, demanding justice and detailed investigation into last week’s brutal killing of Hindu youth Dipu Chandra Das. 25-year-old Das was lynched by a mob over false blasphemy accusations on December 18. Dozens of radicals killed Das and then hung his body from a tree before setting it on fire. The shocking incident has in…
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) Former diplomat Mahesh Sachdeva on Friday asserted that the second mob lynching of a Hindu youth in Bangladesh in a span of one week underscores the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government’s complete failure to maintain law and order situation in the South Asian nation. The remarks came a day after Bangladeshi media reported the killing of another Hindu, identified as 29-year-old Amrit Mondal, in yet another incident driven by sectarian hatred. Mondal was allegedly lynched…
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) Developments in Bangladesh since Wednesday, making the headlines, suggest that the interim administration led by Muhammad Yunus now has a plan to counter the negative image developing from widespread arson and killings. On Wednesday, Khuda Baksh Chowdhury, Bangladesh’s special assistant (Ministry of Home Affairs) to Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus, submitted his resignation, which was accepted and announced through a gazette notification within hours.In a separate developme…
Dhaka, Dec 25 (IANS) Former Bangladesh Prime Minister and President of the Bangladesh Awami League, Sheikh Hasina on Thursday slammed the “illegal” interim government in the country headed by Muhammad Yunus for perpetrating unspeakable atrocities against non-Muslims. In a message to the Awami League supporters on the occasion of Christmas, Hasina stated that the Yunus government has set “horrific precedents” such as burning religious minorities to death.”In the recent past, Bangladesh stood as a…