Dhaka, Dec 28 (IANS) At least 71 incidents related to blasphemy allegations against Hindu minorities were reported in Bangladesh from June-December this year, Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities (HRCBM) said in a report. The HRCBM documented cases from more than 30 districts, including Chandpur, Chattogram, Dinajpur, Lalmonirhat, Sunamganj, Khulna, Comilla, Gazipur, Tangail and Sylhet, according to the report. Rights group said that the spread and similarity of these cases showcase s…
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Kolkata, Dec 27 (IANS) Folk singer-turned-politician and the BJP legislator from the Haringhata Assembly constituency in Nadia district of West Bengal, Ashim Kumar Sarkar, on Saturday, registered a police complaint claiming a threat to his life.In the complaint, Sarkar claimed that he had been receiving consecutive death threats for the last few days.In his complaint filed at Chakdaha Police Station in Nadia district, Sarkar has also provided the investigating officials with two mobile numbers f…
Kolkata, Dec 26 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Friday submitted a deputation to the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata, demanding immediate action by the Muhammad Yunus-led caretaker government against those involved in the lynching of Dipu Chandra Das, a Hindu garment factory worker, and seeking an end to what he described as continuing atrocities against Hindu minorities in the neighbouring country.Adhikari, accompanied by representa…
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) Reiterating its stance on having free, fair and inclusive elections in Bangladesh, India on Friday stated that it views the return of Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s (BNP) acting chairman Tarique Rahman to the conflict-ridden country in the wider democratic context. “We support free, fair, and inclusive elections in Bangladesh, and the return of the BNP leader from London should be seen in that context,” Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said…
Kolkata, Dec 26 (IANS) Hoteliers’ associations in two districts of West Bengal, on Friday, have decided to close the doors of their hotels and lodges as a mark of protest against the recent lynching of Dipu Chandra Das, a Hindu garment factory worker, and also over the unbridled atrocities on the minorities under the Muhammad Yunus regime.Although the hoteliers’ associations in both districts are yet to decide whether this decision will be applicable in case of Bangladeshi tourists coming to Ind…
Washington, Dec 24 (IANS) Raising alarm over a political party ban, powerful US lawmakers have told Bangladesh’s interim government that free and fair elections cannot be held if political participation is restricted ahead of the February polls.In a letter to Dr Mohammed Yunus, Chief Adviser of the Interim Government of Bangladesh, Congressmen Gregory W. Meeks, Bill Huizenga, and Sydney Kamlager-Dove urged the authorities to work across the political spectrum to restore confidence in democrati…
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) India erupted in protest on Tuesday over the brutal killing of Dipu Chandra Das, a Hindu garment factory worker in Bangladesh’s Mymensingh and over unbridled atrocities on the minorities under Muhammad Yunus’ regime. From Delhi to Kolkata to Bhopal to Hyderabad, a wave of public anger and wrath spilled onto the streets as Hindu outfits hit the streets denouncing the targeted attack on Hindu minorities in the neighbouring nation.The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Baj…