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At least ten Hindu devotees, including women, were severely injured on February 25 after a mob allegedly led by Rokon Uddin attacked a peaceful protest in Aruail Union under Sarail Upazila of Brahmanbaria. The demonstrators had gathered to oppose the alleged illegal occupation of land belonging to the 213-year-old Shri Shri Mohanlal Jiu Temple in …
When Devotion Turned to Darkness When the hymns of devotion that had drifted across rural Bhola finally fell silent, a crime of unspeakable brutality emerged from the shadows. On the fourth night of the five-day long Tirodhan Utsav honoring Achyudananda Brahmachari, more than 100,000 devotees had gathered in Aralia village of Tazumuddin Upazila for kirtan and prayer on …
In Marichbunia village under Patuakhali Sadar Upazila, a land dispute involving a Hindu family has escalated into allegations of assault, intimidation and attempted dispossession. The accused Zakir Bhuiya has firmly denied all accusations. The Dispute Gopal Mali, a resident of Marichbunia, alleges that locally influential individuals attempted to forcibly occupy his 40-decimals of his ancestral …
In two separate corners of Bangladesh, within days of each other, the rule of law was tested and found wavering. One man was beaten for trying to stop illegal bird hunting. A minority family was attacked for protesting vandalism. Different districts. Different triggers but the same message that intimidation works when enforcement hesitates. These are …
India has once again been reminded that the threat of terror is a persistent, adaptive reality and not a distant headline. In a coordinated operation spanning two states, security agencies arrested eight Islamists allegedly linked to the Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba. According to officials, the arrests have potentially thwarted a larger conspiracy aimed at destabilizing …
On 12 February 2026, a fifteen-year-old girl named Shefali Barman died by suicide in Jamaldah under the jurisdiction of Mekhliganj Police Station in Cooch Behar. She was a Class X student of Jamaldah Tulsi Devi High School and had just appeared for her Madhyamik examination, a milestone meant to mark the beginning of her future. …
When a state is scarred by violence, institutional mistrust and the proliferation of arms, governments often turn to figures who embody discipline, credibility, and strategic clarity. That is the context in which L. Nishikanta Singh has been appointed Advisor (Coordination) to the Chief Minister of Manipur. A retired Lieutenant General of the Indian Army’s Intelligence Corps, Singh is …
On the evening of 18 February, Bahadurpur village under Rajihar Union of Agailjhara Upazila in Barishal district witnessed yet another incident that local Hindus describe as part of a sustained campaign of fear and persecution. The victim this time is 40-year-old Paltan Bala, son of Yagneshwar Bala, a resident of Bahadurpur. He now lies hospitalised, …
Not many people outside the North-East might be aware of the fact that the Myanmar-origin “Kuki-Chin-Mizo” people have orchestrated at least 10 major attacks on the non-Christian indigenous tribes of Manipur, Tripura, Assam, and Mizoram since the early 1990s, with the objective of occupying their lands and changing the demography of the region. Most of …
About fifty men and women stood shoulder to shoulder in a silent human chain beneath a pale afternoon sky in Sonadia Union under Hatiya Upazila of Noakhali District. Some held handwritten placards while others stood empty-handed. All of them stood with the same demands of protection, justice and recognition. They were residents of Hatiya upazila …
