Bangladesh

Religious Tensions Flare in Khulna: BNP Leader Rajib Newaz Arrested for Assaulting Priest and Disrupting Durga Puja Celebrations

Hindu Voice Team: A shocking incident of religious intolerance has shaken Khulna’s Paikgachha upazila during the ongoing Durga Puja festivities. Police have arrested Rajib Newaz, former joint convener of the BNP’s volunteer wing (Swecchasebak Dal), for allegedly storming a Hindu Puja mandap, verbally abusing devotees, and attempting to assault the presiding priest on Friday night …

Jamaat Leader’s New York Remarks Trigger Regional Alarm — “5 MILLION READY” Rhetoric and the Ghazwa-e-Hind Reference Raise Security, Diplomatic Concerns

Hindu Voice Team: A speech by Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher, deputy amir of Bangladesh’s Jamaat-e-Islami, at a reception in New York late September has set off waves of concern across South Asia after he was reported to say that “at least 50 lakh (5 million) young Bangladeshi muslims” could be mobilised — language observers say …

Kurigram Horror: Missing Hindu Sisters Appear in Video — Clear Signs of Forced Conversion to Islam

Hindu Voice Team: A disturbing case of forced religious conversion and abduction has sent shockwaves through Kurigram after two Hindu sisters, missing since September 16, resurfaced in a suspiciously staged video. Rights groups are warning that the incident is part of a broader pattern of persecution against religious minorities in Bangladesh. The victims — Snigdha …

State-Sponsored Assault on Hindu Traditions in Bangladesh: Kushtia and Natore Administrations Force Covering of Asur Faces During Durga Puja

Hindu Voice Team: What began as Durga Puja preparations in Kushtia and Natore has turned into a disgraceful episode of religious interference. In a shocking directive, local administrations ordered Hindu organizers to cover the faces of Asurs in Durga Puja Mandap because they had beards and mustaches. The excuse? Such features could “cause misunderstanding.” This …

Global Outcry Needed: Younus’s Failed Regime Turns Bangladesh Into a Valley of Rape – Hindu minorities Face Systematic Persecution

Hindu Voice Team: Bangladesh today stands disgraced before the world. Under the disastrous interim leadership of Muhammad Younus, the nation has collapsed into lawlessness, becoming a valley of rape and violence. Women, children, and especially the Hindu minority are living under constant terror, abandoned by a government that has proven itself spineless and complicit. During …

Bangladesh: Century-old Manikganj Kali Mata Temple Araon And Vandalism- The State’s Silence Makes It Complicit

Hindu Voice Team: A hundred-year-old Kali temple in Garpara, Manikganj, was set ablaze in a pre-dawn arson attack on 27 September 2025. The wooden shrine and the sacred idol were consumed by fire before help arrived, leaving a shattered community and smouldering ruins where devotion once stood. The basic facts of the attack are now …

Bangladesh: The Police arrested a Muslim Youth for Vandalizing Murtis in Nilphamari, Communal Tension Rises

Hindu Voice Team: A shocking incident of Murti vandalism has sparked outrage in Nilphamari’s Sadar upazila. On 25th of September, Thursday evening, four Murtis at the Kali temple in Subarnakhuli village, under Songolshi union, were damaged by a youth, triggering anger and tension among the local Hindu community. According to eyewitnesses, women devotees were inside …

Horrific Attack on Hindu Youth in Mymensingh Exposes Rising Religious Terror in Bangladesh

Hindu Voice Team: Bangladesh reels again as religious extremism brutally targets its minority communities. In a shocking display of violence, Suman, a young Hindu man in Haluaghat Upazila, was savagely beaten by extremist elements of the Tohidi Janata following baseless accusations of blasphemy. The attackers mercilessly assaulted him, publicly humiliated him, and then handed him …

Dhaka University Tarnished: Professor’s Ban on Dance and Rabindra Sangeet Is an Assault on Culture and Freedom

Hindu Voice Team: Dhaka University, often called the intellectual heart of Bangladesh, now finds itself stained by an act of arrogance and intolerance that has shocked students and humiliated the institution. Dr. Kamrul Hasan, MBA Coordinator at the Department of Tourism & Hospitality Management, stands accused of banning dance and Rabindra Sangeet from the university’s …

Bangladesh: Two Madrasa Students Arrested in Kashimpur Over Durga Puja Murti Vandalism

Two Madrasa students have been arrested in connection with the vandalism of idols during the autumn Durga Puja celebrations in Kashimpur of Gazipur district of Bangladesh.The arrests were made by police from the Kashimpur Police Station on the night of Tuesday, September 23. The two suspects, identified as Mehedi Hasan Suman (also known as Rakib) …