Bangladesh

Bound and Hacked to Death : The murder of 28-year-old tea-garden worker Ratan Sahukar and the unanswered question of minority safety in Bangladesh

On the eve of Bangladesh’s General Elections, as the nation prepared to cast its votes and reaffirm its democratic mandate, a 28-year-old tea-garden worker lay bound, mutilated, and lifeless inside a plantation in Moulvibazar. His name was Ratan Sahukar. He was found on the morning of 11th February. His hands and feet had been tied …

Minority Communities Reduced to Second-Class Citizens Under Interim Government: Rights Group of Bangladesh

Hindu Voice Team: Minority communities in Bangladesh have effectively been pushed into the status of second-class citizens during the past eighteen months under the interim government, a prominent academic and human rights activists alleged on Sunday. Speaking at a press conference in Dhaka after visiting violence-hit areas in Chattogram, Professor Robayet Ferdous of Dhaka University …

A Murder That Speaks Louder Than Statistics: Businessman Sushen Chandra Sarkar hacked to death in Mymensingh, Bangladesh

On the night of 9 February, in Trishal upazila of Bangladesh’s Mymensingh district, a man was not merely killed, but erased with calculated brutality. Sushen Chandra Sarkar, a rice trader from a minority Hindu family, was hacked to death inside his own godown. After ensuring he was beyond survival, the assailants looted nearly 15 lakh …

Exclusion by Design: How Bangladesh’s Jamaat-e-Islami-linked IBN SINA Pharmaceuticals is Institutionalising Gender and Religious Discrimination in Corporate Sector

A senior legal position advertised by IBN SINA Pharmaceutical Industry PLC, a company controlling a vast network of hospitals, diagnostic centers, medical colleges and training institutes across Bangladesh, explicitly bars women and non-Muslims from applying. Their advertisement for “Executive/Senior Executive, Legal Affairs” role posted on 26 January 2026, specifies that candidates must be male and …

Rape Threats, Land Seizure and a Body in the River: Two Incidents in 24 Hours re-emphasize the Precarious Existence of Hindu Minorities in Bangladesh

Two grave incidents occurring within a 24-hour period : An alleged violent land seizure accompanied by sexual threats against the the female family members of a Hindu Liberation War veteran and The recovery of a missing Hindu man’s body from a major river have renewed concerns regarding the safety of religious minorities in Bangladesh and …

Abdul Bashi and His Sons Accused of Leading a Bladed Assault That Seriously Injured Bimal Tripura, Milon Chakma and Thwaihlayang Chowdhury in Khagrachari, Bangladesh

A violent assault linked to a long-running land dispute left three men injured, one of them critically, on Wednesday afternoon in Khagrachari Sadar Upazila, raising urgent questions about land governance, law enforcement, and the protection of civilians in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). According to local sources, the attack occurred at approximately 4:00 p.m. on …

Systematic Violence and Targeted Persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh : An Evidence-Based Assessment of Incidents, Patterns, and State Response (Nov–Dec 2025)

Statistical Overview and Pattern Analysis Between the documented incidents compiled in this report, at least 82 distinct acts of violence, intimidation, or persecution targeting members of the Hindu minority community have been recorded during the November and December months of 2025. These incidents have directly affected no fewer than 317 individuals, excluding broader secondary impacts …

Joy Mahapatra’s Death in Sunamganj Sparks Outrage: Family Accuses Amirul Islam of Beating and Humiliation

Sunamganj’s Dirai Upazila is in shock following the death of 21-year-old Joy Mahapatra, whose family claims he was driven to ingest poison after being physically assaulted and publicly humiliated by local shopkeeper Amirul Islam over a 500-taka debt. According to family members and local sources, Joy had purchased a mobile phone from Amirul Islam of …

Raped, Murdered, and Hung to Fake a Suicide: The Killing of 12-Year-Old Srabanti Ghosh in the outskirts of Chattagram, Bangladesh

12-year-old Hindu girl Srabanti Ghosh, was brutally raped and murdered in Lalkhan Bazar, of Chattagram during the night of 06th January . After the assault, her killers strangled her and staged the crime as a suicide by hanging her mortal remains a final act of calculated cruelty intended to erase evidence, evade justice and deny …

Murdered for Refusing Jizya: Sarat Chakraborty’s Killing Exposes the Mainstreaming of Religious Extortion in Bangladesh

Once again, a life from Bangladesh’s Hindu minority has been extinguished with chilling familiarity. Sarat Chakraborty Mani, a 40-year-old Hindu shopkeeper, was attacked with sharp weapons at Charsindur Bazaar in Palash Upazila of Narsingdi District on the outskirts of Dhaka on 5th January. Gravely wounded, he died while being rushed to hospital. By the time …