Bangladesh

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 …

“ISKCON Devotee”, “Indian Agent”: Jamaat-e-Islami Cadres Surround Kurigram -3 DC Annapura Debnath, threatens her with severe consequences

When Law Is Branded as Treason On January 3, a scene unfolded in Kurigram-3 that should alarm every defender of democracy and the rule of law. Jamaat-e-Islami cadres surrounded the office of the Deputy Commissioner and Returning Officer Annapurna Debnath with the sole intention of intimidating a constitutional authority into submission. Their slogans were not …

The Night of the Lost Nose-Rings: The Pogroms That Defined Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh and Why Her Record Cannot Be Sanitised

Anyone portraying Khaleda Zia as anything other than a shrewd political operator with a long record of hostility toward Bangladesh’s Hindu minority should remember one phrase that still haunts survivors: “The Night of the Lost Nose-Rings.” History is not a matter of image management. It is a record of human suffering. And few chapters in …

Days After Dipu Chandra Das, the Arrest of Joy Sarkar in Faridpur on fabricated blasphemy charges exposes a Chilling Climate of Fear

Police have arrested a 22-year-old Hindu youth, Joy Sarkar, from Ward Number 11, Alipur, in the Faridpur District of Bangladesh over allegations of posting “religiously offensive” comments on social media. The arrest, carried out late on 26th December 2025, took place amid rapidly escalating tensions online and on the streets. What makes the incident impossible …

কলকাতা: বাংলাদেশে হিন্দু নির্যাতনের বিরুদ্ধে হওয়া প্রতিবাদ মিছিলে পুলিশের লাঠি, আহত ও গ্রেপ্তার একাধিক

Hindu Voice Team: কয়েকদিন আগেই বাংলাদেশের ময়মনসিংহে হিন্দু যুবক দীপু চন্দ্র দাসকে ধর্ম অবমাননার মিথ্যা অভিযোগ তুলে পিটিয়ে ও পুড়িয়ে হত্যা করা হয়। আর সেই ঘটনার পর বিশ্বজুড়ে আক্রোশ দেখা দিয়েছে। আর সেই ঘটনার প্রতিবাদে কলকাতায় আয়োজিত প্রতিবাদ মিছিলে ব্যাপক লাঠিচার্জ করার অভিযোগ উঠল কলকাতা পুলিশের বিরুদ্ধে। গত ২৩শে ডিসেম্বর, কলকাতার বাংলাদেশ হাইকমিশন অভিযানের ডাক …

A Pre-Planned Inferno: Nine Hindus Escape Deadly Arson Attack in Bangladesh, Left Destitute as the State Offers No Relief

At around 3 a.m. on December 20, 2025, as West Banik Para in Ward No. 5 of Rauzan Upazila, Chattagram District slept, an attack unfolded behind closed doors. The homes of Anil Shil and Sukha Shil were locked from the outside. Clothes soaked in kerosene were placed against the walls and roof. Moments later, both …

Bangladesh: Hindu Rickshaw Puller Assaulted by Mob Over Sacred Thread

Hindu Voice Team: A Hindu rickshaw puller was reportedly beaten by a mob in Jhenaidah district on Friday after onlookers noticed a sacred red thread (traditionally worn by Hindus) on his wrist and began circulating rumors about his identity and intentions. According to local accounts, the unidentified man was pulled from his vehicle and assaulted …

Trapped and Set Ablaze: How Four Hindu Families in Rauzan (Bangladesh) Escaped an Attempt to Burn Them Alive

Four Hindu families narrowly escaped death in what local activists have described as a clear attempt at murder  in Ward Nos. 7 and 8 of Rauzan, Chattogram on 18th December 2025.  According to the ground report of local Hindu activist Liton Kumar Sharma, the homes of Babul Das, Bimal Talukdar and Pramod Talukdar were deliberately …

The Politics of Silence: The Lynching of Dipu Chandra Das and what Hindu Society must learn to survive

Selective Silence, Elite Caution, and the Cost of Invisibility When mobs torched the offices of media houses like Prothom Alo and The Daily Star in Dhaka, after the death of Osman Hadi, foreign embassies moved quickly. Statements were issued. Joint condemnations followed. Press freedom was invoked, rightly, as a core democratic value [1]. But when …