
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 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 …

Hindu Voice Team: Growing concerns are emerging across South Asia over the activities of Islamist extremist networks and their potential impact on communal harmony in Bangladesh and India’s West Bengal. Analysts warn that radical ideologies, demographic shifts, and cross-border militant influences could pose serious challenges to regional stability if left unaddressed. Allegations of Targeted Violence …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …