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Hindu Voice Team: A fresh security controversy has emerged in Bangladesh over the whereabouts of Maulana Ikramul Haque, alias Abu Talha, whom Bangladeshi authorities have identified as a senior figure of Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS). Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son, Sajeeb Wazed, has alleged that Ikramul is moving freely in Bangladesh despite …
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Two conferences organised by SEAN Publications in Chattogram and Dhaka brought together an unsettling mix of international preachers and Bangladeshi Islamist hardliners on 21st and 22nd August. SEAN Publication itself describes its seminar programme as part of an effort to build a “well-structured society” and a “welfare-oriented Islamic nation.” Its official programme lists Seminar 5 …
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 …
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 …
Hindu Voice Team: Widespread protests and violence have erupted across Bangladesh following the death of prominent student leader Sharif Osman Hadi, igniting political tensions and sparking clashes in major cities. Hadi, a 32-year-old spokesperson for the student group Inqilab Mancha and a key figure in the protest movement that helped oust former Prime Minister Sheikh …
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Hindu Voice Team: Bangladesh has reportedly become a “paradise for jihadists” under the interim administration of Dr. Muhammad Yunus, according to statements made during widespread protests organized by Islamist groups across the country on 24th of October, Friday. The demonstrations, held in Dhaka and several other districts, saw hundreds of people rallying under banners calling …
On 22nd of August, the police recovered the dead body of popular Hindu journalist Bibhu Ranjan Sarkar (71) from the Meghna river in the Munshiganj district. Bivu Ranjan Sarkar was a popular name among the media circles in Bangladesh. He was the senior Assistant Editor of the ‘Ajker Patrika’ newspaper. Besides, he used to write …
Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expresses shock and grief over the killing of a young reporter in the Bangladesh capital during a nationwide protest demonstration against the job-quota system in the south Asian nation. Hasan Mehedi (35), who worked for Bangla media outlet Dhaka Times, was killed while covering …
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Attack on the Hindu minorities of Bangladesh continues. This time, Islamists attacked Hindu minorities in Dhaka. Many Hindus are injured. As per the sources, on the 10th of June, Wednesday, around 1.30 PM, Muhammad Moniruzzaman, Majistrate came to Dhaka’s Miranjilla Colony to rehabilitate the Hindu minorities in the newly built centre. Local councillor Muhammad Auwal …
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বাংলাদেশের মাটিতে হিন্দু নির্যাতন অব্যাহত। হিন্দুদের মন্দিরে দুষ্কৃতীদের হামলা, হিন্দু নবালিকদের অপহরণ ও ধর্মান্তরণের ঘটনার মাঝেই প্রশাসনের দ্বারা হিন্দুদের উচ্ছেদ করার ঘটনা ঘটলো। ঘটনাস্থল ঢাকা। ঢাকা শহরের বংশাল এলাকায় হিন্দুদের বাড়িঘরে বুলডোজার চালিয়ে দিলো প্রশাসন। মূলত হরিজন সম্প্রদায়ের ওই হিন্দুরা বংশাল এলাকার মিরনজিল্লা বস্তিতে বংশপরম্পরায় বসবাস করে আসছেন। ওই এলাকাটি ঢাকা দক্ষিণ সিটি কর্পোরেশন এলাকার …
