
In the coastal subdistrict of Shyamnagar in Satkhira, a quiet but deeply troubling story unfolded last week, one that highlights concerns about the security of minority communities and the protection of democratic rights in parts of rural Bangladesh. On the morning of February 28, nearly three hundred Hindu women had gathered outside the Shyamnagar Upazila …

After the alleged attack on the ED officials, notorious mafia and TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan is now absconding, but local residents, especially Hindu women are coming up and making serious allegations of about the atrocities by Sheikh Shahjahan and his gangs. In a video published by electronic media ‘Republic Bangla’, local women said that they …