Noakhali

72 Hours That Tested Bangladesh’s Democracy : Seven Hindu Families Targeted in Coordinated Assault by Jamaat-e-Islami led coalition in Noakhali

About fifty men and women stood shoulder to shoulder in a silent human chain beneath a pale afternoon sky in Sonadia Union under Hatiya Upazila of Noakhali District. Some held handwritten placards while others stood empty-handed. All of them stood with the same demands of protection, justice and recognition. They were residents of Hatiya upazila …

Remembering Noakhali 1946: The Forgotten Tragedy of Mass Rape & Genocide Against Hindus

Hindu Voice Team: As devotees across Bangladesh celebrated Lakshmi Puja, a festival symbolizing wealth, prosperity, and hope, history cast a dark shadow over the day. On this same day in 1946, the Noakhali district became the scene of one of the most horrific communal atrocities in Bengal’s history. Nearly half a million Hindus were subjected …

Bangladesh: The Police arrested Madrasa teacher Saiful Islam for sodomising four minor boys

On the 25th of January night, the Police arrested a Madrasa teacher for raping four minor boys inside the Madrasa. The arrested teacher has been identified as Saiful Islam(35). Saiful Islam is a teacher of the Al-Faruq Islamic Academy, situated in Chatkhil Upazila of Noakhali district.  After receiving multiple complaints from the parents, the Police …

Bangladesh: Islamists attacked a Hindu family in Noyakhali for not giving Gunda tax

Persecution of Hindu minorities never stops in Muslim-majority Bangladesh. Now, Islamists attacked Hindu families and beat them up for not giving Gunda tax as their demand. This incident of brutality and torture has been reported from the Kabirhat area in the Noyakhali district of Bangladesh.  As per the received information, Madhusudan Dutta(78) lives in Mirzanagar …

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