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B’desh: Homes torched, shops vandalised in anti-Ahmadiyya protests
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Hundreds of members Islamist organisations carried out arson attacks on homes and vandalised shops during protests against an event announced by the Ahmadiyya community...
Telugu Hindu families evicted in Dhaka by B’desh government
A colony of Telugu-speaking Hindus in Dhaka has been ordered to vacate, leaving hundreds of families in panic. Several organizations, including the Human Rights...
10 B’deshi cops injured in attack by Jamaat-e-Islami during Dhaka procession, 11 held
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A clash broke out here in Friday as members of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Chhatra Shibir, seeking to take out a procession here...
Has IMF’s war on fuel subsidies pushed Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh in a tight spot?
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Bangladesh's sudden decision to hike fuel prices by about 50 per cent at one stroke -- the highest since independence -- at a time...
Absconding convict in Dhaka Hindu tailor’s barbaric murder arrested
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An absconding convict, sentenced to life imprisonment for his involvement in the barbaric daylight murder of tailor Biswajit Das during an opposition protest in...
Policeman abuses and tries to run over Hindu college teacher after seeing her bindi: Dhaka, B’desh
A Hindu college lecturer was harassed, abused and physically attacked by a policeman after he saw her wearing a teep (bindi) on her forehead...
Yet another Hindu temple vandalised and looted in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, several murtis demolished
Just as Hindus of Bangladesh were reeling from the attack on an ISKCON temple in Dhaka, news has come of yet another attack by...
ISKCON temple in Dhaka attacked by radical Muslim mob on Holi eve: Bangladesh
Reports are coming in of yet another attack on a ISKCON temple in Bangladesh. This time the ISKCON Radhakanta temple in Dhaka was attacked...
Hindu professor arrested in Dhaka for “spreading hatred” on social media
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The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), the elite anti-crime and anti-terrorism unit of the Bangladesh Police, has arrested Ruma Sarkar, an assistant professor at the...
Hefazat leader held for violence during Modi’s visit to Dhaka
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The Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arrested Rezwan Rafiquee, a leader of the militant outfit Hefazat-e-Islam, for his alleged role in...