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Starting on 9 August Hindu organisations-led protests across Bangladesh against the violence. Large protests took place in Shahbag in Dhaka for two consecutive days. [130] On 10 August a large rally took place in Chittagong to call for an end to the violence. [131]
A court in Bangladesh has denied bail to a prominent monk who had been leading rallies demanding security for the minority Hindu community in the South Asian country.. Chinmoy Krishna Das, the ...
A Hindu Idol at Dhaka College hostel was destroyed. [107] The house of the President of Mohanpur Upazila Puja Udyapan Parishad Suranjit Sarkar was vandalized following which he fled to India. [108] A house of a Hindu shopkeeper was vandalized in Hatra village. [108] A Hindu councillor, Kajal Roy, from Rangpur was killed in the violent protest ...
Chittagong, similar to other cities in Bangladesh, has a predominantly Muslim population, with 87.96% identifying as Muslim and 10.30% as Hindu, according to the 2022 Bangladeshi census. Hazari Lane, the location of the incident, is a historically Hindu-majority area and hosts approximately 150 Hindu jewellery traders at Mia Shopping Center. [1]
Protesters - some of them carrying posters demanding Bangladeshi minorities be "saved" - chante ... Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council estimates at least 52 of the country's 64 ...
The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council (BHBCUC) said 200-300 mainly Hindu homes and businesses had been vandalised since Monday, and 15-20 Hindu temples damaged.
Hindus are one of the minorities, and Hazari Goli, the place of occurrence, is historically a Hindu-dominated area. As of 2011, Chattogram's population was 86.74% Muslim and 11.64% Hindu. [4] In late October, the Hindu community held a rally at Laldighi Maidan in Chattogram with eight-point demands.
In the week since Hasina was ousted on Aug. 5, there have been at least 200 attacks against Hindus and other religious minorities across 52 districts, according to the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist ...