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An idol at the temple of the West Hostel of Dhaka College was broken and valuable items were stolen on 19 August. [68] Seven idols of Devi Durga were vandalized at the Shri Shri Gopinath Jeu Akhra Temple in the Batris area of Kishoreganj district town. [69] [70] On 8 October, five idols were damaged at a Durga Puja pandal in Rajbari town.
Gaan Bangla TV was also vandalized. [37] The office of the president and general secretary of the Jatiya Press Club was vandalized and forcefully occupied after Abdul Hannan Masud of quota movement demanded their resignation and banning Awami League supporting journalists from the profession.
From 13 to 19 October 2021, Muslim mobs instigated communal violence against Hindu communities across Bangladesh during the Durga Puja festival, in response to a viral video where Quran was kept under a temple idol's feet. More than 50 temples and makeshift worship arrangements were vandalised all over Bangladesh. [1]
The 2016 Nasirnagar violence was an attack on the minority Hindu community led by radical Islamist groups in Nasirnagar Upazila, Bangladesh over an allegedly defamatory social media post by a Hindu fisherman against Islam on 30 October 2016. The attack left 19 temples and approximately 300 houses vandalized and over 100 people injured.
A mob also attacked the offices of Ekattor TV, Independent Television, and Somoy TV. [22] Gaan Bangla TV was also vandalized. [23] Mobs attacked and vandalized five to nine private television channels. [24] [25] A mob lead by ATM Akram Hossain Talim, Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician, vandalized Bagerhat Press Club. [26]
Dan Mozena US Ambassador to Bangladesh express concern about attack of Jamaat on Bengali Hindu community. [3] [4] The Amnesty International has called upon the Bangladesh government for giving better protection to the minority Hindus in the country. In a 6 March report, titled 'Bangladesh: Wave of Violent Attacks Against Hindu Minority', the ...
Bangladesh Television (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ টেলিভিশন), commonly known by its acronym BTV (Bengali: বিটিভি), is the state-owned television network of Bangladesh. The network was originally established as the East Pakistan branch of Pakistan Television in 1964. It was rebranded right after the independence ...
Tagore Sculpture Controversy was an incident in the campus area of Dhaka University, Bangladesh.On 14 February 2023, a temporary sculpture of Rabindranath Tagore was installed there by some student to make people aware of various issues in the country.