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Minority groups in Bangladesh reported 2,010 incidents of communal violence across the country between 4-20 August 2024. 9 people died in the violence. 1,705 families were directly affected in the violence. Among them, 157 families had their homes and businesses were attacked, looted, vandalized, and set on fire.
Arobinda Mohalder, who is part of Bangladesh’s Hindu minority, had just learned that a Hindu official working for the Awami League party in the country's Khulna district escaped after an angry ...
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, who visited Bangladesh in October 2024, also raised concerns about attacks on minorities in Bangladesh. [8] After that rally at Laldighi Maidan, Mahmudur Rahman, the chief editor of Dainik Amar Desh, gave an anti-ISKCON speech in an event in Dhaka: [4]
A top UN official on Wednesday urged a probe into the killings in Bangladesh during protests that led to the downfall of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, while also calling for minority ...
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 ...
Ethnic minorities of Bangladesh [1] or loosely termed minority people of Bangladesh are ethnic minorities in Chittagong Hill Tracts (southeastern), Sylhet Division (northeastern), Rajshahi Division (west), and Mymensingh Division (north-central) areas of the country.
Hindus are the largest minority in Muslim-majority Bangladesh, accounting for about eight per cent of the population. The arrest of Mr Das from Dhaka airport on Monday has triggered fresh tensions.
[9] [10] [11] The minority ethnic groups were also attacked. [12] [13] Mobs attacked and vandalized five to nine private television channels. [14] [15] The office of Shyamal Dutta of the Jatiya Press Club, National Press Club of Bangladesh, was vandalized and he was prevented from leaving Bangladesh. [16]