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The recent visuals & pictures from Bangladesh are heart wrenching and concerning. I call upon the @UNHumanRights @UN_HRC and Bangladesh High Commission in India to take immediate necessary action and restore peace and order in Bangladesh. I pray for the safety, security and stability to all minorities and Hindus in Bangladesh. Mary Millben
A Hindu Idol at Dhaka College hostel was destroyed. [75] The house of the President of Mohanpur Upazila Puja Udyapan Parishad Suranjit Sarkar was vandalized following which he fled to India. [76] A house of a Hindu shopkeeper was vandalized in Hatra village. [76] A Hindu councillor, Kajal Roy, from Rangpur was killed in the violent protest. [77]
Hindus make up 7.9% of Bangladesh's 165 million population. [4] Bangladesh's Hindu minority was preparing for the largest religious festival of the Hindu community in the second week of October 2021. Like every year, makeshift arrangements to offer worship were set up across the country.
Hindus, who make up 8% of the population and are the largest minority group, “are shivering,” said Kajal Debnath, a vice president of the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council.
A school teacher was killed and at least 45 people injured as homes, businesses, and temples of Hindus in Muslim-majority Bangladesh were targeted following Hasina's resignation on Monday.
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 ...
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]
The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council said that 45 out of 64 districts in the country had seen the targeting of mostly Hindu homes, businesses or temples this week.