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The Bangladeshi Supreme Court has acquitted Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam, who was facing a death sentence for a war crimes case related to the 1971 Liberation War against Pakistan. more
Bangladesh: Hindu leader Chinmoy Krishna Das shown arrested in lawyer murder case

A Bangladeshi court on Monday showed Hindu leader Chinmoy Krishna Das as arrested in the murder case related to the death of Advocate Saiful Islam Alif.

Bangladesh: A Hindu man was allegedly abducted, beaten to death in Dinajpur

A Hindu man was allegedly abducted and beaten to death in Bangladesh's Dinajpur region, media reports said, an episode once again highlighting the growing atrocities faced by minoriti ...

Donald Trump-led US government to honour Bangladeshi women student protest leaders who led July uprising for 'bravery'

The US government will present Bangladeshi women student protest leaders who spearheaded the movement against former PM Sheikh Hasina last year that led to her ouster and the fall of her ...

US Department of State condemns any instance of violence, intolerance against minority communities in Bangladesh

The US Department of State has expressed concern over the growing violence against minorities, especially Hindus, in Bangladesh.

Bangladeshi minority group claims violence against minorities still continuing in country

The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, the largest minority group in Bangladesh, has claimed that attacks and violence against minorities in the South Asian country still ...

Bangladesh: UN report observes ex-Sheikh Hasina-led govt committed 'serious human rights violations' to remain in power

Bangladesh’s former Government led by ex-PM Sheikh Hasina and security and intelligence services, alongside violent elements associated with the Awami League party, systematically e ...

Bangladesh is safe home for all, says Nobel Laureate Yunus greeting Hindus on Saraswati Puja

Bangladesh interim government chief Muhammad Yunus, during whose regime the South Asian country witnessed a spike in attacks on minorities, wished the Hindu community members when they ar ...

Islamists targeting Hindus, Ahmadiyya communities in Bangladesh, says human rights report

Human Rights Watch has said groups promoting extremist Islam are attacking minorities, particularly those from Hindu and Ahmadiyya communities, in Bangladesh, a nation which witnessed a m ...

Eighty shrines, Sufi centres attacked in past six months in Bangladesh: Report

Unknown attackers destroyed more than 80 shrines and Sufi centres in  Bangladesh in the past six months, coinciding with the period when Muhammad Yunus-led government took charge of ...