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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 government, with the Madeleine Albright Honorary Group Award for their bravery and selflessness. more
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 ...

Bangladesh: Court may hear arrested Hindu priest Chinmoy Krishna Das' bail petition today

A Bangladeshi court is likely to hear the bail petition of arrested Hindu priest Chinmoy Krishna Das in connection with a sedition case filed over disrespecting the national flag.

Bangladesh: Body of Hindu priest recovered from temple amid rising atrocities faced by minorities

Bangladesh police have recovered the body of a Hindu priest, whose hands and legs were tied, from Kashimpur crematorium and temple located in the South Asian country's Natore region, ...

Atrocities against Hindus in Bangladesh: Another priest arrested in Chittagong

A Hindu monk has been arrested in Bangladesh, days after spiritual leader Chinmoy Krishna Das was put behind bars, triggering massive protests by the minority community members in the Sou ...