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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday asked China to immediately release Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama, who was allegedly abducted by China 30 years ago. more
US Senators demand China to release 11th Panchen Lama

U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Jeanne Shaheen, chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, recently demanded that China immediately release Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, t ...

Bangladesh: Hindu leader Chinmoy Krishna Das shown arrested in four more cases

Hindu leader Chinmoy Krishna Das has been shown arrested by a Chittagong court in four more cases filed with Kotwali Police Station over clashes, vandalism and attacks on cops on the cour ...

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.

Hate crime: US man sentenced to 53 years in prison for fatally stabbing Palestinian-American boy

A US man, who fatally stabbed a six-year-old Palestinian-American boy and injured his mother, has been sentenced to 53 years in jail, media reports said.

UN observes Taliban restrictions on women’s rights intensify in Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have followed through on decrees aimed at erasing women from public life in the country and restricting their freedom of movement, the UN mission to the ...

Protect all minorities: India sends strong message to Bangladesh following Hindu leader's death

The Indian government has strongly reacted to the abduction and killing of a Hindu community leader in Bangladesh and asked the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government to carry out the resp ...

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 ...

World Uyghur Congress commemorates 35th anniversary of Baren Uprising

The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) on April 5 marked the 35th anniversary of the Baren Uprising, honouring the memory of the three thousand Uyghurs who lost their lives under the brutal repr ...

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 ...