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‘Pranto Das Gupta, a 22-year-old from Bangladesh’s minority Hindu community, is preparing to cast his first vote in the upcoming national elections. Living in Dhaka, around 300 km from his ancestral village in Satkania, Chattogram, Mr. Gupta plans to travel home to vote with his family on February 12, as the country heads into its…
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A Hindu businessman was beaten to death in Bangladesh’s Gazipur by three members of a family following a dispute over bananas, local media reported. It has not been confirmed whether the incident that occurred on Saturday (January 17, 2026) in the Kaliganj area of Gazipur district is related to the recent spate of violence against Hindus…
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Image for representation only | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto A 40-year-old Hindu man, owner of a grocery shop, has been murdered after unidentified attackers struck him with a sharp weapon in Bangladesh’s Narsingdi city, according to a local media report. The incident took place on Monday (January 5, 2026) night, hours after a Hindu businessman,…
Leaders of Bangladesh’s National Citizen Party (NCP). File | Photo Credit: Reuters. The student-led Bangladeshi party born out of the protest movement that toppled Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has forged an electoral alliance with Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami ahead of February’s parliamentary election, stirring internal rifts. Since last year’s uprising, the National Citizen Party (NCP) has…
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According to the student studying in Bangladesh, the situation was getting bad not just because of tension related to religion but also because of mob culture and fake news | Photo Credit: Reuters. A young man from West Bengal studying in Bangladesh and also tracing his family roots there said that until recently, it was…
The attack came days after Hadi, a prominent leader of the student-led protests last year that led to the ouster of the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government. File. | Photo Credit: AP Unidentified gunmen on Monday (December 22, 2025) shot in the head Motaleb Shikder, a second leader of Bangladesh’s violent student-led 2004…
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A crowd gathers near the premises of the Prothom Alo daily newspaper which was set on fire by angry protesters after news reached the country from Singapore of the death of a prominent activist Sharif Osman Hadi, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP As Bangladesh struggles to maintain normalcy after…
Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The spiral of violence in Bangladesh which included the lynching of a Hindu man has elicited deep concern from India, especially in the light of recent threats by radical groups to Indian missions in the country. Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina believes that…
Bangladesh witnessed widespread violent protests on Thursday night (December 18, 2025) that continued into early hours of Friday (December 19, 2025), following the death of 32-year-old Sharif Osman Hadi, spokesperson of Inqilab Mancha and a prospective Dhaka-8 candidate. Sharif Osman Hadi had been shot in broad daylight last on December 12, 2025 while campaigning for…
Supporters of Bangladesh’s Jamaat-e-Islami and seven allied political parties shout slogans during a rally to present their demands before the next general election, expected to be held in February, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on November 11, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Tension simmered across Bangladesh on Wednesday (November 12, 2025) as crude bomb and arson attacks…
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