A Hindu temple worker has been killed by three men on a motorcycle, local police have said, the latest of dozens of brutal attacks in Bangladesh.Shaymanonda Das was preparing for morning prayers at a temple in the south-western district of Jhenaidah when he was attacked.Police said he was hacked on the neck several times [...]
July 2, 2016
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You can’t choose your neighbours. But India is a unique country, which created its own neighbour. In December 1971, the Indian Army marched into East Pakistan. The Pakistan Army was massacring, raping and looting, mainly Bengali Hindus, who at that time numbered around a crore. The result of the war was the formation of Bangladesh. [...]
June 19, 2016
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DHAKA: A Hindu college lecturer was seriously wounded after being hacked by three men in Bangladesh on Wednesday (Jun 15), police said, in an attack that resembles a recent spate of brutal assaults on religious minorities. Ripon Chakrabarti, 50, a mathematics lecturer, cried out as he was attacked at the door of his home in [...]
June 15, 2016
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A Hindu monastery worker has been hacked to death in Bangladesh, police said, the latest in a string of attacks on secular and minority targets. Nityaranjan Pande, who was in his 60s, died on the spot after several people attacked him early on Friday, AFP news agency said citing police. His murder comes after the [...]
June 10, 2016
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A 70-year-old Hindu priest was found murdered in western Bangladesh n Monday, with his head nearly severed from his body, in the latest in a series of attacks on minorities by suspected Islamists. Farmers discovered the body of Ananda Gopal Ganguly near his home in the village of Noldanga in Jhenidah district after he had [...]
NEW DELHI—A Hindu man was hacked to death in central Bangladesh on Saturday, police said, following a spate of similar attacks in the Muslim-majority South Asian nation. Authorities are investigating whether the killing of Nikhil Joarder was connected to a 2012 complaint against him for alleged comments he made against Prophet Muhammad, said Aslam Khan, [...]
Bangladesh Jatiya Hindu Mohajote yesterday said it was fearing attacks on Hindus across the country during and after the upcoming Union Parishad (UP) elections, and urged the government to ensure their safety. It also warned of stern actions if the government failed to ensure security. Palash Kanti Dey, spokesperson for Bangladesh Jatiya Hindu Mohajote, told [...]
March 12, 2016
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The so-called Islamic State group has said it was behind the beheading of a senior Hindu priest and wounding two worshippers in northern Bangladesh.In a statement IS said that “caliphate soldiers” carried out the assaults using “light weapons”. The IS-linked Amaq “news agency” also reported the claim. Jogeswar Roy, 45, was attacked by two [...]
February 22, 2016
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MINORITY HINDU BUSINESSMAN BUCHERED TO DEATH SEPARATING HEAD FROM HIS BODY BY UNIDENTIFIED ZEALOTS ON 8TH FEBRUARY, 2016 AT GOVINDAGONJ UPAZILA OF GAIBANDHA DISTRICT. Shri Tarun Dutta (45) a Hindu businessman was brutally killed on 8th February,2016 at Golapbag Bazar within Govindagonj Upazila of Gaibandha District. His beheaded body and head was recovered from a [...]
February 12, 2016
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Ms. Manti Rani Sarkar (16) Minority Hindu adolescent School girl kidnapped and forcefully converted to Islam on 9th November, 2015 at Sunamgonj District. This Hindu family compelled to leave home due to repression.BDMW investigating and helped stop leaving motherland. Country: Bangladesh. Nature of crime: Abduction and Forceful conversion Name of the Victim: Ms. Monty Rani [...]
December 14, 2015
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