BANGLADESH

Hindus guarding village

Hindu residents of a Madaripur village have taken matters into their own hands with communal attacks rising across Bangladesh...

Save Hindu communities in Bangladesh

The High Court has directed the government to immediately provide adequate security to the minority communities and other people...

Bangladesh Govt Failed to Protect Hindus: Ex Minister

Senior Awami League leader Suranjit Sengupta, who was dropped from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s cabinet, today criticised the Bangladesh...

The Hindus of Bangladesh Fear for Their Future

Bangladesh’s minority Hindus are being attacked by Islamists who seem as preoccupied with land as they are with politics...

Hindu people living in anxiety in Bangladesh

Many families have already taken shelter at their relative houses to save their lives plus honour Fearing further attacks...

Attack on Hindus in Bangladesh was planned

The attack on the Hindu community of Malopara in Abhaynagar of Jessore was carried out in a planned manner...

Hindu minority become target of Bangladesh violence

They came at 9.30am on December 13, about 60 or 70 of them, to sack his family home in...

Press release:Human rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities

HUMAN RIGHTS CONGRESS FOR BANGLADESH MINORITIES (HRCBM)-Bangladesh National Chapter HRCBM is an NGO in Special Consultative Status with U...

Bangladesh Hindus caught in political crossfire

Activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami were blamed for attacks on the Hindus, who were accused...

Pro-BNP lawyers want probe on attacks on Hindu communities

Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum (JAF), a body of pro-BNP lawyers, yesterday urged the government to appoint a retired Supreme Court...

Hindu Farmer Murdered in Bangladesh, Houses Burnt

A Hindu farmer was stabbed to death while his wife and relative were injured Sunday by a masked assailant...

Two Hindu housewives violated

Two Hindu housewives have been sexually abused in Manirampur Upazila in Jessore in the post-election violence against the minority...

Bangladesh EC asks authorities to prevent attacks on Hindus

“We have asked the law enforcement agencies to specially resist attacks on minority communities in different parts of the...

Why no step is taken to protect the lives of Hindus in Bangladesh?: BJP asks PM

“Why no step is taken to protect the lives of Hindus there,” BJP spokesperson Mr. Prasad questioned stating that...

Bangladesh’s Election Commission tightens security for Hindus

DHAKA, Jan 11 – Bangladesh’s Election Commission today directed law enforcement agencies to tighten security across the country to...

Help from India is needed for protection of Bangladeshi Hindus ! – Adv. Ravindra Ghosh

New Delhi : Muslims kill animals with two methods. One is ‘halal’ and the other is ‘Zatka’. ‘Halal’ means killing...

Widespread attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh on polling day

Dhaka:  In the wake of widespread attacks on Hindus in the country, Bangladesh has decided to set up special tribunals...

An Open Letter From The Bangladeshi Community Of Los Angeles

Press Release LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, January 10, 2014 : As you know, our beloved Bangladesh is going through a...

Bangladesh political parties join hands to protect Hindus

Dhaka : Leaders of the ruling Awami League and the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) have come together to...

Rival parties join hands to protect Hindus in Bangladesh

Leaders of the ruling Awami League party and oppositionBangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in the country’s Gaibandha district have come together...

Gonojagoron Mancha starts road march to Jessore today to visit attacked Hindus

Gonojagoron Mancha will start road march at 7:30am today from Shahbagh in the capital to Jessore to visit the...

7 Islamists arrested for attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh

Seven activists of the opposition BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami were arrested for attacks on Bangladesh’s minority Hindu community even as...

IMANET condemned the attacks on the Hindu community in Bangladesh

Chicago, January 10: Indian minorities advocacy Network, ImanNet has strongly condemned the attacks on the Hindu community in Bangladesh....

Attacks on Hindu communities continue

Anti-polls activists have been attacking Hindu communities since the January 5 general elections. Attacks on Hindu communities which were...

Bangladesh to form tribunals to probe attacks on Hindus

In the wake of widespread attacks on Hindus in the country,Bangladesh today decided to set up special tribunals under an...

British Bangladeshis in London protest attacks on Hindus

Bangladeshis living in the UK have strongly protested the attacks on the Hindu minority in the country following the...

Sirajganj Hindus in panic after mayhem by Jamaat-Shibir activists

We are always in terror of the mayhem by Jamaat-Shibir activists as they vandalise Locals in Dukuria Bera and...

BJP Yuba Morcha demonstrates for protection of Hindus in Bangladesh

BJP youth wing Bharatia Yuba Morcha has demonstrated before Bangladesh Visa office at Agartala last evening demanding protection of...

Pak & Bangladesh Hindu Human rights:National Hindu Movement Launched in Goa

Bicholim (Goa) : Hindus from Pakistan and Bangladesh are taking shelter in Bharat to save their lives because of the...

Bangladesh: Without help, Hindus on a slow path to recovery

The three Hindu-majority villages that came under attack in various phases are Satpatki Majhipara, Shafinagar and Ghoshpara Attacked Hindu...

Protests against Hindu minority repression sweep Bangladesh

Waves of protest by different socio-political, cultural and professional bodies swept over the country yesterday with the demand for...

BJP raises concerns on atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday expressed concern over reports of atrocities committed against minority Hindu community in Bangladesh, post the...

Bangladesh failed to prevent attacks on Hindus:National Human Rights Commission

The Bangladesh government failed to prevent attacks on the minority Hindu community after the Jan 5 parliamentary elections, the National Human...

Bangladesh post-poll violence hits minorities

Attacks remind people of the horror unleashed by Pakistani forces 43 years ago The January 5 elections in Bangladesh...

Hindu temple vandalised in Bangladesh

A Hindu temple was vandalised and set afire in central Bangladesh today, as post poll attacks on the minority...

Bangladesh: Muslims hack Hindus to death, loot and torch Hindu homes for voting

Horror follows horror in quick succession, and the world yawns, because the perpetrators are Muslims inspired by the Qur’an...

Hindu temple torched in Bangladesh

Unidentified criminals set a Hindu temple ablaze and vandalised its three idols in Kalmakanda upazila of Netrakona early today....

HAF Deeply Concerned As Bangladesh’s Hindus Flee Election Violence

Washington, D.C. (January 8, 2014) — Leaders at the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) expressed deep concern today over recent election...

Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina: Stern action for attacking Hindus

‘There are very few countries in the world which see such turnout in the polls’ Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina...

Bangladesh:Dinajpur Hindus start returning home

Hindu community people, who fled Karnai village under Dinajpur Sadar upazila following attacks by alleged Jamaat-Shibir men a couple...

Violence against Hindus in Bangladesh should concern India : BJP leader Atrun Jaitley

Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha has expressed his views on a matter of utmost importance — the...

Bangladesh: Hindus under threat – business, properties and homes destroyed

It has been a long period of 43 years. Yet Hindus in Bangladesh remain vulnerable to attacks by anti-liberation...

Five Hindus hacked to death by Muslims in Bangladesh for attempting to vote

Kalidasi Sarker jumped into the Bhairab River in the afternoon of the polling day with her 15-day-old baby. The...

2013: A tragic year for Bangladeshi Hindus

It has been 43 years since Bangladesh won its freedom from Pakistan in 1971. Despite getting freedom, Hindus living...

Legacy 0f 1971: Jihadi violence still torments Bangladeshi Hindus

Hindus in Bangladesh continue to suffer the legacy of 1971. The latest in a long line of atrocities happened...

ASK expresses concern over attacks on Hindus

The statement was issued by ASK acting executive director Md Nur Khan Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) in a...

B’desh Hindu leaders demand more protection for minorities

B’desh Hindu leaders demand more protection for minorities Dhaka: Human rights groups and Hindu leaders in Bangladesh today demanded...

Allow Hindus from Pakistan, Bangladesh to reside in India

Condemning the Union government’s steps to send back members of the Hindu community from Pakistan and Bangladesh whose visas...

Majority of Hindus refrain from voting fearing attacks by Jamaat in Bangladesh

A handful of Hindus cast their votes in Lalmonirhat and Satkhira yesterday as the majority of the community there...

Fear of insecurity haunts Hindu voters in Bangladesh

Hindu voters in different places including Patgram in Lalmonirhat district and Kalaroa upazila in Satkhira district have expressed doubts...

Bangladesh:Jamaat-e-Islami attack the Hindu community in the area, torches a temple

Jamaat-e-Islami attack the Hindu community in the area, torches a temple A BNP leader died during in fierce clashes...

Bangladesh: Members of Hindu community waiting with bated breath

About three dozens of people have died since last February The members of Hindu community in Satkhira are waiting...

Bangladesh: Wave of attack on Hindus continues by Islamists

A temple was torched by some unidentified miscreants in the early hours of yesterday Inhabitants of Shalmara village under...

Bangladesh Awami League leader advocates for bail of convicted Islamist who burnt down Hindu houses

A local leader of ruling Awami League (AL), also a running union parishad chairman in Kishoreganj upazila under the...

Bangladesh: Panic haunts Hindus as Islamist attackers still scot-free

Panic continues to haunt the Hindus at Laxmichap, Beltoli and Dubachuri villages of Nilphamari Sadar upazila as perpetrators of...

“Attack On Hindus ‘Instigator’ arrested”

One of the instigators of November 4 attack on Hindu families in a Lalmonirhat village was arrested Friday night,...

Hindus, AL men desert homes

Shariful Islam, from Satkhira Several hundred Hindus and ruling Awami League leaders of Satkhira have been fleeing their homes...

Who will save Bangladesh Hindus?

Who will save Bangladesh Hindus? Awami League and BCL are involved in Biswajit killing. Court sentenced 8 to death,...

Khairpur Hindu traders threaten to move business to India

SUKKUR: Hindu traders in Khairpur have threatened to move their businesses to India if police did not stop their...

Jamaat-Shibir men defy joint patrol, chase Hindus

Panic haunts around 600 families belonging to the Hindu community at eight villages of Bawra and Jongra unions in...

Bangladesh: 8 Muslim students receive death for brutal murder of a Hindu

A Bangladesh court on Wednesday sentenced eight students from the ruling party to death for the brutal murder of...

Panicked, Hindus flee after Jamaat-e-Islami Goons Killed Hindus

9 killed as Jamaat clashes with cops in 4 district Many Hindu families and Awami League men in Patgram...

Back to 1971? Attacking, Looting & Burning Hindus in Bangladesh

Wonders Asaduzzaman Noor on attack by Jamaat-Shibir in Nilphamari Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee The brutality and the trail of destruction...

Hindus Temple land freed from Islamist grabbers

A piece of temple land, grabbed by an influential group at Chalitabunia village under Champapur union of Kalapara upazila,...

Has the last phase of racial extermination of Hindus in Bangladesh begun?

The political impasse in Bangladesh is worsening with each hour it passes and the trigger-happy reaction of Jamaat and...

Dont give too many visas to Bangladesh nationals for India’ – Bangladesh Govt.

Bangladesh has requested the Government of India to restrict issuing visas to Bangladesh nationals trying to cross over to...

Fear of Attacks on Hindus in B’desh After Mollah’s Hanging

DHAKA, Dec 13 (Agencies): Execution of a top leader of the fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami for war crimes in Bangladesh could...

Jamaat runs amok : Hindus’ houses, shops, war tribunal judge’s home attacked

(Left) Activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and pro-Jamaat student organisation Islami Chhatra Shibir vandalise state-owned BASIC Bank Limited’s Rainagar branch in...

Execution of key member of Bangladesh opposition party sparks violence against Hindus

The execution of an opposition leader in Bangladesh sparked violent protests Friday as activists torched homes and businesses belonging...

Bangladesh: Leader executed, Jamaat cadre vandalise Hindu homes

Hours after the execution of senior fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah on Thursday night for genocide during Bangladesh’s...

Amnesty Int’l: Protect Hindus from retaliatory attacks by Islamists in Bangladesh

Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Molla was hanged at 10:01pm Thursday Terming convicted war criminal Abdul Quader Molla’s execution as...

Bangladesh Hangs Islamist for War Crimes against Hindus & Minorities

Bangladesh executed a top leader of the country’s biggest Islamic party for war crimes that took place four decades...

Hindu Genocide in Bengal, 1971: The Article that Launched the Indian Army

Neville Anthony Mascarenhas, a Pakistani journalist, wrote an article called “Genocide” in The Sunday Times of the UK on 13 June...

42 Hindus shot dead on Yusuf’s order – International Crimes Tribunal

Yet another freedom fighter has testified that 42 Hindus were shot dead at Shakharikathi Bazar of Kachua upazila in...

Criminals smash tombs, plough land to occupy Hindu cemetery

Influential land grabbers smashed three memorial tombs to illegally occupy land of the only cemetery of Hindu community in...

Attack upon minority Hindus in Bangladesh severely opposed in HR Day

Human Rights day:  Discrimination and persecution upon Minority Hindus in Bangladesh condemned in Dhaka, Bangaon and Kolkata.  Upananda Brahmachari |...

Muslim Razakars in Bangladesh killed 42 Hindus in Bagerhat

A freedom fighter yesterday testified that Razakars had shot 42 Hindus dead at Shakharikathi Bazar of Kachua upazila in...

Fugitive BNP leader and war crimes accused MA Zahid Hossain Khokon raped Hindu woman in Bangladesh

A prosecution witness yesterday told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 how fugitive BNP leader and war crimes accused MA Zahid...

Hindu Samhati Protest Rally Against Persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh

Today (10 December, 2013), Hindu Samhati’s Bangaon Protest Rally Against Persecution of Hindus by Fundamentalist Muslims in Bangladesh has...

BJP asks Bangladesh to stop atrocities on Hindus

West Bengal BJP Thursday urged Bangladesh to stop the alleged atrocities on the minority Hindus living there during the...

Violence against Hindus in Bangladesh worrying, says BJP

The state unit of the BJP said Wednesday that sustained violence against Hindus in Bangladesh has resulted in the...

4 of land grabbers’ syndicate land in Nilphamari jail

Four members including the ring leader of land grabbers’ syndicate locally known as ‘Bojrang group’ of Dakkhin Bahagli village...

9 lakh Hindus vanish from Bangladesh

NEW DELHI, Aug 28 – In what should be an eye-opener for India, over 9 lakh Bangladeshi Hindus have...

600 Hindus killed on a single day

Yusuf ordered the killings, freedom fighter testifies at tribunal  A freedom fighter yesterday testified that Razakars had killed 500-600...

Bangladesh : Hindu Deities (Murthi) destroyed

Hindu Deities (Murthi) broken/set on fire by unknown perpetrators at Shahjadpur and Rangulnia Upazila of Serajgonj and Chittagong districts...

Minor Hindu girl raped by 4 jihadis in Bangladesh leading to suicide by girl’s father

Dhaka : ‘A minor Hindu school girl was raped by 4 jihadis on 11th November in Mirasrai, District Chittagaon. Her father...

12 Hindus hurt in Lalmonirhat Jamaat attack

Activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing, Islami Chhatra Shibir, vandalised and looted houses and shops of the Hindu...

Hundreds of temples attacked, 72 Hindu women raped and many kidnapped in last 4 years

Bangladesh : Hundreds of temples attacked, 72 Hindu women raped and many kidnapped in last 4 years Press conference...

‘Five Hindu civilians were killed upon Yusuf’s order’

Grilling remained incomplete and the tribunal 2 set today for further proceedings   A prosecution witness on Monday told...

Yet another case of brutal gang rape of Hindu woman

Yet another case of brutal gang rape of Hindu woman  16/11/2013 05:56:33  Report Courtesy: BANGLADESH MINORITY WATCH Hindu Women (28)...

Bangladesh, anti-Hindu pogrom to avenge death of a young Muslim

About a thousand Muslim residents in Barisla Sadar attacked and burned down the Hindu side of the village of...

Hindu Locality Burnt in Barisal

Police on suspicion arrested 25 people on Saturday in connection with the death of a youth that led to...


“Protect Hindu Rights” – Central Theme Of Congressional Hearing On Bangladesh

Washington, D.C. (November 20, 2013) – Persecution of Hindus and religious minorities in Bangladesh took center stage at a Congressional hearing...

Bangladesh : Genocide Now, Taliban Soon

Bangladesh is on the road to becoming another Afghanistan, fulfilling the clearly stated desires of jihadists and fundamentalists, according...

Is Anti Hinduism an essential part of Islamic Bangladesh ?

Anti Hinduism is a common thing is Bangladesh. With a tag of moderate Muslim country by western countries, Bangladeshi...

Vijaya Dashami Celebrated in Bangladesh

DHAKA, BANGLADESH, October 14, 2013 (Dhaka Tribune): The five-day-long Hindu festival of Durga Puja will come to an end...

116 Statue Makers Honored In Barisal

BARISAL, BANGLADESH, October 12, 2013 (The Daily Star): The fifth annual reception for “Pauls and Kumars” (sculptors and artisans...

Durga Festival Ends in Bangladesh

DHAKA, BANGLADESH, Octoer 15, 2013 (The Daily Star): The five-day-long Durga Puja, the greatest of all Hindu festivals, ended...

Hindu Community Under Attack Again

BANGLADESH, November 5, 2013 (Dhaka Tribune): Members of Hindu community in Lalmonirhat on Monday came under targeted attack again,...

Muslim mobs burn 26 Hindu homes, break sacred Murtis on Deepavali – Kali Puja day

A mob went on a rampage in a Hindu-dominated neighbourhood in a village in Bangladesh’s Pabna district following reports...

Bangladeshi Hindus under attack, temples destroyed

Dhaka: The revenge attacks on Hindus that began after a top Islamist leader was sentenced to death for war...

Bangladesh remembers Hindus killed in 1971 genocide

On October 4, an imaginative event will be hosted in the complex of the demolished Ramna Kalibari in Dhaka....

200-Year-Old Hindu Temple Set On Fire in Bangladesh

Unidentified criminals set a 200-year-old Hindu temple ablaze at Rajoir upazila in Madaripur in the wee hours yesterday. Police...

Bangladeshi Hindus under attack, temples destroyed

Dhaka: The revenge attacks on Hindus that began after a top Islamist leader was sentenced to death for war...

Bangladesh riot death toll rises to 37 after Islamic hardilners demanding blasphemy law battled police

Thousands of Islamist activists are calling for those who insult the religion to face the death penalty Rioters set...

Has Shahbag movement created Doomsday for Hindus in Bangladesh?

Hindu persecution in the realm of Bangladesh (erstwhile East Pakistan) has never been less and with the onset of...

Anti-Hindu attacks rock Bangladesh

Anti-Hindu attacks are on the rise in Bangladesh, with supporters of the Jammate-E-Islami Bangladesh (Jammat) and the Bangladesh National...

Bangladesh’s 200-year-old Kali Temple Vandalized

Dhaka, Bangladesh (CHAKRA) — Nine idols have been vandalized at a Kali Temple in Bangladesh by Islamists which has been standing...