Dhaka, April 11, 2016: Another assault on minority Hindu businessman has come to light from Bangladesh but due to safety issues, many are too scared to launch a complaint. Like in the case of the minority Hindu victim Ranjit Kumar (40) who is a businessman at Chandragonj Maddyam Bazar within Chandragonj police station at Laksmipur […]
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Freethinker killed in Bangladesh, Taslima blasts Hasina
New York, April 8, 2016: Another Freethinker and a Jagannath University student Nazimuddin Samad was hacked and then shot dead in Dhaka’s Sutrapur, Bangladesh. The killers also chanted Islamic slogan “Allahu Akbar” or ‘God is Great’ after they killed him and fled the scene. He was attacked at around 9pm this Wednesday (April 6, 2016) at the Ekrampur […]
Hindu candidate faces threats, told to go to India
Dhaka, April 7, 2016: Bangladesh Minority watch (BDMW) has taken up the case of a Hindu candidate who has claimed that he was discriminated against due to his religion in Bangladesh. Biswanath Nandi (Sagar) is a Hindu candidate who was contesting for local U.P Chairman at 3-Shymnagar from the Satkhira District as an independent candidate […]
Minority Hindus again under attack, say Muslims want them to leave
New York, March 28, 2016: Another human rights violation of the minority Hindus has come to light from Bangladesh. These attacks on the minority Hindus were supposed to end, post the Union Parishad (UP) elections. However, not only have the attacks continued but, in fact, they have turned rather ferocious against the minority Hindus. The daily […]
Bangladesh Minority Watch team in India, meets WB BJP President
West Bengal, February 25th, 2016: The Bangladesh Minority Watch (BDMW), which is working to highlight the plight of minorities like Hindus, Christians and the Chakmas in the country, met with Dilip Ghosh, who is the President of Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal. The meeting took place in Kolkata on 23rd February 2016 at his office. […]
Bangladesh: Hindu priest beheaded, IS gaining ground?
Dhaka, February 22, 2016: Bangladesh is turning violent by the day for its minority Hindu community. Bangladesh Minority Watch has stated that the Bangladesh government does not believe that the latest murder of a Hindu priest, which also injured two other (devotees) people, is the work of the Islamic State nor is this murder a […]