12 Hindu families belonging to the fishermen community were forcefully evicted and their houses were demolished in Bangladesh. The incident occurred on May 3rd, 2017 in Palanpara which falls in the Dhaperhat Union of Sadullahpur Upazila, Gaibandha District, Bangladesh. Even the Hindu worship place used by the families was destroyed and their belongings were set […]
Seven members of the same family have converted to Islam after leaving Hinduism in Bangladesh. They recited Islamic prayer and adopted Islam. The group also allegedly included a minor child to which Bangladesh Minority Watch (BDMW) raised objections to. In a statement it said: Voluntary conversion is right to religion and it cannot be interfered […]
Hindu woman Sima Majumder (21), a teacher at Mandir Vidayalaya of Madhabpur Municipality in the Hobigonj District of Bangladesh, was kidnapped by local Muslims for conversion to Islam on 15th February 2017 at about 9 a.m. Bangladesh Police failed to rescue the victim and has also failed to arrest the main perpetrator Md. Sheon Chowdhury […]
Blasphemy charges fly thick and fast in Bangladesh. Now, another Hindu man was arrested by the Bangladesh police after he allegedly committed blasphemy. The Hindu man in question is a grocery seller and was arrested by the police for committing blasphemy against Islam, the religion of the majority in Bangladesh. The Hindu man is alleged to […]
Hindu man Ratan Kumar Shill is living under fear as he is being threatened by influential Muslim to take back a Hindu Temple desecration complaint. Bangladesh Minority Watch (BDMW) said that Md. Chiru Sardar(50) and Md. Ripon Sardar( 25 ) who belong to the village Dharmadi of Nagarkanda, District-Faridpur, are threatening the Hindu complainant Ratan […]
Minor Hindu girl Ripa Rani, aged 17, was abducted for forced conversion to Islam for trafficking has been recovered. Bangladesh Minority Watch (BDMW) has reported that the minor Hindu girl was abducted from the Dhupchachiya Upazila while she was going to Talora Government College on 12.11.2016. She was recovered from Bogra Division at Bogra District […]
Hindu Temple desecration has again come to light from Bangladesh. Bangladesh Minority Watch (BDMW) has revealed that a desecration took place at the Lokanath Temple at Brahmangao of Sunamgonj District.The minority watchdog informs that the Hindu Temple desecration took place between17th December to 18 Dec between 10.30 p.m. to 6.30 am. As per the First […]
Bangladesh Minority Watch, a human rights agency has released pictures of its fact-finding missions that it undertook to investigate extreme violence against the Hindu community. The pictures show the extent of material violence that shook the struggling minority but what about the mental agony? None can measure that. Many Bangladesh Hindus wonder if they can live […]
Violence against the Hindu community is refusing to die down as another Hindu Temple got desecrated in Bangladesh. Ittefaq.com.bd also covered this news while Bangladesh Minority Watch (BDMW) reported that Hindu statues at the Kali Mandir standing at the Serajgonj Sadar Upazila of Serajgonj District were smashed and desecrated on Saturday night (06.11.16) by unknown […]
Bangladesh Minority Watch, a minority rights group in Bangladesh, has reported that a Hindu woman named Dolan Majumder (35) was raped on 30th September 2016 by Mohammad Sobhan Mollah (28) at the Solabaria village of Mollarhat Upazila which falls in the district of Bagerhat. Bangladesh Minority Watch followed the case when the victim woman was brought […]
