Dhaka, May 16, 2016: A senior Buddhist monk, aged 75, was found dead in a Buddhist Temple in a pool of blood. Bhante (monk) Maung Shue U Chak was murdered in Bangladesh’s south-eastern district of Bandarban. This recent attack has left the Buddhists angry and alienated. Like always the Buddhists, the Hindus and […]
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Bangladesh : She was about to be a victim of forced conversion, but then she was rescued!
Bangladesh, May 16, 2016: A minor Hindu girl, Nupur Rani Sheel, aged 12, was a school going child who was abducted by his own school teacher and his associates on the fateful day, 17 December, 2015 (at about 7.30 pm), with the intention of rape and forceful conversion to Islam. The child went missing from […]
Hindu school girl kidnapped in Bangladesh for forced conversion
Dhaka, May 15, 2016: Bristi Rani, aged 11, a Hindu girl has been kidnapped by perpetrators on 08.05.2016 with the intention of rape and forceful conversion. Bangladesh Minority Watch (BDMW) is investigating the case and as per the information it released, this Hindu kid was the student of class VII Pang Nagar A.M. Secondary High […]
Hindus, other minorities facing survival crisis in Bangladesh: HFS President
Mrs. Chitra Paul is the President of Hindu Forum Sweden (HFS), a not-for-profit organization based in Sweden which strives to see a continued existence of the Hindu religion and cultural in Sweden, Europe and other places in the world, wherever Hinduism (also called Sanatana Dharma), is being practised. Currently this organization did a conference on […]
Awami League activist detained and released
Dhaka, May 7, 2016: An Awami League activist named Zahangir Alam has been detained for throwing a bomb in the Christian dominated area at Bagadanga which falls in Damoorhuda Police Station of Chuadanga District. But police set Zahangir Alam free. Due to the blast three victims namely 1) Mr.Alam Mondal (45), 2) Mr.Thomas Mondal (40) […]
ISKCON priest assaulted in Bangladesh, fighting for his life
New York, May 7, 2016: Pankaj Sarkar (57), Hindu Priest of ISKCON, was attacked and assaulted on last May 5, 2016, at about 2 a.m. at his residence (Near Gher) at Satkhira District, after he refused to pay extortion money of Taka three lacks to the extortionists. He is the Priest of Kamalkati ISKCON Temple. […]
Hindu Forum Sweden raises human rights issues of Hindus of Pak & Bangladesh
New York, May 4, 2016: Hindu Forum Sweden organized a seminar titled “The voice for the Voiceless” on 30th April, 2016 at Medborgerplasten 4, Stockholm. The seminar focused on the global minority problems in the South Asia and the discussion panel focused on the dismal Hindu rights situation in Sindh, Baluchistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. Dr Lakhu Luhana, […]
Bangladesh : Hindu God and Goddess statues vandalised, protest erupts
Bangladesh, May 1, 2016: Bangladesh is becoming an increasingly inhospitable place for minorities. Hindu community is under severe attack in the nation. A report has come to light which states that about 13 idols of Hindu gods and goddesses were vandalised in Bangladesh on April 30, 2016 by Islamists. The incident has been reported from Palong […]
Hindu temple and house demolished; can minorities survive in Bangladesh?
Dhaka, April 30, 2016: Hindus of Bangladesh under severe persecution but the news rarely leads to any outrage. A Hindu Temple and a house belonging to a Hindu woman Maloti Rani Mondal (42) was recently demolished by Islamists after they ‘believed’ that she was behind the suicide of a Muslim girl named Ritu. This belief […]