Buddha Purnima celebrated
Buddha Purnima, the most sacred and largest religious festival of the Buddhists, was celebrated on Sunday across the country with traditional enthusiasm and due religious fervour...
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Bus carrying pilgrims crashes killing 21 in Sri Lanka
An overcrowded bus carrying dozens of Buddhist pilgrims plummeted into a precipice in Sri Lanka on Sunday, killing at least 21 and injuring 24, a senior transport official said....
End to sectarian attacks across Bangladesh, withdrawal of cases demanded
Leaders of the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council on Thursday urged the interim government to take action against ongoing attacks on religious minorities across Bangladesh...
Stopping Indian propaganda against Bangladesh demanded
Leaders of Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Kalyan Front on Thursday at a press conference demanded stopping propaganda by the Indian media and some religious groups against Bangladesh...
BHBCOP condemns attack on Bangladesh mission in India's Agartala
The Bangladesh Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Oikya Parishad in a statement on Tuesday condemned, expressed outrage, and protested at the attack on the assistant high commission of Bangladesh and the desecration of the national flag in Agartala of India.
217 volumes of Holy Tripitaka given for DU Pali department
Philanthropist Brahmanda Pratap Barua and Dharmakirti Mahathero on Wednesday presented 217 volumes of the Holy Tripitaka for use in the library of the Dhaka University Pali and Buddhist Studies department.
Prabarana Purnima celebrated
Prabarana Purnima, the second largest festival of the Buddhists, was celebrated in the city as elsewhere in the district on Wednesday with traditional enthusiasm and...
Buddhist Federation leaders call on army chief
A delegation of Bangladesh Buddhist Federation paid a courtesy call on chief of army staff general Waker-Uz-Zaman at the army headquarters on Thursday...
Govt urges monks to observe Kathin Chibardan
The local administration on Monday urged the monks to reconsider their decision of not observing Kathin Chibardan, a major Buddhist festival, in the Chittagong Hill Tracts this year.
2010 sectarian attacks in Aug 4-20, says unity council
The Bangladesh Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Unity Council reported on Thursday that a total of 2,010 incidents of sectarian attacks occurred between August 4 and August 20 across the country, resulting in the deaths of nine people...
Mass resistance brings drop in attacks on minorities
Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council on Wednesday reported a dramatic drop in the number of attacks on minorities amid a spontaneous resistance put up by people against minority repression...
Authorities must investigate all attacks on minorities
THE death of 45 people of minority communities in sectarian violence in July 2023鈥揓une 2024, as a Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council report claims, is alarming. The report, made public on July 8, says that there were 1,045 incidents of attacks and rights violations against religious minorities in a year...
Commission for Bangladesh鈥檚 religious minorities demanded in JS
Independent lawmaker elected from Barishal-4, Pankaj Nath, on Sunday demanded the formation of a commission to protect the rights of Hindus, Buddhists and Christians....
Come, see how Benazir grabbed minority land, Rana Das Gupta tells PM
Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Oikya Parishad general secretary Rana Das Gupta urged prime minister Sheikh Hasina to visit Gopalganj and see how former inspector general of police...
Buddha Purnima celebrated
Buddha Purnima, the biggest religious festival of the Buddhists, was celebrated on Wednesday across the country with due religious fervour and zeal...
Monks, Muslims vote to demand rights for India鈥檚 Ladakh
Buddhist monks and Muslims in the Indian Himalayan territory of Ladakh turned out to vote on Monday, demanding statehood and that their local culture be protected in the overwhelmingly Hindu nation...