Nine people killed in India temple stampede
At least nine people were crushed to death after a massive crowd surge at a Hindu temple in southern India鈥檚 Andhra Pradesh on Saturday, the state鈥檚 governor said...
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Kali Puja today
Kali Puja or Shyama Puja, a religious festival of the Hindu community, will be celebrated across the country on Monday with due sacred fervour and enthusiasm...
President exchanges greetings with Hindus
President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Thursday exchanged greetings with the members of the Hindu community at Bangabhaban in Dhaka on the occasion of Durga Puja...
Tarique extends Bijaya Dashami greetings to Hindus
Acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party Tarique Rahman on Wednesday extended greetings to the Hindus on the occasion of Durga Puja and Bijaya Dashami, a major Hindu festival celebrated annually at the conclusion of Durga Puja...
Minority community leaders denounce Yunus
Religious minority rights body Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council on Tuesday said that a recent statement by interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus over the persecution of the Hindus deeply saddened and angered them...
Sharadiya Durga Puja begins in Bangladesh
Five-day Sharadiya Durgotsob, the biggest religious festival of the Bangalee Hindu community, began across the country on Sunday...
Jamaat amir greets Hindus on Durga Puja
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami amir Shafiqur Rahman has extended greetings to the Hindu community on the occasion of Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Bangalee Hindu community, beginning from Sunday.
Hindus demand year-round protection
Hindu community leaders on Friday demanded not only a five-day protection during the Durga Puja but also a round-the-year protection for the religious minorities and the places of their worship.
Durga returns to a Thakurgaon temple after 16 years
After 16 long years, joy and devotion have returned to the Sri Sri Rasik Roy Jiu Temple in Auliapur of Thakurgaon Sadar Upazila, as the Hindu community prepares to celebrate Durga Puja following the withdrawal of Section 144, which had barred festivities at the site since 2009.
Three ministries to monitor law, order during Durga Puja
The Cabinet Division has said that three ministries will closely monitor the overall situation, including law and order during Durga Puja in Bangladesh, the largest religious festival of the Hindu Community.
Hindus to celebrate Mahalaya today
Mahalaya, an auspicious occasion that heralds the advent of goddess Durga, will be celebrated today through different rituals by Hindus across the country.
Hindu Mohajote demands 3-day Durga Puja holiday
Leaders of Bangladesh Jatiya Hindu Mohajote on Friday demanded three-day public holiday for the forthcoming Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the Hindus in the country.
All citizens deserve equal rights: Yunus
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday said that every citizen of Bangladesh was entitled to equal dignity and rights, saying that no one should face discrimination on the basis of religion, ideology or economic status.
Hindu community celebrates Janmashtami today
The Hindu community in Bangladesh is celebrating the Janmashtami, marking the birth of Lord Krishna, on Monday with due religious fervor...
Janmashtami to be celebrated today
Janmashtami, one of the major religious festivals of the Hindu community commemorating the birth of Sri Krishna, will be celebrated across the country today with due religious fervour and gaiety...
Five placed on two-day remand over attacks on Hindu homes
A Rangpur court on Thursday afternoon placed five people on two-day remand聽in connection with attacks on the homes of Hindu families in the district鈥檚 Gangachara upazila on July 26 and July 27...
Indian court acquits ex-MP, 6 others accused of bombing
An Indian court on Thursday acquitted a firebrand Hindu nationalist nun and former lawmaker, and six others accused of participating in a deadly bombing near a mosque in 2008.
India road accident kills 18 pilgrims
At least 18 people were killed in eastern India on Tuesday after a bus ferrying Hindu pilgrims collided with a truck loaded with cooking gas cylinders, officials said...
27 deaths not connected to communal violence: govt
The interim government on Tuesday dismissed the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council and Minority Unity Alliance鈥檚 July 10 claim of 27 deaths in sectarian violence between January and June this year...
Minority leaders irked as seperate commission not formed
Leaders of the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council at a press conference in Dhaka on Thursday expressed concern over not forming a commission by the interim government to investigate the incidents happened on the religious minorities in the country after August 5...
Hindutva鈥檚 myopic diplomacy
THEY haven鈥檛 a clue about diplomacy on the big stage nor about getting along, leave alone being popular, with the neighbours. Hindutva and its leaders are all about a parochial and violent quest at home they want to fulfil by tearing up a centuries-old social fabric, a challenge in which they will likely never succeed. Their USP was their anti-communism. The West...
Ratha Yatra festival ends
One of the major festivals of the Hindu community, Ratha Yatra, the chariot festival of Sri Jagannath Dev, ended on Saturday with the celebration of reverse journey.
Woman raped in Cumilla
A 27- year-old Hindu woman was raped at her home at a village of Muradnagar upazila in Cumilla on Thursday night...
Rebuild Khilkhet temple, release man, son arrested in Lalmonirhat: protesters
People from the Hindu community at a protest rally on Saturday demanded the immediate reconstruction of the makeshift temple that the railway authorities have demolished at Khilkhet in Dhaka city...
Silent discrimination against Hindu women
HINDU women in Bangladesh still live in a kind of invisible prison, the walls of which are made of centuries-old religious family law. Their limited rights in matters related to marriage, divorce and inheritance are not only in conflict with the constitution but also with human rights...
Hindus to celebrate Ratha Yatra today
Members of Hindu community are set to celebrate Ratha Yatra of Jagannath Dev on Friday...
CA press wing debunks Hindu girl abduction claim
Chief adviser鈥檚 press wing on Sunday debunked the rumour of Hindu minor girl Jhumur Sharma鈥檚 abduction, terming it a deliberate campaign against Bangladesh.
Disasters loom over S Asia with forecast of a hotter, wetter monsoon
Communities across Asia鈥檚 Himalayan Hindu Kush region face heightened disaster risks this monsoon season with temperatures and rainfall expected to exceed normal levels, experts warned on Thursday...
Victims still in fear after arson attack
Hindu community people in Dahar Mashihati village of Abhaynagar in Jashore have been suffering from insecurity since a violent attack was carried out on them following the murder of Jatiyatabadi Krishak Dal leader Tariqul Islam on May 22.
India's Nagpur sets curfew after sectarian clashes
Authorities imposed an indefinite curfew in parts of a western Indian city on Tuesday, a day after sectarian clashes were sparked by Hindu nationalist groups who want to demolish the tomb of a 17th-century Muslim Mughal ruler.
