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Blockade suspended, section 144 remains

Doctors found ‘no signs of rape’ following the examination of a Marma schoolgirl, who was allegedly raped in Khagrachari, according to a report of the government medical board...

4 sued over grabbing 23.31 acres of Dinajpur nat’l minority land

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed a case against four people on charges of grabbing 23.31 acres of land belonging to people of national minority communities through fraud and forgery at Bochaganj upazila in Dinajpur...

41 citizens condemn rape of Marma girl, violence in Khagrachari

A group of 41 citizens, including rights activists, journalists, university professors, lawyers, and cultural activists, issued a joint press statement on Tuesday, condemning the rape of a Marma girl in Khagrachari and the subsequent violence that resulted in the deaths of at least three national minority community members.

Nat’l minorities still in fear

The families of national minorities in Guimara upazila of Khagrachari said that they were passing days in fear after Sunday’s clashes that left three of the community dead and about 100 shops and houses, mostly belonging to them, burnt...

National minorities fleeing home

Many families from national minority communities in Guimara upazila of Khagrachari fled their homes and went into hiding on Monday in fear of attacks and possible detention by the law enforcement agencies following Sunday’s violence in Guimara upazila that left...

Justice for attacks, killings demanded

National minority rights activists on Friday demanded justice for the killing of four people murdered during a sectarian violence in Khagrachari and Rangamati in September 19–20 last year.

National minorities urged to follow MN Larma’s ideals

Human right activists, national minority leaders and professionals on Monday at a discussion in Dhaka city said that Manabendra Narayan Larma fought lifelong for establishing the rights of the national minorities...

Three minor children drown in Habiganj

Three children drowned in a pond at Panjarai village of Kargaon union under Nabiganj in Habiganj on Wednesday...

Protection of nat’l minority families demanded

Protesters on Friday formed a human chain condemning the attempt to evict more than a dozen families of Paharia, a national minority community, who have been living on a piece of land in Rajshahi city’s Mollapara area for over five decades.

Nat’l minority families fear eviction in Rajshahi

More than a dozen national minority families of Paharia community, who have been living on a piece of land in Rajshahi city’s Mollapara area for over five decades, now fear eviction from the land, allegedly under pressure from a man claiming ownership of the land...

Shibir draws flak for remarks on role of nat’l minorities in Liberation War

The left leaning Pratirodh Parshad panel competing in the forthcoming Dhaka University Central Students’ Union elections on Sunday criticised Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed panel for allegedly denying the contribution of the national minority communities to the...

BNP pledges safe country for all nat’l minorities

Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman on Saturday said that an opportunity had come to establish the fundamental rights of all national minority groups in a fascist-free country.

Elderly man arrested for raping minor girl at Ashulia

Transwoman student’s expulsion is exclusionary move

THE decision to cancel the studentship of a gender minority student of a private university raises concern about the exclusionary academic environment and the integrity of the administration. More than a hundred citizens in a statement on August 16 expressed concern and termed the expulsion of Sahara Chowdhury, a transwoman in the Metropolitan University...

Minor boy electrocuted in Gaibandha

A minor boy died from electrocution at Majhipara village under Lakhsmipur union of Gaibandha Sadar on Friday morning...

Nat’l minorities demand constitutional recognition, end to rights violation

National minority leaders and civil society representatives have iterated their demand for constitutional recognition and an end to repression and rights violation.

Minor girl among six killed in road accidents in 3 dists

At least six people were killed and four others injured in road accidents in Brahmanbaria, Bogura and Cumilla districts on Sunday...

5 sent to jail over attack on Hindu homes

A Rangpur court sent five men to jail on Wednesday in connection with attacks on the homes of Hindu families in the district’s Gangachara upazila on July 26–27...

South Syria violence deepens fears among minorities

A surge of violence in southern Syria has exacerbated fears among minority communities and exposed what analysts say is the Damascus authorities’ intent to rein in the Druze population...

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’s 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...

Minor girl killed after rape in B’baria

A minor girl was killed allegedly after rape by unidentified assailants in a village under Sarail upazila in Brahmanbaria at the night following Saturday...

Two minor boys drown in Gazipur

Two minor boys drowned in a pond while bathing in Deoliabari area of Gazipur City Corporation on Sunday.

Plain land nat’l minorities demand recognition

Speakers, including national minority community leaders, rights activists and academics on Tuesday demanded constitutional recognition of plain land national minority community people as ‘indigenous’ people...

2 minor girls drown in water pit in Kishoreganj

Two cousins drowned while bathing in a water-filled pit near their home at Pitua village of Kadirjangal under Karimganj in Kishoreganj on Wednesday...

End to torture on national minorities demanded

Students from different national minority communities and other student bodies on Sunday demanded the state stop torture on minority communities.

Constitutional recognition, land commission demanded

National minority communities on Saturday once again reiterated their demand for recognition of national minority people as ‘indigenous people’ in the country’s constitution and forming a separate land commission for them living in plain land...

None should consider them as minority: BNP

Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said his party is committed to protecting the rights of every citizen irrespective of their religion, caste and creed...

Three madrassah teachers held for raping minor student

The police detained three madrassah teachers in Fatikchari upazila of Chattogram on charges of raping a 12-year-old boy early Monday...

Minor girl drowns in Satkhira

A minor girl drowned in a pond at Kheshra village under Tala in Satkhira...