Minor girl raped in city, one arrested
A case was filed on Thursday over raping an 11-year-old girl, who lived in the streets near Shahbag Metro Rail Station in Dhaka...
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Attacks on national minority student protests outrageous
THE attacks on the protests that national minority students held on January 15 and the attacks on a rally that mostly students held the next day in protest at the attacks on the January 15 protests are as unsavoury as equally outrageous. Students of national minorities, banded as the Aggrieved Indigenous Students and People, held protests at the...
ATTACK ON NATIONAL MINORITY STUDENTS: Protests spreading
Amid the growing condemnation triggered by a recent attack on a national minority students鈥� demonstration, pressing for the re-inclusion of the word 鈥楢divasi鈥� in the textbooks, at least seven individuals were injured again on Thursday when the police swooped on a protest rally tied to the issue in the capital...
ATTACK ON NATIONAL MINORITY STUDENTS: Govt slams attack, starts probe
The interim government on Thursday strongly condemned Wednesday鈥檚 attack on ethnic minority students鈥� peaceful gathering in front of the NTCB in Dhaka...
Protesting ethnic minority students attacked
More than a dozen, mostly students belonging to different national minority communities, were injured in an attack by another group of students in front of the NCTB Bhaban in the capital on Wednesday over claim and counterclaim on the inclusion of the word 鈥楢divasi鈥� in the textbooks...
NATIONAL MINORITY LANGUAGE GRAFFITI: 2 confronting platforms to hold demos before NCTB
Two confronting students鈥� platforms are scheduled to stage demonstrations today cordoning off the National Curriculum and Textbook Board building in the capital over removal of graffiti on the national minority groups from a textbook...
COMMUNAL VIOLENCE CLAIMS: Most incidents political in nature: govt
Police have found that 1,234 incidents on the religious minorities were political in nature against a Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council claim that there were 2,010 incidents on the lives, properties and...
Bangladesh not yet聽home for all citizens: discussion
Academics, professionals and minority leaders on Saturday alleged that Bangladesh had failed to become a state for all its people in the more than five decades of its independence.
US closely monitoring Bangladesh situation: White House
US President Joe Biden is closely monitoring the evolving situation in Bangladesh emphasising the importance of protecting religious and ethnic minorities under the interim government, said the White House.
Communal harmony important more than ever
BANGLADESH stands at a crossroads, thick with tension and uncertainty. A nation that has long prided itself on the embroidery of religious and cultural coexistence is now wrestling with the cracks in its communal harmony. The timing could not be worse. Political transition is inherently unstable and in such moments of flux, the consequences...
Dhaka-Delhi FS-level talks today
Dhaka is likely to raise the issue of extradition of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina in the Bangladesh-India Foreign Office Consultation scheduled for today in the capital amid a tension between the two neighbours over the Hindu minority issues...
Religious leaders for nat鈥檒 unity, harmony in Bangladesh
Leaders from various religious communities on Thursday called for maintaining religious harmony and national unity, to save the interest, sovereignty and existence of the nation amid propaganda against Bangladesh over religious minority issues.
Mamata for UN peacekeeping mission in Bangladesh, BSF foils 鈥楤angladesh Chalo鈥� march
The chief minister of West Bengal, India, Mamata Banerjee, on Monday called for the deployment of United Nations peacekeeping force and Indian prime minister Narendra Modi鈥檚 personal intervention to secure the safety of religious minorities in Bangladesh, reports ndtv.com.
Government to brief diplomats on minority issues today
The government on Monday will brief diplomats stationed in Dhaka on current issues, especially on the minorities...
India closely monitoring situation of minorities in Bangladesh: Jaishankar
Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said the High Commission of India in Dhaka continues to monitor the situation related to the minorities in Bangladesh closely.
Minority communities more secure under interim govt: VOA survey
Minority community people are more secure under the incumbent interim government compared with how they lived under the ousted Awami League government, revealed a survey by the Voice of America on Thursday.聽
Constitutional recognition of national minorities demanded
Speakers including leaders of the national minorities, researchers, academics and rights activists at a discussion in the capital on Sunday demanded constitutional recognition of national minorities and protection of their rights...
Reserved seats for minorities sought in elections
Bangladesh Jatiya Hindu Mahajote on Friday demanded reserved seats in all elections for religious minorities and separate electoral system for the religious minorities.
Beijing says Myanmar rebel leader in China for 鈥榤edical care鈥�
Beijing said Tuesday that the head of a Myanmar ethnic minority armed group had come to China for 鈥榤edical care鈥�, after news reports in its war-torn neighbour said he had been arrested on China鈥檚 orders.
Navigating politics of marginalising minorities
THE reality is harsh, and the manipulation is not just subtle 鈥� it is deliberate, ingrained in the very fabric of power itself. As I read through the analysis presented by Commodore Abdur Razzak in 抖阴精品 and Sharbari Z Ahmed in Netra.news, the underlying dynamics that shape the political landscape of both Bangladesh and the wider world become...
Playing the minority card
THERE is no hide and seek that India has huge discomfort and embarrassment about the political changeover in Bangladesh that took place on August 5. India ventilates its discomfort and embarrassment in different political, diplomatic and media presentations, talking about the concern for the security of minorities, specially the Hindus...
Justice, land rights of Santals, nat鈥檒 minorities demanded
The national minority Santals and Bengalis who survived police attacks on November 6, 2016, at Gobindaganj in Gaibandha when they protested against their eviction iterated their...
Minorities place 8-point demands
Religious and national minorities鈥� leaders on Saturday at a mass rally in Dhaka demanded the implementation of their 8-point and stopping repressions on them...
Reform bodies not inclusive
The six reform commissions established by the interim government have no representation from the national and religious minority communities, while inadequate...
Five injured in attack near Tanti Bazar purja mandap
At least five people were injured in an attack near a Durga Puja mandap at Tanti Bazar in the capital鈥檚 old town Friday evening.
Every incident of minority persecution to be brought to justice: BNP
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday said that it would ensure justice through proper investigation into all incidents of persecution against minorities, including...
Two cases filed, none arrested yet
Families of the three national minority men killed during the September 19 sectarian violence in Khagrachari are unaware of the police filing two cases over the deaths, without...
US for protecting Bangladesh鈥檚 nat鈥檒 minorities from violence, discrimination
Chittagong Hill Tracts affairs adviser to Supradip Chakma in a meeting with a delegation from the Embassy of the United States to Bangladesh said on Monday that the...
Crisis deepens as meaningful negotiation eludes CHT
Tension deepened in the Chittagong Hill Tracts with authorities failing as of Sunday to initiate a meaningful negotiation between the national minorities and Bengalis and take proper legal step to...
200 houses, shops set on fire at Dighinala
At least three people were injured and more than 200 houses and shops were set on fire in a clash between Bengali people and national minority communities at Boalkhali of Dighinala in...