Trump condemns violence against minorities in Bangladesh
Republican Donald Trump, who is running again for the White House, has strongly condemned the violence against Hindus and other minorities in Bangladesh.
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Juba Dal leader arrested for tender violence
Army personnel have detained a local Juba Dal leader on charges of creating chaos during tender submission for Lalmonirhat Sadar Hospital...
Sexual violence on staggering scale in Sudan civil war: UN
Rape is widespread in Sudan鈥檚 civil war, a United Nations investigation said Tuesday, accusing paramilitaries especially of committing sexual violence on a 鈥榮taggering鈥� scale.
Govt should attend to public trust deficit in legal system
AN ALARMING increase in mob violence in two months is disconcerting, especially because a major policy focus of the interim government is to improve law and order and to restore public trust in law enforcement. In August鈥揝eptember, after the fall of the Awami League regime, as Ain O Salish Kendra says, at least 49 people were killed in mob violence. In the corresponding period in 2023, the number of mob violence deaths was 10...
Of our hopes and fears
AS THE euphoria surrounding Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 ouster to India slowly died down, we have slowly begun to excavate the wreckages of her authoritarian rule in our surroundings as well as our collective memories. If we look critically, the immediate past 鈥� the period immediately preceding her departure 鈥� appeared to be...
49 lynched in 2 months in Bangladesh : ASK
Incidents of mob violence are on the rise in the country with at least 49 people lynched in the past two months, according to the monthly report of human rights organistation Ain o Salish Kendra.
5 arrested in Khagrachari over sectarian violence聽
The police arrested five people over vandalising KSTC Diagnostic Centre and Hospital at Khagrachari town on October 1 during the sectarian violence between Bengalis and...
JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France concerned over mob violence in Bangladesh
JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France has expressed grave concern over mob violence and lynching incidents in Bangladesh following the recent political upheaval...
2 arrested over lynching of ethnic youth in CHT sectarian violence
Two persons were arrested on Friday over the lynching of a national minority youth, Anik Kumar Chakma, during sectarian violence in Khagrachari and Rangamati districts under Chattogram Hill Tract region in Bangladesh on September 20.
Students for Sovereignty protests at sectarian violence in CHT
Students for Sovereignty, a student organisation of Dhaka University, on Friday protested at spreading sectarian violence in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
PCJSS demands judicial inquiry
The Parbatya Charrogram Janasamhati Samiti, a regional political party in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, on Thursday demanded a judicial inquiry into the incidents of sectarian attacks in Khagrachari and Rangamati in September 18鈥�20...
Citizens demand fair investigation, end to violence in CHT
Citizens including writers, artists, teachers, journalists and rights activists in separate statements on Wednesday demanded fair investigation into recent violence that took place in Rangamati and Khagrachari districts in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
Investigation committee formed to probe latest Khagrachari violence, 2 cases filed
Two cases, one over the allegation of rape of a class VII student of Tripura community and the other for obstructing government officials in discharging their duties and assaulting them, were filed with Sadar police station in Khagrachari Tuesday night...
Fresh sectarian violence erupts in Khagrachari
A teacher of Khagrachari Government Technical School and College was beaten to death on Tuesday for allegedly raping a Class VII student of Tripura community, triggering a fresh sectarian violence between...
UN-led probe, fair trial demanded over killings, arson attack
Family members of the victims and those affected in the recent sectarian violence in Khagrachari and Rangamati demanded an investigation into the incident under the...
None arrested yet聽in Rangamati, Khagrachari
The police are yet to arrest anyone in the cases filed over the killing of four national minority people and vandalism during the recent聽 in the hill districts of Khagrachari and Rangamati.
BNP worried over slow administrative activities
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party has expressed concern over the slowness in the administrative activities of the interim government and recent incidents of violence in various parts of the country, including Khagrachari and Rangamati...
Growing threat to civil liberties
MOB violence, where citizens take matters into their own hands, has emerged as a troubling issue in Bangladesh. This type of vigilantism not only disrupts the legal framework but also endangers the civil liberties enshrined in the constitution of Bangladesh. Often driven by dissatisfaction with the justice system鈥檚 delays, such actions bypass legal procedures...
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...
Israel says 鈥榣anded blows鈥� on Hezbollah as Lebanon violence intensifies
Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel has dealt serious blows to Lebanese group Hezbollah, as rapidly escalating cross-border exchanges raised fears of an all-out war...
Attacks on places of worship won鈥檛 be tolerated, say advisers
The team of the interim government that visited the violence-torn Khagrachari and Rangamati hill districts on Saturday warned that attacks on places of religious worship...
Fear reigns聽in CHT
Fear reigned supreme in the Chittagong Hill Tracts where life came to an abrupt halt on Saturday following two previous days of sectarian violence in Khagrachhari and...
Justice for violence demanded
The University Teachers鈥� Network on Saturday held a protest rally demanding justice for those who were victims of violence, attacks, and murders on campuses and in the hills...
Hindus demand sectarian attackers鈥� trial, Durga Puja holiday鈥檚 extension
Hindu people of the country on Friday in the capital brought out a torch procession to press home their eight-point demands, including the extension of Durga Puja holiday, and the...
Clashes erupt on Morales鈥檚 protest march
A weeklong march led by Bolivian ex-president Evo Morales against incumbent leader Luis Arce descended into violence when followers of each politician clashed along the route, leaving 26 people injured...
Gendered misinformation
THE unforeseen collapse of the Awami League government on August 5 sparked new forms of political violence across the country and created fertile ground for religious tensions. Attacks took place on homes and establishments belonging to people of different religions, raising concerns over rising communal violence...
Condemnation not enough, stringent action required
A NUMBER of incidents of vandalism and violence have taken place since the fall of the Awami League regime and people and the government have jointly succeeded in addressing most of them. But, attacks on shrines of pirs, fakirs and saints have, however, posed a big question mark on the success of the interim government in keeping law and order. While attacks on shrines have continued for over two to three weeks, the authorities have almost completely failed to address the issue...
Indian police arrest 33 after violence in Manipur
Indian police have arrested 33 people after a surge in ethnic violence in Manipur state, where a curfew and an internet blackout have been imposed, officers said on Thursday...
Curfew imposed in three Manipur districts in India
India鈥檚 strife-torn northeastern state of Manipur ordered an internet blackout on Tuesday, after imposing a curfew following days of deadly ethnic violence and...