The end of Sheikh Hasina’s rule of terror: Cautious optimism for Bangladesh’s future
The overthrow of Sheikh Hasina is a remarkable political feat for the Bangladeshi youth. However, many challenges lie ahead. By…
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Bangladesh imposes shutdown as death toll from student protests mounts
Communications blackout persists as deadly crackdown on demonstrators continues in the nation of 170 million. Bangladesh enforced a nationwide curfew…
Bengali Muslims are “second class Muslims of Hindu descent”
One Sohel Mazhar wrote a report in Bengali-language national daily newspaper of Bangladesh, “Dainik Janakantha” regarding persecution against Hindu people…
Without opposition parties and no voters, Awami League to easy-win 222 seats on 300
Hasina remains the high priestess of Bangladesh’s dynastic democracy After yet another controversial election victory, PM Sheikh Hasina is set…
Horrors of partition of Bengal: Coming to terms with the unforgiving reality of pogrom of Hindus
Recalling the partition horror stories always brings a lump to the throat and one simply can’t fathom the extent of…
Bangladeshi husband mistreated his wife in Brescia, public prosecutor: “He should be acquitted, it’s a cultural custom allowed by the Islamic religion”
Bangladeshi husband mistreated his wife, the public prosecutor: “He should be acquitted because it is a cultural custom required by…
Coup, cyclone and a new bond between Myanmar’s Rohingya and Rakhine
Kyaw Hsan Hlaing tells: I was born in 1986 in a village in Myanmar’s western Rakhine State marked by…
Bangladesh government sued over crime against minorities
On 26 May 2023 in San Jose, California in the United States, Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities (HRCBM), an…
Disturbing statistics of forced conversions, murders and rapes of religious minorities in Bangladesh
The 2022 report on atrocities on minorities described an appalling state of religious minorities in Bangladesh, with 319 families affected…
Bangladesh, from bloodbath to birth: When Pakistan Army mowed down 10,000 refugees heading for India in just a few hours
This year is the 51st anniversary of Mukti Judho, Bangladesh’s war of Independence. India Today brings to you a series…