In 2016, Abul Barkat warned that if the rate of exodus of the minority Hindu community continued, then there would not be any Hindus left after 30 years, i.e. 2046.
In a decisive move aimed at recalibrating its global trade balance and sending a strong signal to unfriendly regimes, the United States has announced a 35% tariff on all Bangladeshi imports, citing long-standing trade imbalances and non-cooperative economic policies.
Muslim students gathered outside the office building in a pre-planned manner and began creating a ruckus. Many of them were members of the radical Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS), the student wing of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.
According to a report by Dhaka Tribune, the heinous crimes were committed between 20th June and 29th June this year. The situation has become so grim that Sharmeen S Murshid described the sexual violence as 'pandemic-level crisis.'
Bangaldesh has reportedly requested Adani Power to resume full electricity supply from both units of the Godda plant, which meets approximately 10 per cent of country's electricity demand.
Days after a Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader broke into the house of a Hindu woman and then raped her at knifepoint in Comilla, the victim has now said that she wants to withdraw the case
On Thursday (26th June), when the family members of the victim went to a local fair, the BNP leader seized the opportunity to break into his house and rape her at gunpoint.
A day after a Durga Temple was demolished in Bangaldesh's Dhaka, the Muhammad Yunus-led govt released a press note, brazenly defending the action and victim-blaming the Hindus.