Bangladesh

On Monday (3rd March), BBC Bangla published a 17-minute interview of Muhammad Yunus wherein he claimed that the 'crime rate' in Bangladesh had not increased after his interim government came to power.

While speaking about the matter, temple caretaker Uttam Karmakar stated, "I went to the temple on Sunday (2nd March) morning to offer puja and found the idol broken."

The victim Supta Saha Anik is a student of Rajshahi University and a member of the Chhatra League, the banned student wing of the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League.

A Bangladeshi intruder was killed after he was shot with a rubber bullet by the BSF after a clash inside Tripura on Friday evening

According to The Indian Express, two photographs of former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi with Bangladesh's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman have been dropped from the Std VI English book. Both the pictures were from 1972.

"What is very troubling for India is the spate of attacks on minorities. It obviously is something that impacts our thinking. It is something we have to speak up about, which we have done," S Jaishankar said.

Nahid Islam was one of the key student leaders who led the movement to oust former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August of last year.

"Many people say many things on social media...We cannot respond to everything said there as government authorities," the cultural adviser to Muhammad Yunus said when asked about the threats.

The UP police has sought legal action against 31 social media users for spreading rumours over Maha Kumbh.

Following the undemocratic ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August 2024, violent Muslim mobs operating under the banner of 'Tawhidi Janta' have become emboldened.