A student in a Madrasa in Bangladesh was arrested on Friday for vandalising three Hindu temples, who said that he did it over rumours that floods in the country were caused by India
Ishak Ali Khan Panna, a former General Secretary of the Bangladesh Chhatra League and a member of the Pirojpur District Awami League, died on Saturday while attempting to flee to Meghalaya
The Hindus, facing religious persecution in Bangladesh, have pleaded with India to grant them visas. They have lamented that they don’t want to live in fear and if India doesn’t head to their request, they would cross the country’s border without visas.
According to the state government data, out of a total of 20,613 Hindus declared as illegal immigrants by the Foreigners' Tribunals, 8,139 are from Cachar district, 2884 from Guwahati city, 1574 from Lakhimpur district, 1038 from Dibrugarh district.
Bangladesh's leading Qawmi scholars met with leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami during which the participants expressed hope for the establishment of an Islamic State led by Jamaat chairman Dr Shafiqur Rahman
Former Ekattor Television head of news Shakil Ahmed, and his wife Farzana Rupa who was the principal correspondent of the news channel, were arrested from Dhaka Airport
On 12th August 2013, Rahamani was arrested in Barguna in connection to inciting people to commit violence. 30 members of the Ansarullah Bangla Team were also arrested. Since his arrest in 2013, Rahamani has remained in jail. He is facing six different cases and a charge sheet has been filed by the police in all the cases against him.