Tag: extremism
In a powerful display of unity, leaders from Bangladesh’s religious and ethnic minority communities gathered at the National Press Club this morning to protest the wave of communal violence that has persisted in the month…
Religious minority groups in Bangladesh are set to hold nationwide human chains and protest marches on Friday, March 13, in a unified stand against a surge in communal violence that has left communities gripped by…
The alarming rise in violence against women and children in Bangladesh persists even after the change in government, with no signs of abatement—and in many cases, an apparent increase—according to human rights organizations and experts.…
Human rights advocacy group Write For Rights has issued an urgent press release calling on the Bangladeshi government to launch a comprehensive crackdown on religious extremists and militants, warning that their growing influence threatens national…
Human rights advocacy group Write For Rights has issued an urgent call for the United Nations to launch an official, independent investigation into every reported death during the July-August 2024 student-led protests in Bangladesh and…
ইফতারে প্রধানমন্ত্রী ও জামায়াতের আমির শফিকুর রহমান একই টেবিলে বসেছিল। তাদের সঙ্গে ছিল বিএনপি ও জামায়াতের নেতারা। পাশের টেবিলে ছিল জামায়াতের নায়েবে আমির, একাত্তরের আল বদর কমান্ডার এটিএম আজহার। মুক্তিযুদ্ধের পর জামায়াতসহ অন্যান্য ধর্মভিত্তিক রাজনৈতিক…
The Kalyanpur militant den operation occurred on July 26-27, 2016, in Dhaka, amid a wave of butcheries by al-Qaeda’s Ansar al-Islam and Islamic State (ISIS). The country was in heightened security concerns following two major attacks: the…
In a grotesque display of selective amnesia and self-preservation, the anarchist elements who orchestrated the July 2024 bloodbath—deliberately targeting and slaughtering police officers starting as early as July 19 to shatter their morale and pave…
In a deeply flawed election that has reshaped Bangladesh’s political landscape, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its allies have swept to power, but the alarming ascent of Jamaat-e-Islami’s coalition to 77 seats signals a…
The life of an innocent Hindu youth, Dipu Chandra Das, was snuffed out in a barbaric frenzy in the blood-soaked nightmare that is Muhammad Yunus’ interim dictatorship, propped up by the venomous Islamist thugs of…
From her exile in India, Awami League President and five-time Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has launched a scathing attack on the interim government led by Dr. Muhammad Yunus, accusing it of transforming Bangladesh into a…
Ahead of the unconstitutional referendum and parliamentary elections on February 12, excluding the Awami League, under the murderous-fascist Yunus regime, many Bangladeshis are reflecting on the era of five-time Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, whose administration…
With only 14 days left until the election, which includes a controversial referendum on constitutional reforms potentially eroding secularism, minority rights leaders have highlighted how violence and intimidation could suppress minority voter turnout. This comes…
In a chilling incident that has reignited fears over the safety of religious minorities in Bangladesh, 23-year-old Hindu mechanic Chanchal Chandra Bhowmik was burned alive while sleeping inside a garage in Narsingdi district late on Friday night.…
Awami League President and five-time Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has launched a scathing attack on the interim government led by Chief Adviser Dr. Muhammad Yunus, accusing it of destroying the nation’s economy and law and…
Exiled former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina alleged that Chief Adviser Dr. Muhammad Yunus, who grabbed power in August last year, personally orchestrated a wave of political violence that has now turned inward, with anti-Awami League…
As Bangladesh hurtles toward parliamentary elections amid a toxic swirl of communal violence and disinformation, the Bangladesh Hindu Bouddha Christian Oikya Parishad (BHBCOP) has unleashed a fierce rebuke against Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) candidate Harunur…
The rise of Islamist extremism in Bangladesh poses a growing threat to regional stability, particularly for its neighbours India, Myanmar, and Nepal. Over the past three decades, from 1992 to 2024, Bangladesh has witnessed the…
New York-based Human Rights Watch stated that during the BNP–Jamaat coalition government, from June 24, 2004, to December 31, 2006, some 738 people were killed by law enforcers, mainly the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), in…
Former Foreign Minister and former Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, Professor Dr. AK Abdul Momen, has made an urgent appeal to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for an independent and transparent investigation into…
The July National Charter, intended as a roadmap for constitutional reform in Bangladesh, has sparked significant dissent among political parties, revealing deep concerns about its content and the motives of the Jamaat-controlled interim government led…
Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Amir Dr. Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher has said that India will try to invade Bangladesh if the war criminal party goes to power. In that case, some 50 lakh youth will fight against India…
Retired Brigadier General Abdullahil Amaan Azmi, the son of top war criminal and former Jamaat-e-Islami chief Ghulam Azam, is working to establish the Islamic Revolutionary Army (IRA) by destroying the Bangladesh Army and the Directorate…
Dangerous militant leaders linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State (ISIS) made history on Friday by chanting slogans boasting their role in spreading jihad after the Juma prayers in Dhaka’s Paltan area. They brought out…
US puppet Muhammad Yunus had described the July movement against the Awami League government as “meticulously designed” last September, saying it was not spontaneous. That day, he introduced Mahfuj Alam, a former Shibir activist and…
The Jamaat-controlled International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD) has received the five formal charges pressed against former prime minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina, her home minister and the police chief for mass killings of the…
In September 2024, Bangladeshi newspapers published a claim by the Jamaat-controlled interim government’s information ministry adviser, Mahfuj Alam, who initially advised chief adviser Yunus on politics and diplomacy. The rebuttal came after some Indian media claimed that…
The ongoing religious tensions in Kashmir, West Bengal and Seven Sisters are provoked by Bangladeshi Islamists, who are part of the Jamaat-controlled Yunus-led interim government. Several advisers, leaders of Nagorik Party, Jamaat, Hefazat, Khelafat Majlish…
The strategies and focus of Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Bangladesh reflect their broader organizational goals, operational approaches, and ideological underpinnings, tailored to the…
Apart from physical harm to the minority community people of Bangladesh, hundreds of houses, business establishments and religious sites have come under attack, vandalism and looting since the August 5 changeover. On the other hand,…