Dhaka: Thousands of students created roadblocks on major highways on July 7, demanding an end to “discriminatory” quotas for government jobs. These coveted positions, including posts reserved for children of liberation heroes…
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New Delhi: A colony of Telugu-speaking Hindus in Dhaka has been ordered to vacate, leaving hundreds of families in panic. Several organizations, including the Human Rights Foundation, Human Rights Culture Foundation, and…
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Dhaka: Police in Cumilla said they have identified the man, Iqbal Hossain, who had kept the holy Quran at the puja mandap in Cumilla that triggered a series of communal violence in…
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Dhaka: According to a rights group, there have been around 3,721 attacks on Hindus within Bangladesh in the last nine years. The Dhaka Tribune reported that the data came from a leading…
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Rozina Islam, 42, an investigative reporter for the country’s largest Bengali daily Prothom Alo, was arrested by police Monday under the Official Secrets Act. She was later charged with stealing health ministry…
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DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A Bangladeshi satellite television station has hired the country’s first transgender news anchor, saying it hopes the appointment will help change society. Tashnuva Anan Shishir, who previously worked…
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