The two-member High Court bench reduced the death sentence of ULFA leader Paresh Barua, who was convicted in absentia and is now believed to be residing in China.
ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das was arrested after a sedition case was filed against him. He was accused of allegedly undermining the integrity of the Bangladeshi flag. A fresh case has been filed against him by a member of the fundamentalist group Hefazat-e-Islam.
Sheikh Hasina lashed out at the interim Bangladeshi govt and accused Muhammad Yunus while speaking virtually at an Awami League event in New York. She fled the country on August 5 this year after the days of violence.
Bangladesh Police’s Special Intelligence Detective Branch (DB) arrested the ISKCON leader on Monday (November 25) afternoon.
Various Bangladeshi Muslim organisations earlier had put pressure on the Mohammad Yunus-led interim government to ban ISKCON.
IGP Md Moinul Islam visited the Banani Puja Mandap in Dhaka on Friday after which he told reporters that Durga Puja was being celebrated at over 32,000 mandaps nationwide. He also stated the figures about the FIRs and arrests. His visit was prompted by mukut theft from a Hindu temple.
Reports are emerging that anti-social elements attacked a Hindu Durga Puja pandal with a petrol bomb in Dhaka's Tati Bazar. This attack has sparked immense outrage within the Hindu community. Threats of this nature had already been made prior to the Durga Puja celebrations.
Bangladesh Water Resources Advisor Syeda Rizwana Hasan said the country would soon take steps to hold negotiations with India over the sharing of water from transboundary rivers. However, she did not mention accurate dates for the negotiations.
The 56-year-old adviser to Bangladesh’s Department of Water, Forest, Environment, and Climate Change said the interim government has not yet discussed taking the issue of water sharing with India to the international forum.
The journalist was identified as Sarah Rahanuma, 32, who was reportedly suffering from clinical depression and was receiving treatment. Ousted Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina's son called it a "brutal attack on freedom of expression".
It's been three weeks since Sheikh Hasina stepped down as Prime Minister and left the country, causing major political instability. Just as things were starting to settle down, fresh clashes broke out in Dhaka, leading to several injuries and bringing tension back to the city.
Following the collapse of the Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh, Hindus and Muslims united to protect the historic Dhakeswari Temple in Dhaka amid political turmoil. The community's efforts ensured the temple's safety despite the lack of police protection.
The application accused them of the "mass murder" during the rally at Shapla Chattar in Motijheel on May 5, 2013. The court recorded the plaintiff's statement and said it would pass an order on the issue later.
The development comes within eight days of the interim government taking charge following the resignation of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her fleeing to India on August 5.
The diplomats, stationed in key nations including the US, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Germany, UAE, and the Maldives, have been ordered to return to Dhaka immediately. This move is part of broader administrative changes initiated since the interim government took charge on August 8.
Hindus in Bangladesh have staged a massive protest in Dhaka. While Dhaka itself remained calm, but the images coming from districts like Sunamganj, Panchagarh, Madaripur, Rangpur, and Faridpur are extremely disturbing, painful, and heartbreaking.
There have been several reports of Hindus being attacked in Bangladesh in the aftermath of the violent protests in the country recently. But do you know that Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, has derived its name from a Hindu deity in the history?
Tharoor said that a statue intended to commemorate the liberation of Bangladesh had been destroyed by "anti-India vandals." He shared a photograph of the damaged statue, which depicted the moment Pakistan surrendered following the 1971 war.
According to an earlier media report, former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina alleged the role of the United States behind her ouster. She claimed that a big conspiracy was hatched to remove her from power. However, this has now been refuted bu her son.
Hindus comprise about 8 per cent of Bangladesh's population of 170 million. They have traditionally been the supporters of Hasina's Awami League party, which sparked people's anger after violent clashes between anti-quota protesters and security forces last month.
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