Dhaka: A Hindu temple was vandalised and three idols of deities were destroyed by some unknown people in Bangladesh’s northern Netrokona area, triggering panic among the minority community in the Muslim-majority nation. The incident came to light after locals of Mymensinghorohi village in Shingherbangla union under the Netrokona sadar upazilaContinue Reading
By T S Thomas and Jose Kavi Negombo, Sri Lanka: Bangladesh’s first cardinal says his elevation is Pope Francis’ way of recognizing a Church on the periphery. “This new status has humbled me because I know that I am not worthy to receive it,” Cardinal Patrick D’Rozario, Archbishop of Dhaka,Continue Reading
Dhaka: At least 15 temples along with hundreds of Hindu community houses were vandalised and looted by an unruly mob in Bangladesh’s Brahmanbaria district, in the aftermath of a social media post allegedly showing disrespect towards Islam. Police have filed two cases against more than 1,000 people over Sundays attack,Continue Reading
Asia gets three cardinals, none from India or the PhilippinesContinue Reading
Pope Francis announced on Sunday he would “almost certainly” visit India and Bangladesh in 2017, as he wrapped up a three-day tour in the Caucasus and headed home to Rome. Asked on board the papal plane what his plans for the coming year were, the Argentine pope confirmed he wouldContinue Reading
Guwahati: In what has triggered a fresh debate on the Citizenship Amendment Bill, BJP leader and Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Wednesday that he supported the Amendment in Citizenship Act 1955, proposing to make Hindus and other minority communities from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan eligible for IndianContinue Reading
Bangladesh and India have merged the busiest land check-post at Benapole-Petrapole, easing the movement of people and goods to take their relations a notch higher. Prime Ministers Sheikh Hasina and Narendra Modi opened the new ‘Petrapole Integrated Check Post’ (ICP) through a video call on Thursday. Chief Minister of WestContinue Reading
This is the second such murder within three daysContinue Reading
The Muslim-majority nation has seen a string of brutal attacks on minorities and secular activists by Islamists in recent monthsContinue Reading
Dhaka: Security was stepped up in Bangladeshi capital Tuesday as authorities are set to hang Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami for committing war crimes during the country’s 1971 Liberation War against Pakistan. “The government is fully prepared for executing the verdict…The execution could take place anytime unless he (Nizami) seeks presidentialContinue Reading