Bangladesh Unrest

Several Hindu organisations, including the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal, staged protests outside the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi on Tuesday, demanding justice for Dipu Chandra Das, a Hindu man killed over alleged…
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Security has been tightened for at least 20 Bangladeshi political leaders and media professionals amid escalating unrest in the country, a day after National Citizen Party (NCP) leader Mohammad Motaleb Sikder was shot in the head in Khulna…
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Ousted former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has termed recent remarks by a Bangladeshi politician referring to India’s Northeast and the strategic Siliguri Corridor — known as the “Chicken’s Neck” — as “dangerous”, saying they…
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Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has called on the Indian government to use diplomatic channels to urge Bangladesh to take “constructive steps” to protect minorities, following the lynching of a 25-year-old Hindu garment factory worker in…
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Former Bangladesh captain and arguably the country’s most renowned and influential cricketer, Shakib Al Hasan, has been named among 147 individuals accused in a murder case related to the August protests in Bangladesh. According to an…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) that briefed him on the situation unfolding in Bangladesh. Union home minister Amit Shah, defence minister Rajnath Singh, external affairs…
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West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, whose state shares border with Bangladesh, on Sunday offered shelter to ‘helpless people’ from the neighbouring country, which has been witnessing violent student-led protests against reservations…
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