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  Star Digital Report Mon Aug 9, 2021 04:06 PM Mintu Chandra Barman. Photo: collected Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) today recovered the mutilated body parts of the principal of a school and college in Savar, who had been missing for 27 days. Mintu Chandra Barman, principal of Savar Residential School and College, went missing from Ashulia on July 13. Ripon Chandra Barman, the victim's younger brother, lodged a general diary with Ashulia Police Station on July 22. Rab arrested three people. The arrestees are co-owners of the educational institute -- Rabiul, Motaleb, and Rabiul's nephew Badsha, the official said. The trio planned the murder on July 7. According to the plan, Rabiul and Badsha called the victim to an empty room of the school on the night of July 13 after Mintu finished taking coaching classes. The duo then killed Mintu and cut the body into six pieces. They buried five pieces of the body in the school premises and threw the head into a pond in Ashkona are...

  Beheaded idols of Hindu God and Goddes  A group of fanatic Islamists vandalized four temples and several shops and several houses of the Hindu community in Shiali village of Rupsha upazila in Khulna. Hundreds of Islamists attacked the village with local weapons around 6:15 pm on Saturday. Four temples, six shops and a house were vandalized. Upon receiving the news, senior police officers, including the Superintendent of Police, visited the spot. The whole village is in a state of turmoil; Police have been deployed. Plundered and Looted Hindu temple  Villagers and people from the minority Hindu community said some female devotees were going to Shiyali Mahasmashan from Purbapara temple to perform kirtan around 9 pm on Friday. There was a mosque in the middle of the road. The imam of the mosque forbade women to chant. Then there is some argument. A meeting was to be held at the police station on Saturday. Vandalised and looted Hindu Shop   Witnesses said that mor...

Click here to access the original link   Dwoha Chowdhury Wed May 19, 2021 12:00 AM Jhumon Das Apon, accused in a Digital Security Act (DSA) case filed over criticising Hefajat-e-Islam leader Mamunul Haque on Facebook, has been in jail for over two months. Sunamganj District Judge Court, after hearing a bail prayer filed by Jhumon's lawyer yesterday, did not give any order and postponed proceedings for two months. The Facebook post allegedly led to the mayhem in Noagaon village of Sunamganj's Shalla upazila on March 17, which saw about 90 Hindu houses vandalised and looted. No lawyer was initially willing to defend Jhumon in the case for security reasons, and that is why filing of a bail prayer was delayed, said his family. Lawyer Debangshu Sekhar Das, who later agreed to defend Jhumon, said securing bail in a case filed under DSA is tough for an accused. After the hearing, the lawyer is planning to file an application on Sunday to know whether they will get an order. "The...

  Published at 12:22 pm May 15th, 2021 File photo: Thousands of Hefazat-e-Islam followers gather at Noagaon village of Shalla upazila in Sunamganj to vandalize the houses of Hindu community on March 17, 2021  Dhaka Tribune Bangladesh asked to uphold rights of minority religious groups and foster a climate of tolerance Communal attacks on religious minorities in Bangladesh are on the rise, the US State Department said in a recent report, which emphasized on the importance of their protection. The "2020 Report on International Religious Freedom" released on May 12 lists a number of incidents of murder, intimidation, mass attack and violence perpetrated against the religious minorities in Bangladesh last year.  It said that the government often remains ineffective in preventing forced evictions and land seizures stemming from land disputes, as alleged by religious groups. The State Department submits status reports of religious freedom in every country to the Congress on In...

  Dwoha Chowdhury with Kazi Mubinul Hasan Shanto Tue Mar 23, 2021 11:14 PM All the gold and money saved for my two daughters' marriage has been taken away. I was saving money for them as my husband could not work. Now how will I live?" said a teary-eyed Jharna Rani Das (55) of Noagaon village in Shalla upazila of Sunamganj. After the Covid-19 pandemic had started, she returned to the village in April last year, with her two daughters who were working in a garment factory in Dhaka. Jharna was preparing to marry off one of her daughters. But a single Facebook post, by someone she barely know, changed the course of her life. Following a Facebook post on March 17, locals in support of Hefazat-e-Islam, carried out vandalism and looting in the Hindu-dominated village. Jharna Rani Das, the victim of the attack, is now terrified. In a hushed voice, she said, "I am staying away for a while. I sent my daughters to their uncle's house. There is a fear that someday this might hap...

 ANI  PUBLISHED ON MAR 18, 2021 12:32 AM IST A young Hindu man from Noagaon, Shalla upazila allegedly made a Facebook post criticizing Mamunul, who opposed the sculpture of Bangabandhu. According to reports, thousands of Hefazat-e-Islam supporters attacked a Hindu village after a youth criticised the group for opposing installing a sculpture of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. In this file picture from 2017, Supporters of the hardline Hefazat-e-Islam shout slogans protesting persecution of Rohingyas at a protest march in Dhaka.(AP Photo/For Representation Purposes) Thousands of hardline Islamist organisation Hefazat-e-Islam supporters on Wednesday attacked a Hindu village in Shalla upazila of Sunamgan district, after a Hindu man criticised the group joint-secretary general Mawlana Mufti Mamunul's speech in social media post. A young Hindu man from Noagaon, Shalla upazila allegedly made a Facebook post criticizing Mamunul, who opposed the sculpture of Bangabandhu on Tuesday. ...