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Bangladesh-made Dhakai Jamdani sarees were set on fire by a group of protesters in West Bengal's Kolkata on Sunday mark their anger against the ongoing atrocities against Hindus in the neighbourning country. Hundreds of people joined the different protest rallies organised by Hindu groups in Kolkata, Kanthi, Kakdwip, Sandeshkhali and Purulia, calling for the immediate release of Hindu leader Chinmoy …

Bangladesh’s deposed PM Sheikh Hasina condemns arrest of Hindu spiritual leader, demands his release

Speaking out for the first time since the fall of her government on August 5, Awami League Leader and former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday called for the release of an ISKCON leader arrested by the authorities in Bangladesh ‘without delay’. In a statement issued by the Awami League, Ms. Hasina condemned the murder of an assistant public prosecutor …

Bangladesh's ousted PM Sheikh Hasina condemns arrest of Hindu spiritual leader, demands his release

Dhaka: Deposed prime minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina on Thursday condemned the arrest of Hindu spiritual leader Chinmoy Krishna Das and said the leader must be released immediately. "A top leader of the Sanatan religious community has been unjustly arrested, he must be released immediately," Hasina said in a statement. Religious freedom and security of life and property of people …

Pressure mounts on Prof Yunus to release human rights activist Shahriar Kabir

NEW DELHI: 30 Human rights activists, academicians from across the world wrote a letter to Professor Yunus urging him to release Bangladeshi human rights activist/journalist Shahriar Kabir. "We write as human rights activists and human rights defenders across Europe and beyond to express our deepest concern regarding the arrest of Shahriar Kabir, a reputed freelance journalist in Bangladesh, a documentary …