Category: Minority
Sudden strike by indigenous tea workers demanding higher wages
Hill Voice, 7 October 2020, Sylhet: Tea workers of 26 tea gardens in Srimangal Upazila of Syhlet went on a two-hour strike from 9 am [Read More…]
17 minorities killed and 65 women abused in 7 months: Oikya Parishad
Hill Voice, 6 October 2020, Dhaka: In the case of communal violence against religious-ethnic minorities in the last 7 months from March to September 2020, [Read More…]
Idols of Durga temple vandalized in Patuakhali
Hill Voice, 5 October 2020, Patuakhali: The miscreants vandalized the Durga idol of Haralal Hawladar’s house in Mominpur village of Keshabpur union in Baufal of [Read More…]
An 11-year old Barua girl raped in Rawzan
Hill Voice, 5 October 2020, Chittagong: A teenage Barua girl has been allegedly raped in Urkirchar Union in Rawzan upazila of Chittagong district. The incident [Read More…]
Journalist arrested for kidnapping a Hindu schoolgirl in Barguna, schoolgirl rescued
Hill Voice, October 4, 2020, Barguna: TV Barguna’s own reporter Police have arrested Md.Abdul Azim in connection with kidnapping a ninth grade schoolgirl. On 3 [Read More…]
Rape as a weapon to exercise supremacy: The plight of minority women in Bangladesh
Shucheesmita Simonti In recent times, the news of the gang rape of a Chakma woman has been a widely discussed topic among Bangladeshi Facebook users [Read More…]
Barua girl with disability raped after entering her house in Comilla
Hill Voice, 30 September 2020, Comilla: It is alleged that a Barua girl with a disability from the Buddhist community has been raped at Barura [Read More…]
False case filed against a Buddhist monk under Digital Security Act in Rangunia for occupying a Buddhist monastery site
Hill Voice, 27 September 2020, Rangunia: A case has been filed against a Buddhist monk named Gyana Sharanank Bhante, the principal of Gyanansharan Maha Aranya [Read More…]
Hindu schoolgirl was killed in Savar for refusing to love proposal
Hill Voice, 22 September 2020, Savar: A schoolgirl named Nila Roy (14) has been stabbed to death in Savar for refusing to love proposal. The [Read More…]