Bangladesh protests

Despite being scared for her safety, Tureen Afroz told Independent Television that she would not go anywhere and stay in Bangladesh instead.

The organisation has written an open letter to Muhammad Yunus who was sworn in as the chief advisor to the interim government.

While Hindus across Bangladesh are being attacked, their houses being plundered, and temples being vandalised, Al Jazeera attempted to whitewash the communal angle in the ongoing anti-Hindu pogrom by claiming that only those Hindus associated with Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League are being targeted.

OpIndia has documented cases of atrocities against Hindus in Bangladesh by Islamists masquerading as 'pro-demcoracy, anti-quota and anti-government' protestors.

Abu Najm insisted that non-Muslims in Islamic countries like Bangladesh should be degraded as inferior beings and forced to pay jizya.

Several Hindu students were part of the quota reforms agitation that eventually culminated in Sheikh Hasina's ouster.

Around 600 Bangladeshis are refusing to leave the no man’s land near Jalpaiguri in northern Bengal, demanding entry into India

Several Hindu women in Bangladesh have come forward to share their tales of horror at the hands of the rampaging Islamist mob

Speaking to OpIndia, Dipan Mitra, the Secretary General of the World Hindu Federation (WHF) – Bangladesh Chapter said that the situation of Hindus is getting worse day by day. Giving a rough estimate, Mitra told us that more than 4 Hindu people Haradhan Roy, Kajal Roy, Mrinal Kanti Chatterjee and one unidentified have been killed, 51 Hindu temples vandalised and around 240 Hindu houses have been attacked.

Selim Khan was best known in the film industry for producing a biopic on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founder of Bangladesh.