Nimay Haldar (name changed), who came to India on a student visa and graduated in engineering from a college in Maharashtra, currently works in Dhaka, while his aged parents live in Chittagong, 250 km away. Last week, they received multiple threat calls to cough up protection money running into several lakhs or quit Bangladesh.“My parents…
DHAKA: The head of Bangladesh’s interim govt, “chief adviser” Prof Muhammad Yunus, condemned on Saturday the attacks on minority communities, calling them “heinous”. “Are they not people of this country? You have been able to save the country, can’t you save some families,” he asked as the Hindu community held its biggest street demonstration yet,…
DHAKA: Hundreds of Bangladeshi Hindus protested in Dhaka on Friday against violence targeted at the community since Sheikh Hasina quit as prime minister and fled the country on Aug 5.Asserting that the country “belongs to all”, the protesters, who had gathered from various parts of the country, demanded measures for the safety and security of…
