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Durga Puja

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The struggle for Bangladesh's secular soul

  • October 31, 2021
  • 483
As Bangladesh prepared for the largest religious festival of the Hindu community earlier this month, communal violence spread in several parts of the country after news emerged on social media about t...

No doubt govt behind communal violence: Fakhrul

  • October 31, 2021
  • 287
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday alleged that there is no doubt that the government incited the recent communal violence to make political gains. “Let there be no doubt t...

Quran desecration: Remand for Iqbal, 3 others extended by 5 days

  • October 29, 2021
  • 475
Iqbal Hossain and three others accused in an alleged case of desecration of Quran at a temporary Puja site in Cumilla's Nanuwar Dighir Par have been remanded for a further five days, allowing police t...

HC orders judicial probe into attacks on Hindus in 6 districts

  • October 28, 2021
  • 385
The High Court on Thursday ordered a judicial inquiry into the vandalism, arson attacks on Hindu community people during their Durga Puja in six districts of the country. The six districts are Cumill...

Quran desecration case against Iqbal, 3 others transferred to CID

  • October 25, 2021
  • 452
Police handed over the Quran desecration case against Iqbal Hossain and three others to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Sunday. The instruction came from the Police Headquarters, Mohammad...

Man suspected of being Cumilla's Iqbal held from Cox's Bazar

  • October 22, 2021
  • 435
Police Thursday night held a man suspecting him to be Iqbal Hossain, who was identified earlier as the one who kept a copy of the Quran at a Durga Puja venue in Cumilla, drawing accusations of desecra...

9 arrested over communal attacks in Noakhali

  • October 20, 2021
  • 375
Law enforcement agencies have arrested nine people for their alleged involvement in the recent communal attacks on Hindu temples, idols and properties during the Durga Puja celebrations at Chowmuhani ...

Cumilla incident aimed at destroying communal harmony: Home Minister

  • October 17, 2021
  • 410
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday said the Cumilla incident was planned for destroying the communal harmony of the country. “It appears to us that it was a motivated act instigated by a vest...

Goddess Durga returns to ‘Kailash’

  • October 16, 2021
  • 654
Durga Puja, the biggest festival of Bengali Hindus, has come to an end on Friday with the immersion of the Goddess Durga’s idols across the country in tight security. According to the beliefs of th...

Durga Puja to end with goddess’ immersion on Bijoya Dashami today

  • October 15, 2021
  • 452
Durga Puja, the biggest Hindu festival, will come to an end Friday with the immersion of the Goddess Durga’s idols across the country. Devotees will throng Puja mandaps to celebrate Bijoya Dashami,...