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The Bangabazar fire is symptomatic of Dhaka markets’ unpreparedness and sheer negligence to prevent massive blazes because they lack warning systems. Read more on The Hindu.
The three people, including a police officer, were injured when miscreants threw bricks from the rooftop of Nur Super Market in Patuatuli area of Old Dhaka on the procession heading to immerse ...
At least 15 people were killed and several others injured in an explosion in a crowded market area in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on Tuesday, a local fire service official said.
Authorities in Bangladesh razed a makeshift Durga temple in Dhaka as part of a demolition drive, triggering widespread outrage and condemnation from the Hindu community in the Muslim-majority ...
Muslim devotees shout slogans during a protest over an alleged insult to Islam, outside the country’s main Baitul Mukarram Mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021.
Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Dhaka as Bangladesh is rocked by its worst communal violence in years, sparked by allegations that the Quran was desecrated at a Hindu temple ...
‘Making Bangladesh part of India…’: Angry mob heckles woman scribe in Dhaka amid row over arrest of Hindu monk The South Asian country is grappling with political tensions after long-time ...
Some 200km north of Dhaka, Mr Sarkar’s wife’s home in a neighbourhood in Sherpur district was also on the edge. Although her house escaped attack, a mob looted a neighbouring Hindu home.
Protests erupt in Dhaka, amid Muslim-Hindu tensions Thousands of protesters in Bangladesh’s capital have clashed with police, amid Muslim-Hindu tensions in the country. Via AP news wire.