Hindus in Bangladesh

January 13, 2026 10:24 AM

Bangladesh: Hindu auto-rickshaw driver brutally murdered in Feni district

A 28-year-old Hindu auto-rickshaw driver, Samir Kumar Das, was brutally murdered in Daganbhuiyan upazila of Bangladesh’s Feni district on Sunday night with assailants fleeing the scene with his vehicle. According to police and local sources, Samir Kumar Das—also known as Samir Chandra Das—was beaten and stabbed with country-made weapons near the Daganbhuiyan Upazila Health Complex. His battery-operated CNG auto-rickshaw was taken by the attackers. Locals discovered his blood-soaked body a...

April 4, 2025 5:14 PM

Sheikh Hasina’s extradition discussed during PM Modi, Muhammad Yunus’s meeting: Foreign secretary Vikram Misri

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held his first meeting with Bangladesh's Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus since the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC Summit in Bangkok, where the two leaders discussed Hasina’s possible extradition, India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said. “There were talks on Sheikh Hasina's extradition. Can't say more on that,” Misri said during a special briefing on PM Modi’s visit to Thaila...

December 13, 2024 4:08 PM

Jaishankar addresses concerns over attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar voiced concern in Parliament on Friday over the treatment of Hindus in Bangladesh amidst ongoing challenges in the country. He described violence against minorities in Bangladesh as a "source of concern." “With regard to the treatment of minorities in Bangladesh, it has been a source of concern. There have been multiple incidents of attacks on them. We have drawn our concern to their attention. Recently, the Foreign Secretary visited Dhaka, and this su...

November 29, 2024 11:19 AM

Hindus are being subject to death: British MP condemns attack on Hindus in Bangladesh

Bob Blackman, a Conservative Member of Parliament for Harrow East in the United Kingdom, condemned the attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh and expressed concern over the Bangladesh High Court's attempt to ban ISKCON from the country. On Thursday, in a post on X, he shared a video of his speech in Parliament and said, "Today, I condemned the attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh and the imprisonment of Chinmoy Krishna Das. I am also concerned by the attempt in their High Court to rule that ISKCON should b...

October 4, 2024 10:30 AM

Airline banner over New York City’s Hudson River calls to stop genocide of Hindus in Bangladesh

In a strong plea to the global community, Hindu American groups flew a massive banner over the Hudson River, circling the Statue of Liberty, urging immediate action to stop the ongoing persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh. The 1971 genocide, recognized by US Congress Resolution HR 1430 in 2022, resulted in the deaths of 2.8 million people and the rape of over 200,000 predominantly Hindu women. Since then, Bangladesh's Hindu population has declined from 20% in 1971 to just 8.9% today. Recent rep...