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1 killed in Gujarat Hindu-Muslim strife

One person is killed and about 14 injured when violence erupts following a scuffle between Muslim and Hindu school students in Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state of Gujarat.
Shibir leader remanded over Hindu ashram volunteer murder

A Pabna court places a Islami Chhatra Shibir leader on a five-day remand in connection with the killing of Nityaranjan Pande, volunteer of a Hindu Ashram, who was hacked to death by unidentified assailants four days ago.
Hindu monastery worker killed in Pabna

Unidentified assailants hack dead a worker of a Hindu ashram (monastery) in Pabna in a style similar to the recent suspected militant killings. Nitya Ranjan Pande, 60, was a saint of Sri Sri Thakur Anukul Chandra Satsanga Ashram at Hemayetpur in Pabna Sadar upazila.
War crimes: Arrest warrants issued for 2 men

A war crimes tribunal issues arrest warrants against two men, including a former leader of Habiganj chapter Awami League, over crimes committed during the Liberation War in 1971.
Divine intervention? Indian Hindus ask gods to help Trump

Donald Trump may find it tough to get Republican leaders behind his campaign, but he's got some faraway fans trying to get the gods on his side.
Govt moves to form media monitoring centre

The government has taken initiative to form a “media monitoring centre” to monitor news items published in different media, the information minister tells the parliament.
Motion Timeline: 29 killings in 4 years

Since 2013, at least 29 secular activists, publishers, minorities and advocates of free thinking have been killed in grisly attacks, which are believed to be works of militants. Trial for only one such brutal attack has been completed so far.
Tailor killed in Tangail, ‘IS claims responsibility’

Bike-riding assailants stab dead a middle-aged Hindu tailor in Tangail. Hours later, US-based SITE Intelligence Group tweet that international militant outfit Islamic State have claimed credit for the murder saying that he blasphemed Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
‘Durga Temple looted’ in Demra

Unidentified miscreants have allegedly looted around Tk 30,000 from a Durga temple in Demra area of Dhaka.
Pilgrims of mythical Chandranath Hill

Several hundred thousand Hindu devotees of the country embark on a pilgrimage every year at the scenic and fabled Chandranath hill in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong.
‘Make Hindu marriage registration mandatory’

Speakers at meeting stresses the need for making marriage registration mandatory for the Hindu community and incorporate the necessary provision in the marriage registration law.
3 JMB, Jamaat men held over Debiganj priest killing

Police have claimed detention of three people in connection with the Debiganj temple attack in Panchagarh where a Hindu priest was killed and a devotee shot yesterday. Two among them are said to be members of banned militant outfit JMB and the other a Jamaat-e-Islami activist.
Delhi ‘beef raid’ causes outrage

The canteen of a Delhi guesthouse belonging to the southern Indian state of Kerala was visited by police after a right-wing Hindu group complained it had beef on its menu.
Shiv Sena attack derails India-Pakistan cricket talks

A meeting between India and Pakistan's cricket board chiefs in Mumbai has been cancelled after a protest by far-right Hindu nationalists.
BJP warns leaders over beef remarks

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is "angry" with party leaders who made incendiary statements in the aftermath of the Dadri killing over beef rumours.
6 idols desecrated in Satkhira Hindu temple

Miscreants desecrate six idols at a temple in Satkhira Sadar upazila early today, hours before start of the Durga Puja, the biggest Hindu religious festival.
India’s most polarizing animal

This is not the first time the cow has become mixed up with politics. Conflicts over cow slaughter sparked religious riots in India.
With Hindu party leading India, beef grows more political

The legislator was full of outrage when he arrived in the north Indian village days after the killing of a Muslim farmer who was rumored to have slaughtered cows. A Hindu mob had smashed through the heavy wooden door to the man's home, then beat him to death with his wife's sewing machine.
Ma Durga: Pliant soil to goddess with reverent touch of artisan (video)

Artisans are busy in Chittagong city making idols for the Durga puja festival around the clock.
Thai police struggle to track suspect (video)

Thai police say the trail had gone cold in the hunt for a bomber a week after 20 people were killed in the country's worst bomb attack.
'No foreign role' in Bangkok bombing

Monday's bombing in Thailand "unlikely" to be the work of international terror group, Thai government says.
Hindus celebrate Rathajatra in Dhaka (video)

The Hindu community celebrate one of their traditional festivals, Rathajatra (Chariot Procession) in Dhaka.
Probe eviction of 14 Hindu families

AT least 14 Hindu families have been evicted by land grabbers, allegedly at the behest of a local Jubo League leader, in Taltaliupazila of Barguna district.