Durga Puja will be celebrated from October 9 to 13, a period during which authorities are bracing for possible unrest. "If anyone disrupts or harasses people at worship halls, we will not spare them.

At a protest in Dhaka, Advocate Gobind Chandra Pramanik, former president of the Hindu Alliance, said, “The area has mosques, ...

Amid a surge of violence and discrimination against Hindus in Bangladesh, fundamentalists are now protesting the upcoming celebration of Durga Puja. Videos circulating on social media show radical ...

Four days of Durga Puja festivity started in Bangladesh on Thursday (October 10, 2024) amidst nagging concerns about security. Chief Adviser Prof. Mohammad Yunus and the leadership of the ...

Bangladesh said the idol of the makeshift Mandap was immersed in the Balu River, in due reverence, with the participation of ...

Bangladesh’s current interim leader, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, has faced serious challenges in maintaining law and order since he took over in August, and Durga Puja was seen as an acid ...

Durga Puja, one of the biggest annual Hindu festivals, starts on 9 October and idol-makers across Bangladesh have been working round the clock.

Ranadash Dasgupta, the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council’s general secretary, told VOA, “In the last 15 days, idols of Durga Puja have been damaged in 19 Puja [ritual prayer ...

Durga Puja 2024: As Durga Puja approaches, Bangladesh's Hindu minority faces threats from radical Islamic group, which opposes festival celebrations and idol worship. Protests have erupted against ...

Durga Puja: 4 killed, Para forces in 22 districts. In 2021, at least four people were killed and several injured after some Hindu temples in Bangladesh were attacked during the Durga Puja ...

The demolition of a Durga temple in Dhaka by Bangladesh Railway has ignited protests from the local Hindu community. The loss ...

The Hindu community in Bangladesh has been forced to change the venues of Durga Puja festival at some places due to repeated obstruction by the radical groups. Durga Puja is set to be celebrated ...