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Updated: May 27, 2002 09:37
26-May-02 (pdt.), 11-Jan-02 (DeshiTalk,NY) People of diverse faiths condemn Bangladesh violence - In an expression of common concern, community leaders of Indian, Bangladeshi and Caribbean origin in New York drew attention to what was described as “ethnic cleansing of Hindus and other minorities in Bangladesh,” at a pre-Christmas seminar at Satyanarayan Temple in Queens, New York. 26-May-02 (pdt.), 11-Dec-01 (Deccan Herald) Protest held in Laxmeshwar (Atrocities on Bangladeshi Hindus) -- A procession was held here on Wednesday (by VHP) in protest against the harassment of Hindus in Bangladesh. The procession started from the Someshwar temple and passed through all the main roads of the town and ended in front of the town hall. 26-May-02 (pdt.), 11-Dec-01 (Deccan Herald) ‘Bangla witnessing upsurge in anti-Hindu sentiments’ - “Bangladesh is witnessing upsurge of fanaticism and anti-Hindu sentiments with the recent political changes in that country,” Mr Mohan Rao, UK District Joint secretary of Vishwa Hindu Parishath, said. Fanatic religious elements in Bangladesh were perpetrating atrocities on the minority communities with the active support of the ruling party, he alleged. 26-May-02 (pdt.), 09-Dec-01 (Asian Age Online) RSS CHHATTISGARH PROTEST - The RSS workers held a demonstration here to protest against the alleged atrocities against Hindus in Bangladesh. An rss delegation also handed over a memorandum to the district collector, which was addressed to the President, the Prime Minister and the Union home minister. 26-May-02 (pdt.), 07-Dec-01 (India Times) Sangh takes up cudgels for Bangla Hindus - Sangh Parivar leaders on Wednesday led a delegation to the Prime Minister to protest the harrassment of Hindus by the Khalida Zia government in Bangladesh. 26-May-02 (pdt.), 06-Dec-01 (Indian Express) Team might visit Dhaka to check plight of Hindus - India may send a parliamentary delegation to Bangladesh to study the situation arising out of large-scale attacks on Hindus. 26-May-02 (pdt.), 05-Dec-01 (Hindustan Times) Vajpayee rules out camps at border for Hindu migrants - Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Wednesday turned down the VHP demand that the Centre set up special refugee camps at the border for Hindu migrants fleeing Bangladesh .The government was not in favour of making elaborate arrangements to receive the migrants as this could trigger off an exodus from the neighbouring country, he is said to have told VHP supremo Ashok Singhal and other leaders who met him to express concern on the issue. 26-May-02 (pdt.), 01-Dec-01 (Times of India) Bangla atrocities: Sikdar threatens militant action -- Senior BJP leader and Union Minister of State for Communications Tapan Sikdar on Saturday threatened that his party's West bengal unit would launch a 'militant agitation' against the atrocities committed on Bangladeshi Hindus. 26-May-02 (pdt.), 27-Nov-01 (Times of India) Bangla writer arrest invites Left, VHP ire - The Left and saffron parties here today took on the Khaleda Zia-led Bangladeshi Government on the issue of the recent arrest of eminent Bangladeshi writer, filmmaker and journalist Shahriar Kabir by the Bangladesh police on November 22 as well as large-scale crossing over of Bangladeshi Hindus to India. 26-May-02 (pdt.), 16-Nov-01 (Hindustan Times) Attacks on Hindus in Bangla criticised - The RSS on Friday slammed the Bangladesh Government for "failing" to ensure protection of Hindu minorities. The Sangh and held the Centre and West Bengal government "accountable" for the "tragedy that has befallen our people". 30-Apr-02 (CBB) April 2002 News in Bangla from the "Daily Ittefaq" 30-Apr-02 (Daily Star) Ctg Buddhists announce agitation programme - Members of the Buddhist community here have announced a month-long agitation programme to press their demand for an immediate and fair trial of the killing of monk Gyanojyoti Mohasthobir.... 29-Apr-02 (BBC News) Priest killed in Bangladesh - A Hindu priest is stabbed to death in Bangladesh just days after the killing of a prominent Buddhist monk sparked outrage. 26-Apr-02 (Times of India) Centre again alerts state to ISI activities - The state government has recently received an alert from the Centre on the Pakistan’s ISI trying to reunite several Islamic organisations in bangladesh and also train them to carry out insurgency operations. The alert indicates that a training camp has been set up in the Sylhet district of bangladesh under the overall supervision of an ex-Major of the Pakistan’s army. 26-Apr-02 (Independent) Human rights tale - The state of human rights has never been a cause for happiness in this country...If the state of the present happens to be one of no fewer than 258 people getting murdered in the first quarter of this year, the future does not look all that bright for us...The image which comes up of the country, in light of such revelations, is deeply dispiriting. A civilised society either must roll back such conditions or perish. The choices are clear. 24-Apr-02 (BBC News) Monk's murder angers Bangladeshi Buddhists - The Buddhist community in Bangladesh has expressed outrage over the murder of a prominent monk in the southern district of Chittagong. 23-Apr-02 (Daily Star) Letter to Editor: Protest of FEER Editor and BBC - Why is it, that whenever anyone reports anything about Bangladesh which is negative we start jumping up and down like monkeys screeching of conspiracies, propaganda, bias and malice? 23-Apr-02 (BBC News) Protests over Bangladesh monk's murder - The minority Buddhist community in Bangladesh is angry over the murder of a prominent monk in the Chittagong district. 21-Apr-02 (Daily Star) 'Protecting HR a must for economic growth' - An American human rights campaigner has said protecting human rights is a must for economic growth. "Economic development will be hampered if there is no human rights," said Jeffery Ballinger, a Harvard University scholar. 14-Apr-02 (BBC News) Denmark withholds Bangladesh aid - The Danish Government withdraws $45m worth of aid to Bangladesh, publicly accusing its shipping minister of corruption. 14-Apr-02 (Zee News) Denmark withdraws Bangladeshi aid due to corruption - Denmark said on Sunday it would withdraw 45 million dollars in aid earmarked for Bangladesh's shipping sector because of corruption. 09-Apr-02 (BBC News) Two Bangladeshis killed on Indian border - The authorities in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal say two Bangladeshi Hindus have been shot dead by Indian Border Security Force personnel near the border with Bangladesh. Correspondents say many Hindus have tried to enter West Bengal following the election of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led coalition in October, whose supporters are alleged to have carried out a series of attacks on Hindus. The Bangladeshi authorities have denied the allegations. 03-Mar-02 (Times of India) Stop exports to Bangladesh - The RSS on Saturday asked the Centre to suspend Indian exports to Bangladesh till Dhaka took steps for the safe return of displaced Bangladeshi Hindus, who had come to India. They wanted the government to immediately stop export of potatoes, onions, rice and meat, as well as supply of water to Bangladesh from Farraka, till the refugees were rehabilitated. 03-Mar-02 (Times of India) Bangladesh pledges communal harmony - Predominantly Muslim bangladesh on Sunday pledged to maintain communal harmony amid protests by some small Islamic groups against communal violence in neighbouring India. Home Minister Altaf Hossain Chowdhury told reporters: "I firmly believe there is no scope or chance for such (communal) violence in Bangladesh, which is a land of communal harmony. "Even then, we are ... 05-Feb-02 (Zee News) Bangladesh says no need to enact law to protect minorities - Notwithstanding the killing of a Hindu priest and a Buddhist monk and also the allegations of persecution of religious minorities, the Khaleda Zia government in Bangladesh has rejected a demand to enact a law to protect them. 28-Feb-02 (CBB) February 2002 News in Bangla from the "Daily Ittefaq" |
