Hindu Priest Brutally Killed: Bangladesh

Unidentified assailants on Tuesday shot and hacked to death a Hindu priest, Ananta Gopal Ganguly, in Jhenaidah in southwestern part of the country. He was attacked at around 9:30 a.m. by three men who slit his throat with sharp-edged weapons.

Full news: http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/hindu-priest-brutally-killed-in-bangladesh/article8700464.ece

Hindu teacher beaten up: Bangladesh

In yet another incident of mob justice against minorities in Bangladesh, a Hindu headmaster of a school in Narayanganj was on Friday punished by locals for allegedly insulting Islam.

As per The Daily Star newsapaper– leading English daily of Bangladesh – principal Shyamal Kanti Bhakta of Piyar Sattar Latif High School in the district's Bandar area told BBC Bangla service that the locals were provoked by the false accusations of him making disparaging statements about the religion.

http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/hindu-teacher-in-bangladesh-beaten-up-made-to-do-sit-ups-by-holding-ears-for-insulting-islam-watch_1885233.html

Hindu tailor hacked to death: Bangladesh

A Hindu tailor was hacked to death near his workplace in Gopalpur upazila of Tangail district near Dhaka. Police and eyewitness said three young men, who came on a motorcycle, hacked Nikhil Chandra Joarder (50) and left him dead on the spot.

Police and eyewitness said three young men, who came on a motorcycle, hacked Nikhil Chandra Joarder (50) and left him dead on the spot.

The Islamic State group-affiliated Aamaq news agency issued a statement saying “elements of the Islamic State stabbed to death by knife a Hindu in Tangail in Bangladesh who was known for insulting Prophet Muhammad”. It did not give further details.

Full news: http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/bangladesh-hindu-man-hacked-to-death/article8541586.ece

Islamist group demands removal of Hindu Chief Justice: Bangladesh

An Islamist group in Bangladesh has stoked controversy after it demanded removal of the country's Hindu Supreme Court Chief Justice.

http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/world/bangladesh-islamist-group-demands-removal-of-hindu-chief-justice/221760.html

Hindu temple vandalised: Bangladesh

A Hindu temple and religious ritual site have been ransacked at Gaibandha’s Saghata Upazila.

At least four people were injured in the attack on Monday.

http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2016/03/28/hindu-temple-vandalised-in-bangladesh-ritual-site-attacked-for-extortion

Top Hindu priest Murdered: Bangladesh

The Islamic State on Monday claimed the brutal killing of a head priest in Bangladesh at a Hindu temple in an area bordering India, the first attack by the dreaded terror group targeting the community amid a series of similar assaults on religious minorities.

U.S.-based private SITE Intelligence Group published the ISIS statement in Arabic after the execution—style killing of 50-year-old Jagneshwar Roy at Sonapota village on Sunday in a pre-dawn attack in northern Panchagarh district’s Debiganj Upazila, some 494 km from here, that also injured two Hindu devotees.

“In a security operation, soldiers of the Caliphate liquidated the priest — the founder and head of the Deviganj temple that belongs to the Hindus,” read the English translation of the IS statement.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/is-claims-murder-of-top-hindu-priest-in-bangladesh/article8267725.ece

Iskcon temple attacked: Bangladesh

At least two Hindu devotees were injured on Thursday as miscreants opened fire during a religious conference at a temple in Dinajpur

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/2-injured-iskcon-temple-gun-attack-in-bangladesh/1/544179.html