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This was the third explosion in Bangladesh within a week after explosion at an oxygen plant in Sitakunda and another building on Dhaka's Mirpur Road. [4] Similar explosions have occurred in the last two years in Bangladesh, most notably the blast inside a four-storied Moghbazar building that resulted in the collapse and abandonment of the building.
t. e. From 13 to 19 October 2021, Muslim mobs instigated communal violence against Hindu communities across Bangladesh during the Durga Puja festival, in response to a viral video where Quran was kept under a temple idol's feet. More than 50 temples and makeshift worship arrangements were vandalised all over Bangladesh.
Murder of Shibli Sadiq Hridoy. The kidnapping and murder of Shibli Sadiq Hridoy (Bengali: শিবলী সাদিক হৃদয়ের হত্যা) is a murder case which took place in Bandarban, Bangladesh, during the monsoon of 2023, when a young Bengali man named Shibli Sadiq Hridoy was kidnapped and killed by several men from ...
The 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement, also known as the July Revolution, [d] was a series of anti-government [e] and pro- democracy [f] protests in Bangladesh, spearheaded primarily by university students. Initially focused on restructuring quota-based systems for government job recruitment, the movement expanded against what many perceive ...
July 2016 Dhaka attack. On the night of 1 July 2016, at 21:20 local time, [2] five militants took hostages and opened fire on the Holey Artisan Bakery [3] in Gulshan Thana. [4] The assailants entered the bakery with crude bombs, machetes, pistols, and took several dozen hostages (foreigners and locals). In the immediate response, while Dhaka ...
The location of Savar (red marker), the site of the building collapse, in relation to Dhaka. Photo of Rana Plaza taken one year before the collapse. Rana Plaza was built in 2006 and owned by Sohel Rana—allegedly a member of the local unit of Jubo League (the youth wing of Bangladesh Awami League, the political party in power).
Hinduism is the second largest religion in Bangladesh, as according to the 2022 Census of Bangladesh, approximately 13.1 million people responded that they were Hindus, constituting 7.95% out of the total population of 165.15 million people. [ 4 ][ 5 ] In terms of population, Bangladesh is the third-largest Hindu populated country of the world ...
When Bangladesh applied for membership to the United Nations in 1972, China vetoed its application [156] because two U.N. resolutions about the repatriation of Pakistani prisoners of war and civilians had not yet been implemented. [157] China was also among the last countries to recognise independent Bangladesh, refusing to do so until 31 ...