Bangladesh

At Geneva’s UN Human Rights Council, European leaders decry worsening rights abuses in Bangladesh and Pakistan, urging greater global pressure to protect minorities and women.

A Canadian institute says the UN’s Bangladesh protest report overstated abuses under Hasina while overlooking opposition-led violence and aiding Yunus’s interim rule.

As temples sparkle and dhaks beat across Bangladesh, many Hindu devotees still carry the anxiety of past violence, pressing the interim government to back words with action.

At the UNHRC, rights groups denounce Bangladesh’s interim government for killings in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, mob lynchings, and targeting of minorities.

BNP’s Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury urged respect for all religions while attending Durga Puja festivities in Chattogram, stressing harmony beyond religious divides.