New Delhi: Tensions between India and Bangladesh have escalated sharply amid increasing reports of atrocities against the Hindu minority in Bangladesh. The neighboring country has been accused of intensifying its crackdown on Hindus, with incidents of ...

Amid ongoing violence against Hindus and other minorities, a violent Islamist mob on Friday (29 November) attacked and vandalised three Hindu temples in Bangladesh's Chattogram. The port city has recently seen protests and unrest following arrest of a former ISKCON member and Hindu Monk Chinmoy Krishna Das.

Kotwali Police Station chief Abdul Karim confirmed the attack, saying that assailants attempted to damage the temples

The Bangladesh government has frozen bank accounts of 17 individuals linked to ISKCON amid tensions surrounding the arrest of Hindu priest Chinmoy Krishna Das, whose account will also be affected.

They started shouting anti-Hindu and anti-ISKCON slogans." Chattogram has been witnessing protests and violence since a former ISKCON member, Chinmoy Krishna Das, was arrested and sent to jail for allegedly disrespecting the national flag.

Dhaka: Another ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) center in Bhairab, Bangladesh, was vandalised on Saturday, marking yet another attack targeting the Hindu minority in the country.

Religious minorities in Bangladesh fear a crackdown in the Muslim-majority country amid unrest sparked by the arrest of a popular figure in the Hindu rights movement.

As India-Bangladesh tensions over atrocities against Hindus escalate, the neighbouring country has intensified its crackdown on the minority community with more vandalisation of temples, freezing of bank accounts of ISKCON-related persons,

In Chattogram, Bangladesh, three Hindu temples were attacked by a mob on Friday following sedition charges against a former ISKCON member. Authorities reported damage to the Shoni Temple and other temples' gates.

Religious tensions were raised in Bangladesh after the arrest of a former ISKCON member under sedition charges.

Three Hindu temples were vandalised by a slogan-shouting mob on Friday in Bangladesh's Chattogram which has witnessed protests and violence since a former ISKCON member was booked under sedition charges.