Hindu priest

Hindu priest, wife found dead in Ctg

Police recovered the bodies of a Hindu priest and his wife from a temple at Purangar union of Satkania upazila yesterday.

Another Hindu priest murdered

Sixty-two-year-old Shyamananda Das was plucking flowers for religious services yesterday morning. This was when assailants riding

Indian envoy visits Ramakrishna Mission

Indian High Commissioner Harsh Vardhan Shringla visits Ramakrishna Mission in Dhaka and expresses his satisfaction over the security provided there by the government.

Priest killing: 3 more suspects remanded

A Panchagarh court places three more suspects on 18 days' remand in two cases filed for killing of a priest at Sri Sri Sonto Gaurio temple in Debiganj upazila. With these six people have been remanded in the cases so far.

'Breakthrough' in priest killing

Five days into the murder of a Hindu priest in Panchagarh, police yesterday claimed to have "completely cracked" the case and arrested three "key suspects".

Now temple vandalised in Panchagarh

A decades-old Hindu temple was found vandalised in Panchagarh yesterday, three days after unknown assailants slit the throat of a Hindu priest in the district.

Panchagarh Temple Attack / Priest killed, devotee shot

Criminals slit the throat of a Hindu priest at a temple in Debiganj of Panchagarh just after dawn yesterday and fled the scene firing shots and exploding homemade bombs, which injured two devotees. Deceased Jogeswar Dasadhikari, 50, is the latest victim of a recent string of attacks on clerics and prayer houses of minorities in Bangladesh over the last few months.

Editorial / Murder of Hindu priest

We vehemently condemn the attack on a Hindu temple and the murder of a priest, that too on a day which, for Bangladeshis, symbolises plurality, tolerance and secularism.

IS claims Panchagarh priest murder: SITE

Terrorist outfit Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for murdering a Hindu priest in Debiganj upazila of Panchagarh, US-based SITE Intelligence Group says.

October 11, 2017
October 11, 2017

Hindu priest, wife found dead in Ctg

Police recovered the bodies of a Hindu priest and his wife from a temple at Purangar union of Satkania upazila yesterday.

July 2, 2016
July 2, 2016

Another Hindu priest murdered

Sixty-two-year-old Shyamananda Das was plucking flowers for religious services yesterday morning. This was when assailants riding

June 19, 2016
June 19, 2016

Indian envoy visits Ramakrishna Mission

Indian High Commissioner Harsh Vardhan Shringla visits Ramakrishna Mission in Dhaka and expresses his satisfaction over the security provided there by the government.

February 27, 2016
February 27, 2016

Priest killing: 3 more suspects remanded

A Panchagarh court places three more suspects on 18 days' remand in two cases filed for killing of a priest at Sri Sri Sonto Gaurio temple in Debiganj upazila. With these six people have been remanded in the cases so far.

February 27, 2016
February 27, 2016

'Breakthrough' in priest killing

Five days into the murder of a Hindu priest in Panchagarh, police yesterday claimed to have "completely cracked" the case and arrested three "key suspects".

February 25, 2016
February 25, 2016

Now temple vandalised in Panchagarh

A decades-old Hindu temple was found vandalised in Panchagarh yesterday, three days after unknown assailants slit the throat of a Hindu priest in the district.

February 22, 2016
February 22, 2016

Murder of Hindu priest

We vehemently condemn the attack on a Hindu temple and the murder of a priest, that too on a day which, for Bangladeshis, symbolises plurality, tolerance and secularism.

February 22, 2016
February 22, 2016

Priest killed, devotee shot

Criminals slit the throat of a Hindu priest at a temple in Debiganj of Panchagarh just after dawn yesterday and fled the scene firing shots and exploding homemade bombs, which injured two devotees. Deceased Jogeswar Dasadhikari, 50, is the latest victim of a recent string of attacks on clerics and prayer houses of minorities in Bangladesh over the last few months.

February 21, 2016
February 21, 2016

IS claims Panchagarh priest murder: SITE

Terrorist outfit Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for murdering a Hindu priest in Debiganj upazila of Panchagarh, US-based SITE Intelligence Group says.

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