Year: 2025

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Locked doors, burning homes: Bangladesh’s Hindu minority faces surge in radical violence

December 24, 2025 The Chittagong Hill Tracts

Sanjoy Kumar Barua A series of coordinated night-time arson attacks on Hindu homes in...

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From hope to horror: he ran to the police station, hours later burned alive by fanatics

December 22, 2025 The Chittagong Hill Tracts

Sanjoy Kumar Barua Dipu Chandra Das, a 27-year-old Hindu garment worker, ran for his...

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Locked inside and left to die: child perishes in Bangladesh arson attack

December 21, 2025 The Chittagong Hill Tracts

Sanjoy Kumar Barua A seven-year-old girl was burned alive and three members of her...

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Fanatic mobs wreak havoc in Bangladesh after radical leader’s death

December 20, 2025 The Chittagong Hill Tracts

Sanjoy Kumar Barua Fanatic groups carried out coordinated attacks across multiple cities in Bangladesh...

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“If Dr. Yunus wishes, he can turn all of Bangladesh into a prison”: veteran journalist Anis Alamgir arrested

December 15, 2025 The Chittagong Hill Tracts

Sanjoy Kumar Barua “Honorable court, I am a journalist. I question those in power....

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Bangladesh: Freedom Fighter Couple Killed Brutally and Veteran Cemetery Torched in Victory Month

December 7, 2025 The Chittagong Hill Tracts

Sanjoy Kumar Barua In Bangladesh’s Victory Month—a period traditionally devoted to honoring the heroes...

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Bangladesh ablaze: nine major fires under interim rule expose governance failures and threaten state fragility

October 20, 2025 The Chittagong Hill Tracts

Sanjoy Kumar Barua A succession of major fires across Bangladesh has exposed serious shortcomings...

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Sixteen lives lost as fire ravages Bangladesh garment factory and warehouse

October 14, 2025 The Chittagong Hill Tracts

Sanjoy Kumar Barua At least 16 people have died and several others have been...

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• Environment

Vanishing reserve forests, vanishing indigenous lives: CHT’s last wildlands in peril

October 11, 2025 The Chittagong Hill Tracts

Sanjoy Kumar Barua The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), long known for its rich biodiversity...

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State-backed carnage: PCJSS condemns deadly attacks on indigenous Jummas in Bangladesh

October 8, 2025 The Chittagong Hill Tracts

Sanjoy Kumar Barua The Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS), the leading political organization...