The video, recorded during a police exercise in the Kaushambi area, shows an officer placing what appears to be a mobile phone on the back of an elderly man and declaring that he was “from Bangladesh.” Police in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad have ordered an inquiry after a video circulated on social media showing a police...
Bangladesh’s Foreign Adviser Touhid Hossain said he had been informed of death threats made against High Commissioner Riaz Hamidullah during the demonstration. Bangladesh has suspended consular and visa services at its High Commission in New Delhi and its Assistant High Commission in Agartala until further notice, citing heightened diplomatic tensions linked to recent unrest in...
The incident comes amid wider unrest following the death of student leader Sharif Osman Hadi, who died from gunshot wounds at a hospital in Singapore on Thursday. A Hindu man was killed by a mob in Bangladesh’s Mymensingh district on Thursday night after allegations of blasphemy, police said. The victim, identified by local media as...