The woman was raped on the same day that Khokon Chandra Das, a Hindu man, died after being attacked and set ablaze by a mob in the Shariatpur district.

A Hindu widow has been gang-raped and tied to a tree in Bangladesh. The development comes in the aftermath of Dipu Chandra Das, a Hindu garment factory worker, being lynched after accusations of blasphemy on December 18.

The victim was identified as 38-year-old Rana Pratap Bairagi, a resident of Arua village in Keshabpur upazila of Jessore district.

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The killing took place around 6 pm in the Kopalia Bazar area of Manirampur sub-district in Jashore, southwestern Bangladesh, according to a report, citing officials

Rahman, 60, is the acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, one of two major political parties in the South Asian nation of more than 170 million people. His return is seen as politically significant ahead of the next election set for Feb. 12 under the current interim government.

A Hindu journalist was shot dead in Bangladesh’s Jashore district on Monday, as violence against religious minorities continues unabated in the country. The victim, Rana Pratap, who was the acting editor of a local newspaper, was killed in Kopalia Bazar area of Manirampur sub-district in Jashore at around 6 pm.

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Monday said that the conditions for a free, fair, and impartial election have "not yet been established in the country," and accused the government of showing bias toward a particular political party,

The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances finds that out of 1,569 confirmed cases, 287 fell into the ‘missing and dead’ category. Bangladesh has revealed that enforced disappearance cases connected to ousted leader Sheikh Hasina could number a staggering 4,000 to 6,000 people.