Bangladesh on Boil: Mob Burns Sufi Saint's Corpse, Jatiya Party Office Set Ablaze, One Dead

Bangladesh on boil: Mob burns Sufi Saint's corpse, Jatiya Party office set ablaze, one dead

Two separate incidents of violence unfolded in Bangladesh on Friday, one involving the desecration and burning of a revered Sufi saint’s body, and another group set on fire the central office of Jatiya Party, an ally of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League. Mob burns Sufi Mystic's Corpse in Rajbari In the Rajbari district of western Bangladesh, a group of radical Islamists identifying themselves as the "monotheistic mass" stormed …

Mob violence has become one of Bangladesh’s biggest problems: BNP

Dhaka, Sep 6 (PTI) Former premier Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Saturday warned that mob violence has become one of the country’s biggest problems along with the emergence of right-wing forces, especially in the aftermath of last year's political change. BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in an interview with the Business Standard newspaper said if mob violence is not stopped, it will be "extremely harmful" f…

Jatiya Party office under attack again - The New Nation

Staff Reporter : The Central Party office of Jatiya Party (JP) located at the heart of the capital has once again come under vandalism and arson attack. Witnesses said that a group of people equipped with sticks brought out a protest procession in front of the Jatiya Party office in the evening. At that time the protesters vandalised the office and later set fire to it. The police personnel were present near the spot. Witnesses said that the Gon…