Tag: Bangladeshi Hindus

Kozhikode (Kerala) : The Hindus of Bangladesh were dwindling with their strength decreasing from one-third in 1947 to one-fifteenth in 2016, said a human rights activist and professor. Richard Benkin, the US-based activist who is also a frequent traveller to Bangladesh, told IANS during a visit here that he was working against the ethnic cleansing of Hindus in the South Asian nation. "There has been a concerted attempt in that country to see that the Hindu's there are eradicated. The successive Bangladeshi governments under Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia have been...