Minority community leaders in Bangladesh today demanded resignation of Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen over statements they claimed he made while visiting India, regarding atrocities on minorities in Bangladesh.

Hitting out at Pakistan for its denial of committing war crimes and atrocities during the 1971 Liberation War, BNP says it is a fact that Pakistani forces had carried genocide and atrocities.

Thousands of people suffer on Dhaka city streets this afternoon for the mass parade of Shipping Minster Shahjahan Khan that crippled vehicular movements through key streets.