Bangladesh-India tensions rise as religious minority issues and democracy are scrutinised.

Young people have been at the centre of a major political transition.

The communal attacks against minorities undermine the very essence of unity and justice that countless student protesters have sacrificed their lives for.

Attacks on religious minorities in the country are not isolated incidents, rather all of them are pre-planned, speakers said during an event on communal attacks and what society can do to combat those.

An attack claimed by Islamic State on a Sikh temple in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least two people and injured seven, officials said, another deadly incident in a spate of violence targeting minorities and places of worship.

US Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Rashad Hussain travelled to Bangladesh on April 17-20. He visited the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar, met government officials, civil society and youth groups in Dhaka. In a written email interview on May 5, he shared with The Daily Star the purpose of his visit and the message he left here or will communicate to Washington.

Unknown assailants yesterday hacked to death a Christian grocer in Baraigram upazila of Natore, the latest in a series of attacks on religious minorities.

Awami League General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam says there is no place for the perpetrators, who attack on religious minorities, in Bangladesh.