Members of the minority Hindu community in Bangladesh held a protest, over recent violence against them, outside Jamuna State Guest House in Dhaka where the country’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus is staying.
The protestors held posters of their family members who went missing during the incidents of violence in the country.
Prof Yunus, who has reached out to the Hindu community following the violence, convened a meeting at Jamuna state guest house. The meeting, which was attended by all the advisors, was like a cabinet meeting, and discussions focused on the recent violence including attacks on minority Hindu, future direction of Bangladesh and restoring peace in the country, officials said. They said it was like the first cabinet meeting of the interim government, which assumed office after Sheikh Hasina apparently resigned as Prime Minister earlier this month. There was heightened security outside the Jamuna State Guest House.
A minor clash occurred between the Army personnel and the members of the minority Hindu community protesting with posters of their family members who went missing during the incidents of violence in the country.
Apart from members of Hindu community, residents of Bangladesh whose family members are missing, staged a demonstration outside the Jamuna guest house in Dhaka. They demanded that Prof Yunus meet them and provide assurances that the atrocities against their community would cease.
Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel Laureate, visited the historic Dhakeshwari Temple in Dhaka in Dhaka on Tuesday, where he assured the minorities in Bangladesh of their safety and security in the country.
“Rights are equal for everyone. We are all one people with one right. Do not make any distinctions among us. Please, assist us. Exercise patience, and later judge — what we were able to do and not. If we fail, then criticise us,” Prof Yunus was quoted as saying by Bangladesh newspaper Daily Star.TIN Bureau