Bangladesh Information and Broadcasting Minister M Hasan Mahmud on Thursday blamed opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and pro-Pakistan elements for the recent communal violence in the country during Durga Puja.
Fake social media accounts are being used to spread fake news and communally sensitive rumours, including pictures of burning anddamaged mosque, following Tuesday's violence in Tripura, the state police said, adding the situation is "absolutely norm
While the rally was ostensibly a protest against communal violence in Bangladesh, the scenes witnessed in the northeastern state were starkly reminiscent of the violence itself.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina won the election by a landslide by promising to bring back the secular Constitution of 1972, by promising not to mix religion and politics and ensure the rights of minorities. She has not kept any of her promises after coming to power.