There were numerous reports of attacks against Hindu households, temples and businesses.
Members of the Bangladesh Hindu community participate in a protest and block the Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Aug 10.Hindus are the largest minority faith in mostly Muslim Bangladesh and are considered a steadfast support base for Ms Hasina’s party, the Awami League.on Aug 5 brought an end to her 15 years of autocratic rule, there were numerous reports of attacks against Hindu households, temples and businesses.
The statement on Aug 11 from the self-styled “council of advisers”, tasked with steering democratic reforms in the South Asian nation of 170 million people, listed numerous urgent priorities. The council also said it would reopen the metro system in the capital Dhaka by the end of the week and soon appoint a new central bank governor, replacing a Hasina loyalist forced to resign.Earlier in the day, a new chief justice was sworn in to office the day after his predecessor, another Hasina ally accused of sublimating the Supreme Court to her government’s will, quit following protester demands.
Mr Ahmed replaced Mr Obaidul Hassan after hundreds of protesters gathered outside the court to demand the latter step down. Her government was accused of widespread human rights abuses, including the extrajudicial killing of thousands of her political opponents, during her 15-year rule.
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