Recurring Attacks on Minorities Across B’desh

June 27, 2026

Bangladesh is witnessing an escalating wave of attacks on religious minorities, particularly Hindus, while hundreds of incidents targeting Christians have also been reported. The country ranks 33rd on Open Doors’ World Watch List, an annual ranking of the 50 countries where Christians face the most severe persecution. In a separate incident, Atahar, a Christian convert from Islam, had just finished cleaning his shop in a village in northern Bangladesh and was preparing to open for business when a crowd of 500 to 700 people reportedly gathered outside and assaulted him. According to the report, members of the mob told him that Christians were not permitted to conduct business in the area before tying his hands with a rope and forcibly dragging him outside. Additionally, on the same day, two other Christian businessmen were reportedly expelled from their shops, while all three families were subsequently banned from using public roads in the village. these are just two of many accounts highlighting a surge in attacks against Christians in Bangladesh since the February 12 elections. The ruling Bangladesh National Party (BNP), which secured a landslide victory, had campaigned on the promise of building a “rainbow nation” that would be inclusive of all ethnic and religious communities. Its manifesto pledged that regardless of whether Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Christian, people of the hills, or people of the plains, and regardless of whether rich or poor, together they shall build a national unity and an indivisible national identity