Dhaka, June 28 -- Three organisations advocating for the protection of minority rights in Bangladesh organised a human chain and protest march in front of the Press Club in capital Dhaka and elsewhere across the country on Saturday.

The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, Minority Unity Front, and the Bangladesh Puja Celebration Council held the protest to condemn the "ongoing violence against religious and ethnic minorities," according to a press release.

In their statement, Oikya Parishad mentioned that in Dhaka's Khilkhet area, the Khilkhet Sarbajanin Durga Temple was demolished with a bulldozed, with the idol still inside, and during the drive destroyed. In doing so, the government once again bowed down to the demands...