Bangladesh holds ‘peace rally’ to denounce violence against minority Hindus

Thousands of activists marched in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Tuesday to denounce a wave of violence against minority Hindus over an allegedly blasphemous social media post in the predominantly Muslim South Asian country.The ruling Awami League party of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina organised the “harmony procession and peace rally” a day after assailants carried out arson attacks on a remote village in the northern Rangpur district, leaving at least 20 Hindu homes burnt to ash.The violence…