Bangladesh: Destroyed Buddhist Temple Visited By A Rights Group At Teknaf In Cox’s Bazaar

Bangladesh: Destroyed Buddhist Temple Visited By A Rights Group At Teknaf In Cox’s Bazaar   On 21-22 January 2012 an 11-member civic group comprising human rights activists and journalists led by Pankaj Bhattacharya of Sammilito Samajik Andolon visited a three-hundred-year-old Buddhist temple at Hnila under Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazaar, which was allegedly destroyed and whose land was grabbed by a former lawmaker of ruling Awami League.   The other members of civic group are a...

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