Two sedition cases have been filed in Dhaka against Priya Saha who had complained before the US president Donald Trump that 37 million persons from the minority community have disappeared from Bangladesh. She sought protection for life and property of the minority community in her meeting with President Trump. Priya Saha’s comment has created a political uproar in Bangladesh. On Saturday, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday said she will be sued on sedition charges. Ministry of Foreign affairs of Bangladesh had termed the allegations as false and motivated.Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said Priya Saha will be interrogated after…
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Eight sedition cases filed against Priya Biswas Saha in different districts for her comments “against the state” during a meeting with the US President Donald Trump were dismissed today. A total of nine sedition cases were filed in Dhaka, Sylhet, Brahmanbaria, Natore, Khulna, Jhalakathi and Kushtia earlier in the day. All the cases except one in Natore were dismissed by the respective court hours after the cases were lodged against her. Also read: Priya Saha to be sued for sedition: Obaidul Quader DHAKA Barrister Syedul Haque Suman filed a sedition case with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Ziaur…
BSS, Dhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has disapproved a planned government initiative to expose Priya Saha to sedition charges ahead of obtaining her explanation about her comments during an interaction with US president Donald Trump, road transport minister Obaidul Quader said today. “The prime minister last night sent me a message (from UK) saying no legal action was required to be initiated hastily,” Quader, also the general secretary of ruling Awami League, told a media briefing at the party’s Dhanmondi office. But he said Saha must make a public statement explaining what actually she wanted to tell Trump. Quader said Liberation War Affairs…
In a video, Priya Saha of the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council told the US President that 37 million people of the minority groups disappeared from Bangladesh. By PTI DHAKA: A Bangladeshi Hindu woman will be tried for sedition after she told US President Donald Trump in Washington that the minority communities in her country were being persecuted, according to a minister. Priya Saha, organising secretary of the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council (HBCUC), attended a meeting at the White House on July 19 and a video of the meeting with Trump subsequently went viral on social media…
“Saha’s allegation was absolutely false. No one will agree with her. A sedition case will be filed against her. The process is underway. We must take measures against her and are in the process of doing so… as a Bangladeshi national, she has made false, purposeful and treasonous remarks,” he said. Jul 20, 2019, 11:03 PM IST Priya Saha, organising secretary of the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council (HBCUC), attended a meeting at the White House on July 19 and a video of the meeting with Trump subsequently went viral on social media and sparked widespread controversy back home.…
Bangla Tribune: A day after a member of the Hindu minority community, Priya Saha alleged to US President Donald Trump that 37 people in Bangladesh have become victims of disappearance, Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia said legal actions will be taken against her. “The foreign ministry will issue a rejoinder… Priya Shaha would face legal action upon investigation,” he said on Saturday (Jul 20). The DMP chief was speaking at a programme in Dhaka on Saturday (Jul 20). Mia said, “Pariya Saha’s allegation is totally fabricated and baseless and her remarks is seditious and a part of international conspiracy. “The…
State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam strongly condemned the false allegation over minorities made by Bangladeshi woman Priya Saha to US President Donald Trump saying the government will look into it why she did so. He told this in a status posted on his verified Facebook account on Friday at 7:45 pm. “I had answered various questions of various countries and NGOs both from home and abroad related to human rights several times in the full house of the UN Human Rights. Persons like respected Rana Dasgupta were also there,” he wrote. Condemning her allegations, he wrote, “But…
Priya Saha who met US President and complained the about alleged communal attack against minorities, is wife of a director of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Following the allegation of the woman, the concerned authority here is the country took the issue seriously. A footage over her speech went viral. Later, people in social media started searching the identity of Priya Shaha. The much-talked woman is the wife of Malay Saha, hailed from Charbaniri village under Nazirpur upazila in Pirojpur. Her husband is also a director of ACC. Priya Shaha is also organising secretary of Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council. Earlier…
Bangladesh has strongly denied and condemned the charge levelled by Priya Saha, an organising secretary of Bangladesh Hindu, Budhist Christian Unity council alleging disappearance of 37 million persons of minority community in Bangladesh. Priya Saha met President Trump of US as part of a group sent from Bangladesh and complained that in Bangladesh 37 million religious minorities have disappeared. She made a request to the US President to help the remaining 18 million minorities in Bangladesh to retain their homes and property. The video clip of the meeting had become viral on Friday.In a press release issued today, the ministry…
In a video clip that has gone viral, a leader of a minority group from Bangladesh called Bangladesh Hindu-Buddha-Christian Oikya Parishad told Trump: “Sir, I’m from Bangladesh… 37 million Hindus, Buddhists and Christians are disappeared. Please help us – for the Bangladeshi people. We want to stay in our country.” On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump met victims of religious prosecution, a Bangladeshi minority leader’s comments has caused a huge outage in the Muslim-majority nation. Priya Saha, who met Trump along with other victims of religious prosecution including Nobel Laureate Nadia Murad, told the POTUS that 37 million Hindus, Buddhists…
He refers to Priya Saha’s complains to Trump about persecution of Bangladeshi Hindus The Tripura Governor hailed Priya Saha – the Bangladeshi Hindu who told Trump minorities were being persecuted in Bangladesh – saying at least the world knows about Hindus, Buddhists and Christians who faces oppression there. On Saturday, Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy hailed Priya Saha – the Bangladeshi Hindu who told Trump minorities were being persecuted in Bangladesh – saying at least the world knows about Hindus, Buddhists and Christians who faces oppression there. He claimed nearly 12.5 million minorities had been driven out and there were major pogroms in 1950,…
BSS, Dhaka: The government today termed as “blatant lies” the complaints made by Bangladeshi national Priya Saha to US President Donald Trump claiming that minority communities in the country are exposed to persecution. “Government of Bangladesh strongly protests against all the blatant lies told by Ms Priya Saha to President Trump and condemns her remarks in the strongest possible terms,” a foreign ministry press release said in Dhaka today. Condemning her remarks in strongest language, the foreign ministry release said there was an ulterior motive behind Priya Saha’s absolutely false and concocted stories that’s target was to malign Bangladesh. Referring to a video…