A 62-year-old Hindu trader was hacked to death by unidentified men inside his shop in Trishal upazila of Mymensingh in Bangladesh, a local media report said on Tuesday. Hossain said the attackers hacked Sarkar with a sharp weapon, left him inside the shop, and closed the shutters. The Hindu population in Bangladesh has been affected by a series of incidents after the killing of radical youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi in December. The Council said it recorded 51 incidents of communal violence in December 2025 alone. According to the 2022 census, the Hindu population in Bangladesh is approximately 13.13 million, which accounts for about 7.95 per cent of the country's total population.

Source: The Telegraph February 10, 2026 15:52 UTC