<p>Leaders of the ruling Awami League party and opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in the country's Gaibandha district have come together to protect the minority Hindu community in that area.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Houses of Hindus were attacked, torched and ransacked in various places of the country after the Jan 5 general elections.<br /><br />On Jan 6, several homes and business establishments of Hindus were attacked in Kuptala union of the district's Sadar upazila (sub-district), bdnews24.com reported Friday.<br /><br />Following the attack, the BNP and Awami League leaders of the Kuptala union's Ward-6 agreed to work together to provide security to the Hindu community, the report said.<br /><br />The Hindu communities of the district's Sundargang, Sadullyapur, Palashbari and Govindaganj upazilas are now living in fear. <br /><br />The leaders of the two political parties decided to unite at a meeting Thursday. The meeting was presided by former union parishad chairman Mojibor Rahman.<br /><br />"The leaders of the two parties have agreed to live peacefully, shunning all sorts of violence," bdnews24.com quoted Rahman as saying.<br /><br />The ward unit's Awami League general secretary Zeyad Ali said: "Leaders and activists of both parties have agreed to work together to maintain communal harmony in the area."Faizar Rahman, BNP chief of the area, said: "We want to assure the local minorities that such incident (the attack few days ago) will not recur."<br /><br />The upazila administration chief Mamunur Rashid has confirmed the news of the BNP and Awami League working together to protect the Hindus, the report said.<br /><br />The National Human Rights Commission Wednesday said the Bangladesh government has failed to prevent attacks on Hindus after the elections.<br /><br />Mired in controversy, the elections were held in just 147 out of 300 seats in 59 out of 64 districts of the country. <br /><br />Some 21 parties, including former prime minister Khaleda Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party, boycotted the polls over Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's refusal to introduce a non-party interim government to oversee the elections.<br /></p>
<p>Leaders of the ruling Awami League party and opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in the country's Gaibandha district have come together to protect the minority Hindu community in that area.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Houses of Hindus were attacked, torched and ransacked in various places of the country after the Jan 5 general elections.<br /><br />On Jan 6, several homes and business establishments of Hindus were attacked in Kuptala union of the district's Sadar upazila (sub-district), bdnews24.com reported Friday.<br /><br />Following the attack, the BNP and Awami League leaders of the Kuptala union's Ward-6 agreed to work together to provide security to the Hindu community, the report said.<br /><br />The Hindu communities of the district's Sundargang, Sadullyapur, Palashbari and Govindaganj upazilas are now living in fear. <br /><br />The leaders of the two political parties decided to unite at a meeting Thursday. The meeting was presided by former union parishad chairman Mojibor Rahman.<br /><br />"The leaders of the two parties have agreed to live peacefully, shunning all sorts of violence," bdnews24.com quoted Rahman as saying.<br /><br />The ward unit's Awami League general secretary Zeyad Ali said: "Leaders and activists of both parties have agreed to work together to maintain communal harmony in the area."Faizar Rahman, BNP chief of the area, said: "We want to assure the local minorities that such incident (the attack few days ago) will not recur."<br /><br />The upazila administration chief Mamunur Rashid has confirmed the news of the BNP and Awami League working together to protect the Hindus, the report said.<br /><br />The National Human Rights Commission Wednesday said the Bangladesh government has failed to prevent attacks on Hindus after the elections.<br /><br />Mired in controversy, the elections were held in just 147 out of 300 seats in 59 out of 64 districts of the country. <br /><br />Some 21 parties, including former prime minister Khaleda Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party, boycotted the polls over Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's refusal to introduce a non-party interim government to oversee the elections.<br /></p>