mob lynching

As mob violence persists, we must confront the roots of impunity

A new incident seems to shake the nation almost every week. Last Saturday (April 11) saw the shocking lynching of a Sufi pir, Shamim al-Jahangir, inside his shrine in Kushtia.
19 April 2026, 09:00 AM

How many more deaths before mob violence is stopped?

But beneath the surface of religious fervour lay a more calculated motive.
26 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Is humanity disintegrating, or is violence simply more visible?

Treat social media platforms as engineered environments, not inevitabilities to endure.
17 August 2025, 10:00 AM

The urgent need to counter mob justice

Nearly two dozen people have reportedly been lynched by mobs in the last month and a half, according to media sources.
25 September 2024, 13:00 PM

Partition 1947: The perennial shadow of communalism

Communal violence is not a recent phenomenon in this part of the world.
21 October 2022, 15:00 PM

Cow vigilantism: 1 killed in Rajasthan mob beating

A man suspected to be smuggling cows has been beaten to death by a mob in yet another instance of vigilantism in Alwar district of northern Indian state of Rajasthan, police say.
21 July 2018, 11:13 AM

Indian SC for new law to curb mob lynching, cow vigilantism

The Supreme Court of India says the incidents of mob lynching and cow vigilantism cannot be allowed to become a new norm, and asks the parliament to consider enacting a new law with provision for deterrent punishment to effectively deal with such incidents.
17 July 2018, 11:04 AM

4 ‘cattle lifters’ killed by mob in Noakhali

Four suspected cattle thieves were beaten to death by a mob in Subarnachar upazila of Noakhali early today.
10 August 2017, 04:25 AM

2 ‘cattle lifters’ beaten dead in Pabna

Two suspected cattle lifters are beaten to death and another left injured in a mob beating in Ataikula of Pabna.
10 October 2015, 05:18 AM