Foreign Minister Dipu Moni said yesterday that Bangladesh is a secular country with a Muslim majority. She made this observation in reply to a question whether Bangladesh is a moderate Muslim country as termed by many foreign diplomats.
In 1951 the Hindu population of Bangladesh was 22%. Today it is less than 9% | The landslide victory of the secular forces in the last general election also proves that people of this country do not subscribe to fundamentalism, she opined.
How she managed to keep her lips on after those statements I'll never know ... |
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