BANGLADESH, April 30, 2009: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina has said that her government will repeal all laws and rules
discriminatory to minority communities, including indigenous people.
“Our government believes in freedom of all religious faiths and equal
opportunities for all,” Hasina told a visiting French military
delegation Wednesday.
Hasina said the government would ensure protection of freedom of all
religions and the minority groups’ freedom of expression in the
country, United News of Bangladesh reported.
Hindus and Buddhists are minorities in Muslim-majority Bangladesh.