After beef feast near Dhaka temple, students plan cow slaughter during Durga Puja

A controversy over a beef khichuri event near a Hindu temple at Dhaka's Jagannath University has escalated. Some of the students are planning to slaughter cows on campus on Friday, coinciding with Durga Puja festivities. The row, which was triggered by the beef khichuri event and its opposition by Hindu students, has now intensified after the university issued a notice restricting animal slaughter, only to later clarify that students could organise such events.

A controversy over a beef khichuri event near a temple in Dhaka's Jagannath University in Dhaka has snowballed into a major dispute over religious sensitivities, campus rules and the rights of students to organise events. A group of Islamic history s... [6313 chars]