Dhaka, March 13 -- Leaders of minority communities on Friday said certain quarters are actively trying to undermine the government's pledge to build a secular and humane society and state.

The leaders said that the country's religious and ethnic minorities had hoped the ruling party would fulfil its commitment to establishing a secular and humane society and state.

They urged the government and the head of state to come forward immediately and play an effective role in stopping such ill-motivated activities.

They made the call at a human chain organised in front of the Jatiya Press Club in protest against nearly fifty incidents of communal violence that occurred across the country in the one month following the national election.

They...