Bangladeshi Islamic speaker Sheikh Abu Taha Adnan found alive
The popular Bangladeshi Islamic speaker Sheikh Abu Taha Adnan has been found several days after he went missing.
Police claimed that he was in hiding for...
Jailed Bangladesh Islamic leader Delwar Hossain Sayeedi dies
Shaykh Delwar Hossain Sayeedi, the vice president of Bangladesh's opposition Jamaat-e-Islami party and a former member of parliament, has died whilst in jail.
Sayedee, 83,...
Bangladeshi madrassa student burned alive for reporting sexual assault against headteacher
Nusrat Jahan Rafi was burned alive at her school in Bangladesh after she filed a sexual assault complaint against her headteacher.
At the local police...
Bangladesh hospital named world’s best new building
A remote community hospital in the water-laden landscape of south-west Bangladesh has won the RIBA International Prize 2021, architecture’s highest global accolade for design...
Cardiff father and son found dead in Bangladesh after apparent poisoning
A Cardiff father and his teenage son have been found dead in a flat in an apparent poisoning while on holiday in Bangladesh.
Rafiqul Islam, 51, a...
Delwar Hussain Sayedee’s death sentence reduced to life imprisonment
Bangladesh's highest court has reduced the death sentence of a prominent Jamaat-e-Islam leader, sparking protests by both his supporters and secular opponents.
In a ruling...
Bangladesh denies lifting travel restrictions to Israel
Bangladesh has denied lifting travel restrictions for its citizens to Israel after the announcement that its passports would no longer carry the words “valid for all...
Bangladesh: Police arrest 5,000 Jamaat-e-Islami supporters after Sayeedi death
Bangladesh’s Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami has alleged that its late leader Allama Delawar Hossain Sayeedi died due to lack of medical treatment in jail,...
Sheikh Bilal Philips forced to leave Bangladesh
A prominent Jamaican-born Salafi scholar has been forced to leave Bangladesh for his alleged "extremist" views.
Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips left Dhaka last Wednesday after...
Several killed in Bangladesh violence following alleged Quran desecration
At least seven people have been killed and hundreds injured in violence that broke out in Bangladesh after the Quran was allegedly desecrated.
A photo...
