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,...
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,...
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...
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...
Bangladesh likely to remove Islam as state religion
The Bangladeshi State Minister for Information, Murad Hassan, has said Islam is not the state religion and the country will soon go back to its original...
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...
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...
Fears grow over missing Islamic speaker in Bangladesh
There are fears over the whereabouts of a popular Islamic speaker in Bangladesh who has been missing for three days.
Sheikh Abu Taha Adnan, 31,...
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 threatens legal action against Al Jazeera over explosive documentary
The Foreign Minister of Bangladesh has said his government is considering taking legal action against Al Jazeera for "spreading misinformation" through broadcasting its recent...
