Bangladesh bans two British charities from giving aid to Rohingya refugees
Bangladeshi authorities have banned two British charities from distributing aid to Rohingya refugees who have entered the country from Myanmar since August.
Mahjabeen Khaled, an...
ISIS linked gunmen kill 22 people in Dhaka restaurant attack
Six ISIS-linked gunmen have been killed after murdering at least 22 people in a restaurant in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka.
Police said at least 13 hostages...
Secular publisher hacked to death in Bangladesh
A Bangladeshi publisher of secular books has been hacked to death in Dhaka on Saturday.
Faisal Arefin Dipon, 43, was killed at his office in...
Bangladesh offers help to Myanmar government to fight “Rohingya insurgents”
The Bangladeshi government has offered its assistance in a proposed joint anti-terrorism operation with Myanmar to counter the "Rohingya insurgency".
Bangladesh’s Foreign Ministry issued the...
Bangladesh court rejects plans to remove Islam as state religion
Bangladesh High Court has rejected a petition calling for the removal of Islam as the official state religion.
The High Court dismissed the request and...
Gunmen in Bangladesh free convicted Islamists in prison van attack
Gunmen in Bangladesh have attacked a police escort carrying convicted members of a banned Islamist group, freeing three prisoners.
Two of the men had...
Jamaat-e-Islam’s Motiur Rahman Nizami sentenced to death for war crimes
An “International Crimes Tribunal” sentenced the leader of Bangladesh's Jamaat-e-Islami to death for war crimes committed during the nation's independence war against Pakistan in...
Unarmed students killed and hundreds injured as road safety protests spread in Bangladesh
Hundreds of unarmed demonstrators have been injured and scores have been killed in Bangladesh as student protests over road safety regulations bring Dhaka and...
Shamima Begum would face capital punishment in Bangladesh, says foreign minister
Bangladesh’s foreign minister has said that Shamima Begum could face the death penalty for involvement in terrorism if she goes to the country.
However, her...
Child labourer “tortured to death” at Bangladeshi textile mill
Police in Bangladesh have arrested a textile factory worker for allegedly torturing a nine-year-old boy to death with an air compressor, The Guardian reports.
Sagar...
