Bangladesh to ban Dr Zakir Naik’s Peace TV
Bangladesh has said it intends to ban the Islamic television channel, Peace TV, in the wake of the deadly attack on a cafe in...
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...
Leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Motiur Rahman hanged by Hasina regime
Bangladesh has executed the leader of the country's largest Islamic political party for crimes allegedly committed during the war of independence against Pakistan in...
Bangladesh’s only LGBT editor hacked to death
Bangladeshi police have confirmed the death of a prominent gay rights activist who was the country's only LGBT magazine editor.
The US ambassador to Bangladesh...
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...
Bangladeshi “Tree Man” with rare skin disease to undergo surgery
A Bangladeshi man dubbed the "Tree Man" for huge bark-like warts on his hands and feet will be undergoing surgery to remove the unusual...
Bangladesh hangs two opposition leaders over 1971 war crimes
Two Bangladeshi opposition leaders were executed yesterday for alleged war crimes committed during the 1971 independence struggle against Pakistan.
Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan...
The killers of 13 year old Samiul Rajon sentenced to death
Six men have been sentenced to death in Bangladesh for torturing and murdering a 13-year-old boys in separate incidents earlier this year.
Four men were...
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 High Court passes law stopping women being forced to wear burqa
The High Court of Bangladesh has ruled that women cannot be forced to wear the burqa or the niqab.
This follows a similar but more...
