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...
Bangladesh to deploy Israeli phone wiretapping system
The Israeli-American security firm Verint Systems is set to win a mass public surveillance contract in Bangladesh.
The Dhaka-based newspaper The Daily Star reported last week...
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...
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ghulam Azam passes away
The former leader of Bangladesh's largest Islamist party, Professor Ghulam Azam, has died at the age of 91.
The former ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami died from...
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...
Rohingya Muslims banned from marrying Bangladeshi nationals
Bangladesh’s government has banned marriage between Bangladesh nationals and Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, claiming that the latter are attempting to use marriage to gain...
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...
Sheikh Hasina reignites patriotism by setting Guinness record for choir singing of national anthem
Hundreds of thousands of Bangladeshis along with the country's head of the government sang the national anthem in the capital city of Dhaka on...
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...
