Bangladesh's Islamist party projects force with a big rally in DhakaJamaat-e-Islami supporters gathered in Dhaka before the upcoming elections. The party presented demands to the Muhammad Yunus administratio...
19 Jul, 2025, 05.17 PM IST
Bangladesh plunges into crisis as Islamists attack Awami League in Mujib birthplaceBangladesh is facing a major political crisis. Several people have died in Gopalganj due to violence. The Army launched a crackdown after I...
16 Jul, 2025, 10.04 PM IST
Thousands of Islamists rally in Bangladesh against proposed changes to women's rightsThousands of Hefazat-e-Islam supporters rallied in Dhaka, Bangladesh, protesting proposed legal reforms aimed at granting equal rights to w...
03 May, 2025, 05.09 PM IST
From banning women’s football to celebrating harassers: Religious hardliners tighten grip on Bangladesh after Hasina’s ousterThe ousting of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has led to a surge in religious fundamentalism in Bangladesh, affecting women's rights and mino...
01 Apr, 2025, 05.03 PM IST
Bangladesh students behind Sheikh Hasina ouster to form party to contest pollsBangladesh student leader Nahid Islam resigns from his position in the interim government to launch a new political party with backing pote...
26 Feb, 2025, 06.58 AM IST
Indian-Americans to protest against attacks on Hindus in BangladeshIndian-Americans are organizing protests in Washington, D.C., and Chicago to denounce the escalating violence against Hindus in Bangladesh....
07 Dec, 2024, 05.42 PM IST
Bangladesh interim govt has absolute obligation to protect its Hindu minority: US CongressmanAn influential US lawmaker emphasized the interim Bangladeshi government's duty to safeguard the Hindu minority following the fall of Sheik...
04 Dec, 2024, 07.59 AM IST
Attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh not communal, issue 'exaggerated': YunusMuhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser to Bangladesh's interim government, claims that attacks on minority Hindus are exaggerated and politically mo...
05 Sep, 2024, 02.39 PM IST
14 Islamic militants given death sentence for attempting to kill Bangladesh PM Hasina in 2000"The verdict will be executed by a firing squad to set an example, unless the law barred it," Judge Abu Zafar Md Kamruzzaman of Dhaka's Spe...
23 Mar, 2021, 04.06 PM IST
Bangladesh Parliament blames Pakistan for backing anti-India protests ahead of Modi visitSeveral MPs from Bangladesh Parliament or Jatiyo Sangsad have blamed Pakistan and its Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) for orchestrating p...
22 Mar, 2021, 03.55 PM IST
Bangladesh Islamist groups demand severing ties with China over Uyghur persecutionAt the pre-protest rally Mufti Fakhrul Islam, chairman of the public service movement in Bangladesh as the chief guest said if the China go...
12 Mar, 2021, 09.26 PM IST
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina seeks nationwide alert amid Islamist attacksShe spoke hours after suspected militants hacked three traditional 'Baul' mystic singers in a pre-dawn attack in western Chadanga district.
17 Jul, 2016, 07.38 PM IST
Homegrown Islamists may be trying to link up with ISIS: BangladeshHome Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said Islamists appeared to have set "soft targets" that included Hindus, Buddhists, Christians and even Musl...
10 Jul, 2016, 11.14 PM IST
Campaign underway to portray Bangladesh as unsafe: Sheikh HasinaTwo foreigners -- Cesare Tavella and a 66-year-old Japanese farmer have also been killed in the last two months. There murders were claimed...
08 Nov, 2015, 04.20 PM IST
HuJI leader Abu Bakar arrested in BangladeshIn June 2014, court sentenced Bakar & Hannan to death & 6 others of HuJI were sentenced to life for the blasts during Bangla New Year celeb...
06 Nov, 2014, 09.42 PM IST
Sacked Bangladeshi minister set to lose party membershipTelecommunication minister Latif Sidduqui was sacked from the cabinet for allegedly making anti-Islam comments.
02 Oct, 2014, 03.35 PM IST
- Bangladesh blocks 12 internet blogs, Facebook pages
Bangladesh today shut down 12 blogs and Facebook pages alleging "malicious publicity" by suspected Islamists amid an intensified nationwide...
20 Feb, 2013, 10.07 PM IST