Bangladesh
Rohingya Muslims continue to flee to Bangladesh as violence spreads in Myanmar
World
November 24, 2016
Rohingya Muslims continue to flee to Bangladesh as violence spreads in Myanmar
More Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar poured into neighbouring Bangladesh this week, with some feared dead after a boat sank in…
Human Rights Watch:More Rohingya villages razed in Myanmar’s Rakhine
World
November 22, 2016
Human Rights Watch:More Rohingya villages razed in Myanmar’s Rakhine
More than 1,000 houses in Rohingya villages have been razed in northwestern Myanmar, according to analysis of satellite images from…
Myanmar: The latest crisis in Arakan is alarming
World
October 17, 2016
Myanmar: The latest crisis in Arakan is alarming
The situation inside the Rohingya villages in north-western Arakan (Rakhine) state of Myanmar, bordering Bangladesh, is dire. The…
Bangladeshi Ambassador to Iraq: Imam Ali is the caretaker of humankind
Holy Shrines
October 6, 2016
Bangladeshi Ambassador to Iraq: Imam Ali is the caretaker of humankind
The Bangladeshi ambassador to Iraq Abu MaqsoudFarhad and his accompanying delegation have visited the Imam Ali Holy Shrine in their…
Bangladesh ‘cafe attack planner killed’ in police raid
World
August 27, 2016
Bangladesh ‘cafe attack planner killed’ in police raid
Bangladeshi police say they have stormed a hideout near Dhaka and killed the suspected planner of the cafe attack last…
Protest against Islamic scholar and Peace TV founder ZakirNaik in India
World
July 19, 2016
Protest against Islamic scholar and Peace TV founder ZakirNaik in India
Members of the Mehdi Foundation International interfaith spiritual association shouted slogans during a protest denouncing takfirist preacher ZakirNaik in New…
Bangladesh probes ‘Peace Schools’ after ban on Naik’s Peace TV
World
July 16, 2016
Bangladesh probes ‘Peace Schools’ after ban on Naik’s Peace TV
Bangladesh on Wednesday launched a probe on schools bearing the name ‘Peace’, suspecting them to be linked with controversial Indian…
Bangladesh court rejects bid to scrap Islam as state religion
World
March 30, 2016
Bangladesh court rejects bid to scrap Islam as state religion
on Monday rejected a petition by secular activists to scrap Islam’s status as the state religion in the wake of…
Bangladesh is protest against ending Islam as state religion
World
March 29, 2016
Bangladesh is protest against ending Islam as state religion
Bangladesh’s capital to denounce a court petition seeking to remove Islam as the country’s official state religion Thousands of…
Top Shia preacher killed in attack claimed by ISIS in Bangladesh
World
March 17, 2016
Top Shia preacher killed in attack claimed by ISIS in Bangladesh
doctor has been stabbed to death in southwestern Bangladesh in an attack claimed by the so-called Islamic State A…