DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A Bangladesh tribunal convicted a top Islamic party politician Thursday of atrocities stemming from the nation’s 1971 independence war and sentenced him to death, triggering ...

While Catholic leaders thanked the government, Bishop Sebastian Tudu warned that accepting state money could invite political pressure.

Sharing her take on the ongoing turbulence in Dhaka, Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin said former Chief Advisor and Nobel ...

A senior Bangladeshi official says his country’s mostly Muslim population does not sympathize with the radical brand of Islam pursued by militant groups in Pakistan and Afghanistan. “Muslims in ...

The first madrassa, or Islamic school, specifically for transgender students in Bangladesh opened last week in the capital city of Dhaka. It was a first not only in the country, but across South Asia, ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh – Police banned all rallies in Bangladesh's capital through midnight Monday after at least 27 people died in clashes between police and Islamic hardliners demanding that the ...

(RNS) — When the Bangladesh government prepared to return 2,000 Muslim refugees to Myanmar, Hindu Rohingya were hopeful they would be sent back, too. But no one came for them. KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh ...

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh – A bus packed with Muslim pilgrims plunged off a bridge into a muddy ditch early Monday in Bangladesh, killing at least 16 people, police said. The bodies recovered from the ...

IN MOTIJHEEL, the main business district in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, an iron fence and terrible traffic divide two branches of the country’s oldest private bank—a “conventional” one and an Islamic ...

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 15 December 2006 The first group of ...