(RNS) — After angry crowds closed in on the prime minister’s official residence in Dhaka on Monday (Aug. 5), forcing Bangladesh’s leader, Sheikh Hasina, to resign her office after 15 years and flee to ...

From colonial repression to present-day extremism, Bauls have survived centuries of persecution. Today, as radical forces ...

Religion-based parties must clarify to the nation whether this newly gained visibility of women in their party politics is ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Schoolteacher Supriya Sarker is glad to celebrate Bangladesh’s largest Hindu festival of Durga Puja but feels the festivities would be more jubilant without the fear and ...

The country is sleepwalking toward a shadow blasphemy regime, like Pakistan did with institutions too timid to confront mobs.

A version of this story appeared in the Higher Ground newsletter from The Washington Times. Click here to receive Higher Ground delivered directly to your inbox each Sunday. Christians in Bangladesh ...

We don’t believe in creating division in the country or society based on religion,” says the BNP secretary general ...

While Islamist political parties often form alliances with major parties for elections, new dynamics are emerging in the post-Hasina era. In Bangladesh, religion has always been an influential factor ...

Bangladesh emerged as a secular nation-state in 1971, one of the few Muslim-majority countries to do so. However, the country is currently undergoing a profound ideological transformation.

For generations, the small Hindu temple outside the capital in Muslim-majority Bangladesh was a quiet place to pray -- before arsonists ripped open its roof this month in the latest post-revolution ...

A person following his religion peacefully in any country should be respected, said ISKCON’s Governing Body Commissioner Gauranga Das referring to the recent arrest of ISKCON monk Chinmoy Das in ...