The Bangladesh Christian Association (BCA) has emphasised national unity, religious harmony, and human values, stating that ...

(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 ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said the upcoming national election will be a contest between a pro-Bangladesh force and a backward force that uses religion to mislead ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BNP senior leader Salahuddin Ahmed on Monday said the people of the country have already unmasked those who have no political ...