Indian media have reported on a wave of violence targeting Bangladesh's Hindu minority in the lead-up to the country's ...

A video of children tinkering with the coupling of a stationary train has spread among social media posts in Hindu-majority India, where it has been falsely presented as showing Muslim kids sabotaging ...

On January 14, a Bangladesh Bank (BB) letter announcing a “haircut” on deposit profits (no profit on deposits) for the five merged Islamic banks for 2024 and 2025 took depositors by surprise.

The new coalition, including both Islamist parties and more centrist ones, signals a sea-change in Bangladesh’s politics.

For first time in its chequered history, the party has a real chance of grabbing power as the leader of ruling alliance.

The party must make a clear choice: whether it seeks to become an inclusive political force – a “moderate Islamist” party operating within the framework of popular democracy – or remain a religious en ...

The timing of the promotions, just months before national elections, has intensified scrutiny of the Yunus government’s ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Thousands of protesters in Bangladesh’s capital Friday clashed with police as security forces used tear gas and batons against demonstrators angry over what they perceived as ...

As Bangladesh heads toward a crucial general election on Feb. 12, the country’s largest Islamist party, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, has offered an unusual assurance to religious minorities, pledging ...

After years of repression, Bangladesh's Islamist groups are mobilising ahead of February 12 elections, determined to gain a foothold in government as they sense their biggest opportunity in decades.

Muhammad Yunus’s alliance with Jamaat-e-Islami sparks fears of rising Islamic fundamentalism in Bangladesh, threatening ...