Dipu Chandra Das, a garment factory worker, had been beaten to death and burnt by a mob on Thursday over alleged remarks ...

Pope Francis will visit Bangladesh Nov. 30-Dec. 2. A Muslim-majority country with a troubled political history, Bangladesh now has its own homegrown militant groups besides those that are influenced ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh—Bangladesh’s High Court on Monday rejected a petition brought by secular activists challenging Islam’s status as the country’s official religion. The petition had threatened to ...

The violent anti-Modi protests were just the latest sign that the government’s outreach to Islamist groups has backfired. Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has promised the “strongest possible ...

Drishtipat Group Blog on encouraging discussions on Islam in Bangladesh. “What one poet/ author says, what question he/she asks should not be able to put a dent on people’s belief in Islam. The ...

The debate over Islam’s role in Bangladesh has devolved into machete attacks against secularists and religious minorities in homes and on the streets of the overwhelmingly Muslim nation. On Monday, ...

This article first appeared on the Atlantic Council site. Faysal Arefin was stabbed to death in his second-floor office in a crowded neighborhood in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, on October 31, 2015 ...