China Woos Bangladesh With Investment by AFP October 14, 2016 by AFP October 14, 2016Dhaka hopes to secure infrastructure investment from Beijing without alienating neighboring India. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Bangladesh Hangs Jamaat-e-Islami Financier by AFP September 5, 2016 by AFP September 5, 2016Political party calls for nationwide strike after Mir Quasem Ali executed over war crimes during 1971 independence conflict. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Bangladesh Opposition Leader Gets Bail in Nine Cases by AFP August 11, 2016 by AFP August 11, 2016There are currently 30 charges pending against Khaleda Zia, with her party claiming all the cases are fabricated. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Bangladesh Shuts ‘Objectionable’ News Sites by AFP August 5, 2016 by AFP August 5, 2016Dozens of online news services have fallen prey to Dhaka’s initiative, seen by many as attack on freedom of speech. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
American Among Extremists Killed in Bangladesh by AFP July 28, 2016 by AFP July 28, 2016Police say U.S. national of Bangladesh origin had been a student at North South University, which has been a hotbed of extremism. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Bangladesh Bans Islamic Peace TV by AFP July 11, 2016 by AFP July 11, 2016Dhaka also orders schools to report missing students as a means of predicting potential radicalization. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
What’s Behind the Rising Violence in Bangladesh? by AFP July 11, 2016 by AFP July 11, 2016A look at the factors behind the recent surge in Islamist violence in South Asian nation. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Hindu Temple Worker Hacked to Death in Bangladesh by AFP July 1, 2016 by AFP July 1, 2016Latest attack on religious minority perpetrated by three men on a motorcycle, say police. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Bangladesh Arrests 5,000 in Anti-Militant Crackdown by AFP June 13, 2016 by AFP June 13, 2016Dhaka continues to reject claims of responsibility for brutal wave of minority killings from Islamic State, Al Qaeda. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Sufis Live in Fear in Bangladesh by AFP June 2, 2016 by AFP June 2, 2016Machete slaughter has left Sufi Muslims concerned about their safety in South Asian nation. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Gay Rights Activists Hacked to Death in Bangladesh by AFP April 26, 2016 by AFP April 26, 2016Police say at least six men killed the men with machetes. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Islamists Threaten Protests if Bangladesh Scraps Islam as State Religion by AFP March 11, 2016 by AFP March 11, 2016Court will consider petition in hearing scheduled for March 27. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Islamic State Claims Attack on Ahmadi Mosque in Bangladesh by AFP December 28, 2015 by AFP December 28, 2015Police say three people injured in suicide bombing, which militant group claims resulted in ‘dozens’ of casualties. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Bangladesh Hangs Opposition Leaders for War Crimes by AFP November 23, 2015 by AFP November 23, 2015Jamaat-e-Islami has for a nationwide strike on Thursday to protest the executions. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Bangladesh Rejects I.S. Claims of Murder by AFP October 5, 2015 by AFP October 5, 2015P.M. Sheikh Hasina says police have no evidence to corroborate extremists’ claims. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Bangladesh Arrests Militant Chief Over Blogger Murders by AFP September 11, 2015 by AFP September 11, 2015Ansarullah Bangla Team has previously claimed attacks on secular bloggers. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Bangladesh’s Rohingya Relocation Raises Concerns by AFP June 15, 2015 by AFP June 15, 2015Dhaka’s proposal risks leaving beleaguered minority cut off from all access for four months a year. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
‘Despite Being a Woman’ Lands Modi in Trouble by AFP June 8, 2015 by AFP June 8, 2015Social media users criticize Indian P.M. over implying his Bangladeshi counterpart ‘generally intolerant’ of terrorism. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
India, Bangladesh to Seal Border Pact During Modi Visit by AFP June 6, 2015 by AFP June 6, 2015Thousands of people who reside in non-state enclaves will now be allowed to choose either Indian or Bengali nationality. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Indian Firms to Sign Power Deals with Bangladesh by AFP June 6, 2015 by AFP June 6, 2015Dhaka hopes to raise country’s power generation capacity to 20,000 MW by 2019. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail