Bangladesh's high court on Monday rejected a petition by secular activists to scrap Islam as the state religion in the wake of nationwide protests by hardline Islamist groups. A special bench of three ...

As the coordinator of the Inter-Church Unity and Inter-Religious Dialogue Commission of Dhaka Archdiocese, Congregation of ...

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 ...

Speaking to INDIA TV, community members said temples are being desecrated, religious practices disrupted, and homes targeted, ...

Popular 'baul' singer Abul Sarkar was recently arrested from a music show on charges of "deliberately" provoking riots or ...

Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina pleaded with Islamist extremists to stop killing in the name of religion Saturday after 20 hostages were killed in a siege at a Dhaka restaurant. "Islam is a ...

Police clash with Muslim devotees during a protest over an alleged insult to Islam, outside the country’ main Baitul Mukarram Mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. Friday’s chaos in ...

(RNS) — ‘Hindus in Bangladesh continue to be targeted today — with their homes and businesses being destroyed and their temples vandalized,’ said Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi on the House floor this week.

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — An international representative of ethnic Rohingya refugees was shot to death in a camp in Bangladesh by unknown gunmen late Wednesday, police said. Mohibullah, who was in his ...

Father Charles Joseph Young founded a credit union in 1955 that lifted Bangladesh’s Christians from poverty and now has ...

Father Robert Terence McCahill cares for poor disabled people in Bangladesh. Ths week marks 50 years of service for the 88-year-old priest, who cycles 12-15 miles daily.