Bangladesh’s founding father and first President Sheikh Mujibur Rehman and his family — the current prime minister Sheikh Hasina is his daughter — may have publicly championed religious ...

Bangladesh considering dropping Islam as state religion, according to senior minister "The force of secularism is within the people of Bangladesh.

But religious minority leaders say they face discrimination and many hurdles to practice their faith freely. Last September, the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council launched a hunger ...

KOLKATA — The rejection Monday by Bangladesh’s High Court of a 28-year-old petition in which some secular activists sought to scrap Islam as the state religion of the country has sparked mixed ...

The recent wave of religious intolerance began in 2013, when militants brutally killed an atheist blogger. More recently, the victims have included foreigners, Shiites, liberal Muslims and members ...

Last week, Bangladesh began a nationwide crackdown, arresting 8,000 people, including at least 119 suspected Islamist radicals. Hasina said that none of the criminals involved in the slayings will ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh – Thousands of Muslims have rallied in Bangladesh's capital to denounce a court petition seeking to remove Islam as the country's official state religion. About 3,000 Muslims ...

Dhaka, Bangladesh – Bangladesh’s High Court on Monday rejected a 28-year-old petition calling for the removal of a constitutional provision recognising Islam as the official religion of the ...

Bangladesh’s religious minorities have reported looting, arson, and vandalization following Sheikh Hasina’s abrupt resignation as prime minister last month.

Bangladesh has descended into chaos following the shock departure of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday, with religious minorities targeted as riots spread throughout the country. "You people ...

Dhaka, Bangladesh — Since student-led opposition protests led Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to step down and flee Bangladesh on August 5, religious minorities say their communities have suffered ...