Bangladesh’s new government has prompted cautious optimism among Christian leaders, who say recent political changes offer a potential opening for greater religious freedom even as concerns remain ...

Interfaith leaders held a protest rally in front of the National Press Club in the capital, Dhaka, on March 13.

A state-funded monthly allowance scheme for clergy from all major faiths in Bangladesh has sparked mixed reactions from ...

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 are ...

Bangladesh will vote in general elections on January 7. International media coverage has focused on the Awami League (AL)’s slide toward authoritarian rule and doubts over whether elections held under ...

Islamic extremism has been growing in Bangladesh since long before Sept. 11, 2001, and has produced deadly results mostly overlooked by the rest of the world, says a Bangladeshi Church worker and ...

(RNS) — After angry crowds closed in on the prime minister’s official residence in Dhaka on Monday (Aug. 5), forcing Bangladesh’s leader, Sheikh Hasina, to resign her office after 15 years and flee to ...

Sister Tiziana Merletti, secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, visited Bangladesh Dec. 16–21, meeting with religious men and women across the ...

Trump Endangers the Handover of the UK’s ‘Last Colony’ The Muslim community is not monolithic, but people of different sects lived peacefully, side by side. That has changed over the past year. Since ...

Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapan on Saturday laid emphasis on keeping religious values beyond the ...

Army soldiers keep guard in front of the President’s official residence during the oath taking ceremony of the interim government in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. (Credit: Rajib Dhar/AP.) ...

Bangladeshi Muslim expatriates in Paris are once again preparing to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr with religious fervour and ...