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ISIS kills Hindu priest, Buddhist in Bangladesh

ISIS kills Hindu priest, Buddhist in Bangladesh

A Hindu priest and a Buddhist leader were brutally hacked to death by machete-wielding ISIS militants while another...

2 July 2016 6:38 AM IST

Terrorism is ‘haram’: Bangladesh clerics

Terrorism is ‘haram’: Bangladesh clerics

Over 100,000 Islamic scholars in Bangladesh have issued a fatwa, declaring militancy and terrorism in the name of Islam...

20 Jun 2016 12:05 AM IST

Bangladesh: Hindu priest receives death threat

Bangladesh: Hindu priest receives death threat

Suspected Islamists claiming to be the ISIS followers have threatened to kill a Hindu priest of the Ramakrishna Mission...

17 Jun 2016 12:32 AM IST

24 killed as Cyclone Roanu hits Bangladesh

24 killed as Cyclone Roanu hits Bangladesh

At least 24 people have been killed and over 100 others injured as cyclone Roanu battered Bangladesh’s southern...

22 May 2016 11:39 PM IST

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal arrives to inaugurate an eight-lane flyover at Bhalswa Chowk on Outer Ring Road. (Photo: PTI)

ISIS says killed Bangladesh doctor

ISIS on Saturday claimed responsibility for the killing of a homoeopathic doctor in western Bangladesh, as the...

22 May 2016 6:32 AM IST

Hindu teacher beaten up for ‘anti-Islam’ remarks

Hindu teacher beaten up for ‘anti-Islam’ remarks

A Hindu school headmaster in Bangladesh was beaten up and made to do sit-ups in the presence of a local legislator for...

17 May 2016 11:47 PM IST

An Iraqi policeman monitors the area next to a burning tank after a suicide bomb attack on the Taji gas plant. (Photo: AFP)

Dhaka slaps travel ban on BNP leader for Israel link

The Bangladesh government on Sunday slapped a travel ban on a leader of the Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party...

16 May 2016 7:07 AM IST

4 Bangladesh militants arrested for India blasts

4 Bangladesh militants arrested for India blasts

The Bangladeshi police on Thursday arrested four militants, including a key leader, closely linked to two operatives of...

13 May 2016 5:33 AM IST

Khaleda Zia told to appear in court over graft case in April

Khaleda Zia told to appear in court over graft case in April

Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia was on Tuesday ordered to appear before a court on April 13 to face...

24 Feb 2016 2:35 AM IST

Bangladeshi policemen escort three of the eight people accused of killing an atheist blogger in 2013 to a court . (Photo: AFP)

2 get death for killing blogger

Court awards various jail terms to 6, including Ansarullah Bangla team chief

1 Jan 2016 5:54 AM IST

‘Indian Army saved Sheikh Hasina, kin in 1971 war’

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her family members faced the risk of being massacred but were saved by a group of...

17 Dec 2015 6:32 AM IST

Bangladesh anger mounts as Pakistan denies war crimes

Bangladesh anger mounts as Pakistan denies war crimes

Civil society members and mainstream media in Bangladesh on Wednesday asked the government to sever ties with Pakistan...

3 Dec 2015 6:12 AM IST