Bangladesh News News Bangladesh » Religion: Religious freedom, peace and harmony key govt goals: Home minister
Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said on Friday that ensuring religious freedom, peaceful coexistence and social harmony is a key priority of the ...
News Bangladesh » Religion: Bangladesh’s Religious Minorities Want Peace Amid Country’s Turmoil
While Hindus publicly confront mob violence against their community, Christians are apprehensive about speaking out. Bangladesh’s religious minorities have reported looting, arson, and vandalization ...
News Bangladesh » Religion: Bangladesh's Hindus need protection amid the country's political turmoil
(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 ...
News Bangladesh » Religion: Bangladesh reaping what political leaders have been sowing: Taslima Nasreen
Bangladesh's exiled author Taslima Nasreen finds the current situation in her country of birth worsening through time, even compared to the day she was forced to leave over three decades ago. "I'd say ...
News Bangladesh » Religion: Religious harmony Bangladesh's tradition, no scope for division: Muktadir
Commerce, Industries, Textiles and Jute Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir says there is no scope for religious division in Bangladesh and urges people to uphold unity and equal rights.
News Bangladesh » Religion: Communalism is not religion, but politicisation of religion: Dulu
Disaster Management and Relief Minister Asadul Habib Dulu MP said on Friday that Bangladesh had long been a land of communal harmony, where ...
News Bangladesh » Religion: Bangladesh's Hindu-Buddhist-Christian council pushes for secular state
(RNS) — Amid a government shake-up and rising violence against minorities, an interfaith council is pushing for the country to remove Islam as the state religion. DHAKA, Bangladesh (RNS) — Amid a ...
News Bangladesh » Religion: Salahuddin wary of hearing 'communal harmony', as govt ensures freedom of religion for all
Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed on Friday, September 4, said the government has succeeded in ensuring freedom of religion for ...
News Bangladesh » Religion: ‘Diversity is true beauty of society’: Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman extends Janmashtami greetings
Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman extended Janmashtami greetings to the Hindu community. He stated that the country belongs to all citizens, who enjoy equal rights. Rahman urged strengthening ...
News Bangladesh » Religion: Bangladesh court rejects scrapping Islam as state religion
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 ...
News Bangladesh » Religion: Bangladesh: “Religion in Our Hearts and Secularism on Our Sleeves”
“Remember Bangladesh is a young country and it is fighting hard to retain the spirit of secularism despite a looming threat from radical elements within the society and outside. So when you are ...
News Bangladesh » Religion: Religious minorities in Bangladesh under fire after fall of secular regime
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.) ...