Bangladesh News 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 PM Tarique Rahman Visits Durga Puja Temple, Donates Tk 10 Lakh: 'All Religions Should...'
Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman visited the Radha Gobind Dharam Sabha Temple in Rangpur during Durga Puja celebrations, stressing equal rights for people of all faiths. He donated 10 lakh ...
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: Being Bangladeshi matters more than religious identity: PM Tarique
Chattogram, Oct. 21 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Tuesday said all citizens of Bangladesh enjoy equal rights regardless of their religious identity, stressing that being Bangladeshi matters more ...
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: Bangladesh belongs to everyone: Tarique Rahman calls for religious unity during Durga Puja visit
Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman called for equal rights and religious unity during a Durga Puja visit in Rangpur, stressing that the country belongs to people of all faiths.
News Bangladesh » Religion: Religious minorities in Bangladesh under fire after fall of secular regime
MUMBAI, India – After the secularist prime minister of Bangladesh fled the country, non-Muslims claim they have suffered attacks in the Islamic-majority country. Around 90 percent of the South Asian ...
News Bangladesh » Religion: Honoring the Religion, People and Culture of Bangladesh
Honoring the Religion, People and Culture of Bangladesh was originally published on the Scientology Newsroom. The Church of Scientology of Los Angeles hosted a celebration of Eid al-Adha, the Festival ...
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: Bangladesh religious minorities allege impunity for crimes
A rights group in Bangladesh accused the government on July 10 of overlooking more than 2,000 crimes committed against religious minorities in the country and excluding them from reforms. The ...
News Bangladesh » Religion: Bangladesh court rejects scrapping Islam as state religion
Bangladeshi Islamist leaders flash victory signs after the Bangladesh Supreme Court rejected a petition challenging Islam as the state religion in Dhaka on March 28. (Photo by AFP) Bangladesh's ...