She flew to Saudi Arabia to work as a house-help with a hope to spin the wheel of her fortune to the better. However, Salma (not her real name) from Habiganj...
Category - Bangladesh
An alarming number of migrants from a south Asian Islamic country that’s well known as a terrorism hotbed are trying to enter the United States through the...
Police say the Rohingyas have carried out 15 murders and 148 incidents of other sorts of offences at the refugee camps in Bangladesh in around eight months...
Eminent economist and researcher Dr Abul Barkat says that there will be no Hindus left in the country three decades from now. “The rate of exodus over the past...
Bogra town Sramik League convenor Tufan Sarker abducted a female student from her home, raped her and then asked his party cadres and a woman councillor to...
Barack Obama told us repeatedly while he was in office that al-Qaeda was “decimated” and “on the path to defeat.” Al Qaeda operatives in Bangladesh were...
An Imam of a mosque has been arrested for the attempted rape of an eight-year-old girl in Sherpur’s Nalitabari. Five others, including a local Union Parishad...
A jealous Bangladeshi husband is facing life in prison after chopping off his wife’s fingers because she began studying for a degree without his...
A female militant blew herself up during a police raid in a militant hideout at Dhaka’s Ashkona, marking the first time a woman acted in the capacity of a...
Poverty and traditional Islamic culture are the main causes. 55% of brides are under 18 years of age; 18% under 15. A new law would allow the wedding in...