Bangladesh to Build Hundreds of Mosques with Saudi Cash

Bangladesh has approved a project to build hundreds of mosques with almost US$1 billion (S$1.39 billion) from Saudi Arabia, an official said Wednesday, worrying minorities who fear they could be used to spread Wahhabism.

Bangladesh executes Islamist party leader Mir Quasem Ali for war crimes

Bangladesh on Saturday executed another top leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, Mir Quasem Ali, for war crimes committed during Bangladesh's 1971 war of independence with Pakistan.

Bangladesh: Hindu man hacked to death in Pabna

Unidentified attackers have hacked to death a 62-year-old Hindu monastery worker in Bangladesh, police say, the latest in a series of such attacks on religious minorities in the mainly Muslim country.

Bangladesh hangs 2 opposition leaders for 1971 war crimes

Bangladesh on early Sunday executed two opposition leaders convicted of war crimes during the country's war of independence in 1971.

Insecurity grips minority groups in Bangladesh (video Al Jazeera)

The UN's Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion has visited Bangladesh to look into the recent murders of four writers who had been labelled atheists by conservative religious groups.

India allows Bangladeshi, Pakistani minorities overstay

The Indian government has decided to allow Hindus and other minority groups from neighboring Pakistan and Bangladesh to stay in the country without documentation.