Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has objected to the government’s plan to appoint dance teachers in primary schools, demanding ...

The five banks slated for consolidation are First Security Islami Bank, Union Bank, Global Islami Bank, Social Islami Bank ...

The government will initially provide a capital of Tk20,200 crore for the new 'United Islami Bank', formed by merging five troubled Islamic banks. For the new Islami Bank, the proposed required ...

Politicisation of Islam did not stop after Bangladesh was created. After Sheikh Mujib's assassination, successive governments in the country exploited religion for political benefits.

The first madrassa, or Islamic school, specifically for transgender students in Bangladesh opened last week in the capital city of Dhaka. It was a first not only in the country, but across South ...

Islami Bank Bangladesh, founded in 1983 by Saudi and Kuwaiti investors, commands 90% of Islamic-banking assets and deposits.

Political turmoil following the mass uprising in July–August 2024 in Bangladesh, which toppled Sheikh Hasina's autocratic regime, has opened a political vacuum being filled by Islamic political ...

The rejection Monday by Bangladesh’s High Court of a 28-year-old petition in which some secular activists sought to scrap Islam as the state religion of the country has sparked mixed reactions ...

Islam could be dropped as Bangladesh’s official religion following a number of attacks in the country against people of other faiths.

Ambassador Tareq Md Ariful Islam, who served as the permanent representative of Bangladesh to the UN Offices in Geneva, is ...