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The New York Times, in an editorial published today, stated, “What United Nations Secretary General U Thant called a “potential” threat to peace last August has become too imminent a peril to be longer ignored by the world organisation.”

Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha, a member of the Assam legislative assembly, wrote a letter Sunday seeking intervention by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) following a series of violent atta...

The alleged defamation of the Holy Quran and subsequent attacks on the Hindus in Comilla were premeditated and aimed at destroying the communal harmony in Bangladesh, the Home Minister said.

A mob of over 100 people ran amock in a village in Rangpur district’s Pirganj Upazila in Bangladesh on Sunday night after tesions following an allegedly blasphemous social media post.

Police in Bangladesh have detained at least 300 suspects for attacking and vandalizing Hindu temples in various parts of the country following unrest triggered by the reported desecration of the Muslim holy book, the Quran, during a Hindu religious ritual last week, law enforcement sources said Monday

Furfura Sharif cleric Pirzada Abbas Siddiqui kicked off a controversy by saying that those who allegedly placed a copy of the Quran at a Durga Puja pandal in Bangladesh should be "beheaded".

Following social media posts which allegedly showed the Quran being disrespected in a temple, mobs have attacked Durga Puja venues across the country, leading to several casualties.

Bangladesh has traditionally had a highly sensitive politico-religious fabric, where any developments within the country or in the Islamic world has had implications on the politics and religious contours of the Bangladeshi society.The balance ...

Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said the Comilla incident that triggered massive communal unrest in the country may have been caused by a third party.

DACCA: Thirty-four innocent villagers, mostly women and children, were killed and 59 injured by unprovoked Indian...