Bangladesh

In an interview with NDTV, Dipu’s father, Ravilal Das, said that he first came to know about his son’s killing through social media. “We started hearing things on Facebook. Then people began telling us he had been badly beaten. After some time, my uncle told me they had tied my son to a tree,” the deceased's father narrated.

Just days after a Hindu man was lynched, and his body was attacked and set on fire by violent Islamists in Bangladesh on blasphemy...

Police said unknown attackers came at night, locked the front door from outside, and then poured petrol around the house before setting it on fire.

A violent mob attacked the offices of Bangladeshi newspapers Prothom Alo and The Daily Star on the night of 18th December. While no journalist...

The lynching took place during a period of heightened tension in Bangladesh following the death of anti-India and jihadi political activist Sharif Osman Hadi.

Hadi's funeral procession will be held on Saturday (20th December) following Zuhr prayers at Manik Mia Avenue.

A day after the offices of Bangladesh's two media organisations, Prothom Alo and The Daily Star, in Dhaka were attacked, vandalised and set on...

The Bangladeshi media reports that the main office of Prothom Alo in Kawran Bazar in Dhaka was attacked by rioting mobs belonging to the Islamist outfit Inqilab Mancha on 18th December. The police tried to calm the protesting mob; however, the rioters refused to stop their violent actions.