Bangladesh’s long-awaited election is being shaped by new political forces and intensified information warfare.

Bangladesh is preparing for a historic general election on February 12, and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), a hardline Islamist party, is back in the spotlight. Once banned and politically weak, the party is ...

Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC on Thursday held a meeting of its board of directors at Islami Bank Tower in the capital, said a press release. Islami Bank chairman M Zubaidur Rahman presided over the ...

By Michael Georgy Feb 6 (Reuters) - Islamic State on Friday claimed responsibility for an attack by a suicide bomber on a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Islamabad that killed at least 31 people. It was the ...

Jamaat-e-Islami pledged reforms in education, gradually introducing free education aligned with global standards. The manifesto promises modern, universal healthcare and a universal social security ...

A Jamaat-e-Islami leader died after being injured in a clash during an election manifesto-reading programme in Jhenaigati upazila of Sherpur district, Bangladesh, Prothom Alo reported. The violence ...

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'Dui noukay pa diye chola,' is a well-known Bengali idiomatic expression. In English it is said 'sitting on the fence.' That seems to come true for Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami right now. In a historic ...

Ex-prime minister Nouri al-Maliki is often seen as responsible for sectarian tensions and military mismanagement that made the "Islamic State" possible in Iraq. He's just been nominated as Iraq's next ...

Bangladesh's Jamaat-e-Islami leader Shafiqur Rahman addresses his supporters during a rally (AFP) The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami is betting big on the upcoming election in Bangladesh on February 12, ...

Iran’s 86-year-old supreme leader, who believes that he represents God’s will on Earth, ordered what now appears to be one of the deadliest two-day mass slaughters in modern history. According to ...

Anti-Muslim rhetoric has emerged as a potent ingredient in the looming Texas Republican primary while candidates compete to raise fears about the spread of Sharia law in the state and portray ...