In the wake of the Home Ministry’s observations about waz mahfils, Islamic scholars say they want harmony among the preachers and for the sermons to be refined, instead of controlled. Scholars have ...

Minority leaders including a Catholic Church official have welcomed a decision by Bangladeshi police to censor popular Islamic gatherings in order to stop radical clerics from delivering inflammatory ...

Devotees gather at a 'waz mahfil' (Islamic gathering) in Chittagong city of Bangladesh on Feb. 10. The government has moved against hate speeches by radical Islamist clerics during such events. (Photo ...

A 4-day seminar on the life and works of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) will be held in a joint initiative with Bangladesh Betar ...

Fearing deterioration of law and order due to “misleading propaganda” on Islamic programmes like Waz-Mahfil before the polls, the Election Commission has said there is no bar on such religious ...

Bangladesh’s Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami on Wednesday alleged that its late leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee died due to lack of medical treatment in jail, while police booked over 5,000 Jamaat ...

Dr Muhammad Yunus, Bangladesh's Chief Adviser, spoke about India's concerns over Islamic extremism in the country. His remarks follow Bangladesh's recognition as The Economist’s Country of the ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh’s government on Sunday dismissed the Islamic State group’s claim that it was behind a bomb attack on thousands of Shiite Muslims in the nation’s capital, and ...