secular
Hefazat’s politics and the government’s policies
As we approach another general election, the utmost thing of worry is that such appeasement will only intensify.
10 January 2023
US lawmaker for ending violence against religious minorities in Bangladesh
American lawmaker and member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific Tulsi Gabbard calls for an end to violence against religious minorities and secular activists in Bangladesh.
22 April 2016
Nepal to adopt new secular constitution
Nepal has formally adopted a new constitution, nearly a decade after the country ended a long-running civil war.
20 September 2015
HC bins petition challenging legality of Islam as state religion
High Court rejects a writ petition that challenged legality of the constitutional provision that recognises Islam as the state religion.
7 September 2015
DB takes over Niloy murder probe
DB takes over charge of blogger Niladri Chattopadhyay Niloy’s murder probe from police, three days after the killing.
10 August 2015
Taslima Nasreen relocated to US amid death threats from Islamic extremists
Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen moved to United States by the Center for Inquiry (CFI), New York-based advocacy group, which says that she received death threats, reports The Huffington Post.
2 June 2015