Bangladesh

Ahmadiyya Convention concludes in Bangladesh

Source/Credit: Examiner.com By Shahina Bashir On the evening of February 6, a mob of religious bigots attacked the Boy Scouts Training Camp in Gazipur, outside Dhaka,Bangladesh and set fire to six tents. The site was being prepared for the hosting of the 89th Jalsa, or the annual convention, of theAhmadiyya Muslim […]

The most bucks for the biggest bang

Source: The Economist.   Buddy, can you spare a dime? A very, very large one? THERE is no lack of world-beating records in Bangladesh. It starts as the world’s most densely populated country (not counting city-states and the like). Its capital, Dhaka, merely an undistinguished district headquarters at time of […]

Ahmadiyya convention begins

Source: bdnews24.com 1 / 1 Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, Bangladesh began its three-day annual convention on Friday in Dhaka with a call to spread the messages of the holy Quran and Prophet Hazrat Muhammad. This year’s convention marked its centenary celebrations that kicked off on Thursday amid attacks by their Muslim […]

Thousands join Shahbagh sit-in

Source: The Daily Star By Sushmita S Preetha Forty-two years after the Liberation War, sentiments of liberation were rekindled as thousands yesterday refused to leave the street and go home until their demand for capital punishment for war criminals were met. The spontaneous agitation began on Tuesday afternoon shortly after a […]

Mollah gets life term for war crimes

Source: The Daily Star. International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Tuesday sentenced Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah to life term imprisonment for his crimes against humanity during the country’s Liberation War in 1971. Tribunal Chairman Justice Obaidul Hassan came up with the judgement after the summary of the 132-page verdict was read […]