Taslima Nasrin, a physician and activist, went into exile in 1994 after extremist groups made threats against her. The head ...

The Amar Ekushey Book Fair incident reflects a larger issue within Bangladeshi society as Islamist groups gain influence, ...

Six months after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ouster, Bangladesh faces fresh violence and political unrest amid reports of extremism. How is the interim government going to handle the crisis?

A series of unsettling incidents over recent years has cast a long shadow over the fair’s foundational principles.

"Such violence betrays the open-minded spirit of this great Bangladeshi cultural fixture, which commemorates the language martyrs who lost their lives on February 21, 1952 in defence of their mother ...