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First transgender school in Bangladesh begins academic year

New Age Online | Updated at 10:27am on January 10, 2021

Excitements is running high among students as the first-ever transgender Islamic school in Bangladesh has been inaugurated and handed out books to its students at...
Muslims concerned over halal status of coronavirus vaccine

United News of Bangladesh / AP . Jakarta, Indonesia | Updated at 12:35pm on December 20, 2020

In October, Indonesian diplomats and Muslim clerics stepped off a plane in China. While the diplomats were there to finalise deals to ensure millions of...
Zafrullah urges ulema to protest at price hike, anarchy

Staff Correspondent | Updated at 05:20pm on December 04, 2020

Noted freedom fighter Zafrullah Chowdhury urged the ulema community on Friday to wage a movement for the restoration of democracy and against price hike and...
Sharia police in Nigeria ban Black Friday promotion

Agence France-Presse . Kano | Updated at 06:29pm on November 27, 2020

The Islamic police in northern Nigeria’s biggest city Kano have warned against using the Black Friday sales term, saying it hurts the sensibilities of Muslims....
Reinterpreting Bhashani’s politics

Zunayed Ahmed Ehsan | Updated at 12:00am on November 18, 2020

The core philosophy of Maulana Bhashani that shaped his idea of politics as well as its contemporary relevance is often misread and misunderstood, especially when...
Pakistan capital sealed off over anti-France protest

Agence France-Presse . Islamabad | Updated at 05:38pm on November 16, 2020

Pakistan authorities sealed off a major road into the capital Islamabad for the second day Monday as a far-right religious party held fresh anti-France protests....
Babunagari new Hefazat amir, Qasemi secy gen

Staff Correspondent . Chattogram | Updated at 05:01pm on November 15, 2020

Junaid Babunagari and Noor Hossain Qasemi were elected amir and secretary general respectively of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh in the organisation’s council at Al Jamiatul Ahlia Darul...
US ‘Muslim ban’ set to end ‘on day one’ of Biden presidency

United News of Bangladesh. Dhaka | Updated at 08:53pm on November 11, 2020

Repealing Donald Trump’s travel ban on some Muslim majority nations will be one of the four executive orders that president-elect Joe Biden plans to issue...
Three hurt while burning French president’s effigy in Chuadanga

United News of Bangladesh . Chuadanga | Updated at 12:07pm on November 07, 2020

Three people including two children sustained burn injuries while they were burning the effigy of French president Emmanuel Macron protesting his comments on Islam, at...
Shias stage demo in Dhaka protesting at Macron’s remarks on Islam

Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:28pm on November 06, 2020

Several hundred demonstrators belonging to the Shia Muslim community on Friday staged protest processions and a rally in Dhaka condemning French president Emmanuel Macron’s remarks...