Us Agency For International Development

We are concerned about potential Islamic State spurt in Bangladesh: US

The slaying in Bangladesh of a US Agency for International Development employee has intensified US concern that the strategically located South Asian country with traditions of religious tolerance is under threat from Islamic extremists.

Bangladesh invokes colonial era law, jails two teachers for 'insulting Islam'

A court has jailed two teachers in southern Bangladesh for making derogatory comments about Islam and the Prophet Muhammad.