Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a five-part series on the price of freedom, by exploring the work and experience of Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus in Bangladesh. Deseret News Opinion Editor Jay Evensen has known Yunus since 1997, when the world leader ...

Amir Ali, 75, plays a violin in front of his house in Kutuapalong Rohigya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Reuters KUTUPALONG REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh — Chain-smoking singer Gudar Mia, who recently turned 80 in a refugee camp in Bangladesh, lit ...

Cultural organisations in Bangladesh are under attack from Islamic radicals. The interim government formed after the toppling of Sheikh Hasina's regime has failed to rein in mobs that continue to target cultural institutions and minorities.

At least 25 people were injured when a mob pelted bricks and stones at the crowd inside a Faridpur school, around 120 kilometres from Dhaka, ahead of singer James’s scheduled performance.

There is a tragicomedy in watching two neighbouring countries bound by geography drift apart like two sailors jumping ship in different directions, each convinced the other is sinking faster.

A group of ‘outsiders’ created chaos at Bangladeshi rock musician James’ scheduled concert at a local government school in Faridpur city on Friday (December 26) night. The ‘Bheegi Bheegi’ singer was set to perform on the last day of the two-day event at the Faridpur Zila School to mark the institution’s 185th anniversary,

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Radicalisation has increased in Bangladesh after Sheikh Hasina's ouster and the Yunus government has failed to control it. The country has been witnessing a rise in attacks on artists and journalists,

In India, the episode has sparked protests by Hindu nationalist groups. The man who was killed - Dipu Chandra Das, 27 - a member of Bangladesh's Hindu minority, was accused of blasphemy and beaten to death by a mob last week in Mymensingh, in northern Bangladesh.