
Bengali actress Disha Ganguly, known for her role in the popular sitcom Tumi Ashbey Bole, committed suicide on April 9. Her boyfriend found her body hanging in her house. Officials believe she committed suicide due to social pressures regarding her lesbian relationship with another actress. Her death showcases the harsh treatment of LGBT people in Asia.
by Mary Chastain22 Apr 2015, 11:52 AM PST0

Bangledeshi authorities executed Jamaat-e-Islami party official Muhammad Kamaruzzaman for crimes against humanity during the country’s war of independence forty years ago. He was hanged two years after he was sentenced to death.
by Mary Chastain12 Apr 2015, 4:54 PM PST0

Death tolls in Yemen continue to rise with a California man believed to be the first American killed in the current escalating violence between Iran-backed Shia Houthi militias and Sunni tribes supportive of Yemeni President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi, who
by Michelle Moons7 Apr 2015, 5:42 AM PST0

Blogger Washiqur Rahman, 27, was hacked to death in Bangladesh, the second similar attack on independent writers in the nation. An American atheist blogger was also hacked to death in Dhaka, the capital of the country.
by Mary Chastain30 Mar 2015, 10:08 AM PST0

Over 4,000 people broke into a high-security prison in India and dragged an alleged rapist into the street. They proceeded to beat to death the 35-year-old suspect.
by Mary Chastain7 Mar 2015, 6:02 PM PST0

A Bangladeshi-American writer who endured threats from Islamists over his secular views was hacked to death in Dhaka late Thursday,reports say. Avijit Roy, 42, was a naturalized American living in Georgia. He was a frequent critic of radical Islamic doctrine.
by The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT)1 Mar 2015, 7:13 AM PST0

Citizens organized a march in Dhaka, Bangladesh, to protest the murder of American atheist blogger Avijit Roy. He was hacked to death with machetes after he received numerous threats from radical Islamists.
by Mary Chastain27 Feb 2015, 11:39 AM PST0

The Islamists hacked her to death in broad daylight in Bangladesh and held the horrified onlookers at bay with firearms.
by Dr. Phyllis Chesler12 Jan 2015, 9:33 PM PST0

Without adequate response, children clean an oil spill in Bangladesh with kitchen utensils.
by Mary Chastain24 Dec 2014, 7:52 AM PST0