DHAKA, Bangladesh — An unidentified young man stabbed a prominent teacher, writer and promoter of secular values at a university in a northeastern city in Bangladesh on Saturday, police said. Bangladesh, a South Asian Muslim-majority nation of 160 million, is ruled by mostly secular laws based on British common law. Saturday’s attack came after months of calm, though it was not clear if the assault was related to any radical groups. Authorities blamed some domestic groups despite claims by the Islamic State group that they carried out some attacks. But the government rejected the claims by the Islamic State and said the group had no existence in the country.

Source: National Post March 03, 2018 19:35 UTC