Actors Pahari Sanyal and Sadhana lived here. “Composer S.D. Barman used to ... Jibanananda Das, one of the greatest Bengali ...

Durga Pujo is notable not just for its festive activities but also for its pujabarshiki or annual literary publications. These special editions blend literature and festivity, providing publishers ...

Entering the sparkling galaxy of Hindi film music with the haunting "Aayega Aanewala" ("Mahal", 1949) for ethereal Madhubala, ...

Lalon is an exemplary anti-casteist, anti-patriarchal, anti-colonial figure in undivided Bengal in the19th century.

Hilsa, also known as IIish, is a classic freshwater fish, usually prepared in most Bengali households. This enticing biryani is made by cooking the fish with a mix of spices, herbs and curd ...

Some Bangladeshi Hindus and Hindu temples were targeted in attacks in the chaos that followed, because some were perceived to have supported Ms. Hasina's now toppled government. The attacks were ...

The Shere Bangla National Cricket Stadium, named after AK Fazlul Haque, one of the country's most renowned leaders and freedom fighters in the 1940s, is situated about 10 kilometres outside the ...

Dhaka (AFP) – In Muslim-majority Bangladesh, vast crowds celebrate the biggest Hindu festival of the year under tight security, after a spate of attacks against the minority following the ouster ...

The Bangladeshi government has protested against the killing of a man by the Border Security Force, or BSF, at the Comilla border. A letter of protest was sent to the Indian High Commission in ...

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