The Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka has been decorated ahead of this year’s Shaheed Day — Language Martyrs’ Day — internationally observed as International Mother Language Day. Final preparations ...

The turmoil in Bangladesh began with the ouster of Sheikh Hasina in August 2024. Among the first to be affected were Bengali ...

After a long gap following “Hyena Express”, released in 2020, the indie rock band Shonar Bangla Circus has returned with a dual studio album featuring 17 tracks earlier this month.

Baul music -- the wandering, mystical sound of Bengal’s soil -- has long belonged to akhras, village courtyards and spiritual gatherings. Now, it is travelling somewhere unexpected: into the laptops ...

Kolkata Police have arrested six Bangladeshi nationals for allegedly staying in India even after the expiry of their visas.

Today marks Pahela Falgun, the first day of spring and the eleventh month of the Bangla calendar, a time that symbolises ...

Kolkata Police have arrested six Bangladeshi nationals for allegedly staying in India even after the expiry of their visas.

Haq, a Pakistani singer-songwriter and guitarist, performed the rendition of ‘Amaye Bhashaili Rey’ on the ‘Pakistan Idol’ stage ...

SonyLiv’s Bengali thriller Jazz City trailer is out, set in politically charged 1971 Calcutta. The series promises a gripping mix of music, mystery and revolution streaming from March 19.

Bengali author Mani Shankar Mukherjee, better known by his pen name ’Shankar’, whose works transformed the mundane realities ...

Bengali author Sankar who transformed mundane urban life into timeless tales dies at 92 ...

The first, Contemporary Bengali Choir, was also produced by Armeen Musa, introducing modern Bengali choral textures to the global production community.