Located at the south-western end of Old Dhaka, Shahidnagar sits along the shores of the Buriganga River. The neighbourhood is congested with buildings and narrow alleys, like the rest of the Old Dhaka ...

From a transformed Northeast to the upcoming Great Nicobar port, India is using BIMSTEC to open new trade routes to Southeast ...

"Mr Speaker Sir, what did Bangalee intend to achieve? What rights did Bangalee want to possess? We do not need to discuss and decide on them now [after independence]. [We] tried to press our ...

Two sharp points lie woven between the lines spelt out by the external affairs ministry — that the Awami League of Sheikh Hasina, currently India’s guest, should not be barred from contesting, and ...

Spread over 1,100 sqkm and over three districts in Odisha, Chilika was the first Indian wetland designated as a Ramsar site in 1981 ...

Kolkata: As many as 18.5 crore tourists — both domestic and foreign — visited Bengal last year, its highest ever, placing the state "among the top destinations of India", tourism minister ...

“Who died here, Baba?” a young girl asked softly. “Matiur Rahman," her father replied. “Who was Matiur Rahman, Baba?” she asked again. “He was a Bir Shreshthho," the father answered ...

From making textile bobbins in the 1980s to building homegrown accounting software and now developing AI-driven financial ...

A strong earthquake with its epicentre in Myanmar shook several countries in south-east Asia on Friday. The United States ...

It must be remembered that no one in the world, and definitely not in Pakistan, ever thought, even in the spring of 1971, that East Pakistan would be liberated by December that year. There’s no ...

Marquis Street, known as ‘Mini Bangladesh’ in Kolkata, is experiencing a sharp decline with many businesses shutting down or changing focus due to the drop in tourism amid pandemic ...

Officials of Bangladesh and India yesterday held the 86th meeting of the Joint River Commission in Kolkata where they discussed the pros and cons of renewing the 30-year-old Ganges water-sharing ...