Akhteruzzaman Elias would often deconstruct novels as a literary form, emphasising the role of social realism in mastering ...

Born in 1955 in Khulna, in what was then East Pakistan, Mokammel studied at Dhaka University and worked as a Left-wing ...

The commemoration of philosopher and Sufi saint Lalon Fakir in Bangladesh has been cancelled following objections from ...

My Kolkata met Bashar at the boi mela for a conversation, discussing India’s evolution, the status of the Bengali Muslims, his career as an author, and more. Edited excerpts follow. My Kolkata: India ...

Millions are expected to attend the annual Ijtema in Bangladesh -- considered the world's second biggest Muslim gathering ...

There is difficulty in lumping together all the Muslims resident in Bengal as an ethnic category. Many of those in the small Muslim elite were Urdu-speaking Muslims who did not think of themselves ...

Twice in the last few weeks, the police have screened documents of Bengali Muslims living in the Bangali Basti slum of Vasant Kunj in Delhi. | Abhik Deb “Anyone who speaks Bangla is suspected to ...

DHAKA, Feb 5, 2025 (BSS) – The practice of Bangla language is increasing day by day in holding hearings, pronouncing verdicts ...

The National Revolutionary Council (NRC) has called on the interim government to take strict action against what it describes ...

Both its title, Mushkil Asan Bratakatha ba Asan Bibir Panchali, and the striking cover image of a pot-bellied fakir that had ...