My experience of seeing pieces of Dhaka muslin in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London was a conflicted one. A part of me ...

Sadly, not a single company from India is in the same league. That’s because India’s crafts, from Kerala’s wood carvings to ...

Tasnuva Islam’s initiative at Le Méridien Dhaka provides weavers a rent-free platform to sell textiles, merging CSR with ...

A Shared Legacy exhibition, moments from Bengal’s past unfold, revealing new insights into the interwoven history of textiles ...

Likely to have been made in Tanda (near Faizabad, in modern-day Uttar Pradesh) or Dhaka (Bengal) in 1848, the gossamer weave softens the hard contours of the royal insignia. The other is a muslin ...

Chikankari, a handiwork from Awadh, was also practised in Bengal on muslin and motifs typical of Benaras were woven in Mirpur, near Dhaka. Fabrics, swatches, Indo-Portugese embroideries, haji rumals, ...

Dhaka has called for the inclusion of the Rohingya repatriation issue in the OIC's Ten-Year Plan of Action (2026-2035). During a meeting with OIC Secretary General's Special Envoy on Myanmar ...

His mission to enlist Rohingya fighters lines up with Dhaka’s ongoing aim to use these refugees as a counterweight in Myanmar’s conflict-ridden Rakhine region. His presence at public gatherings has ...

From the seals of the Indus Valley, to the Gandhara school of art, to the shore temples of Mahabalipuram, to the Sanchi Stupa, to the Dhaka Muslin, to the Mughal Miniatures, to the mountain forts ...

If we agree that the Indian subcontinent has the world’s richest textile history, and within that story the region that is now West Bengal and Bangladesh has played the most significant part in ...

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) will file video cases against vehicles exceeding the speed limit on the Dhaka Elevated Expressway from 21 February, authorities said today (8 February). Speaking at a ...