On the reading list this week is a pioneering work on the lost textile traditions of Bengal from the 16th to the 20th century ...
The screening of Ritwik Ghatak’s films were cancelled in Kolkata school due to political objections. The screenings were ...
The timing for holding the local government elections – whether it should be before or after the national polls – is appearing to be a serious bone of contention between political parties, with the ...
Boundary disputes, border sealing, deportation of immigrants, trade and-tariff wars are paradoxes in our age of ...
When we think of refugee camps we probably imagine rows of tents, rapidly erected responses to crises. We might envision those seemingly ubiquitous UN tarpaulins in blue and white. But the problem ...
Debsarkar emphasized the book’s relevance, stating, “This book is an important piece of nonfiction. I find it especially relevant today, as we reflect on Bangladesh’s journey post-5th August. It also ...
British MP Rupert Lowe raised an issue with English-Bengali signage at London's Whitechapel railway station. But it isn't ...
Jatiya Nagorik Committee has formed a "Central Diaspora Committee" with representation covering 29 countries across four continents. Jatiya Nagorik Committee Joint Convenor Dr Tasnim Jara and Diaspora ...
Bangladesh’s interim government, headed by Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus, says his makeshift administration will ...
Children of the Bombs, the BBC documentary directed by Ronny Sen, reviewed newspaper reports to claim that 565 children have ...
Mamata Banerjee’s TMC has proposed renaming West Bengal to ’Bangla’. MP Ritabrata Banerjee highlighted this in the Rajya ...
New Age, a Dhaka-based leading English language daily newspaper, is a major source of news of Bangladesh and international ...