Habiul Biswas and his wife Sajda Biswas quietly step down from a vehicle and walk towards a row of closed shops near Hakimpur border checkpost in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district. The check ...

Bangladesh's Oscar contender, 'A House Named Shahana,' and a short fiction film, 'Laila,' were showcased in Kolkata, marking a significant cultural exchange. Director Leesa Gazi's film explores a ...

Chief Adviser of Bangladesh’s interim government and head of the National Consensus Commission, Muhammad Yunus, holds up a copy of the July National Charter, after it was signed by leaders of ...

Labour MP Tulip Siddiq has been sentenced by a court in Bangladesh to two years in prison for corruption involving a government land project. Her aunt, ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, was ...

The year 2025 has witnessed a remarkable resurgence in Bangladeshi cinema, with several films capturing critical attention for their artistic merit and bold storytelling. From psychological dramas to ...

Bangladeshi filmmaker Kazi Mahadi Muntasir has been selected as a mentor for the 43rd Fajr International Film Festival's Talent Campus, held in Shiraz, Iran. The festival began on Wednesday and will ...

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For almost two decades, Anoyara Bibi lived in a shanty with her family of five and worked as a ragpicker at Mahishbathan in Salt Lake near Kolkata. PREMIUM Bangladeshi nationals await their turn at ...

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The Sundarbans mangrove forest, one of the largest such forests in the world (140,000 ha), lies on the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers on the Bay of Bengal. It is adjacent to the ...