Bangladesh: A large group of demonstrators vandalised and set fire to the historic residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founder of Bangladesh, on Wednesday. The incident coincided with a live ...

Shashi (essayed by Abir Chatterjee; Abir’s first film post-COVID) is a very different kind of character in terms of Bengali literature also. He is suffering from indecision. He has the potential ...

V Ramaswamy spoke about being a Tamilian who translates Bangla literature into English and why the work of Subimal Misra particularly resonated with him. Assamese translator Navamalati Neog ...

When a popular uprising against her authoritarianism drove Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from Bangladesh in August, its populace went delirious with joy – buoyed by hope for the swift dawn of a true ...

The former couple faces a lawsuit from a woman who worked for the couple in New Zealand. The items that vanished from the National Library of Scotland in the 1960s included poems and songs. The ...

“This year I will be keeping an eye on translations of foreign literature into Bengali. Many people have been doing good work in this area of late. This year also marks the centenary of the ...

The pioneer of Renaissance in Bangla Literature, Michael Madhusudan Dutt, saw both Ravana and Meghnadh through a multifaceted, humanised lens. Born on January 25, 1824, in Sagardari, Jessore, Michael ...

Somalia said it’s completed technical discussions with Egypt regarding Cairo’s participation in an African Union-led peacekeeping force in the Horn of Africa country. Somalia “looks forward ...

Parambrata broke his silence on the remarks made by Anurag when he joined Srijit Mukherji at a SCREEN LIVE session held in Kolkata. During the discussion, Parambrata responded to Anurag’s ...

ABU DHABI, 18th February, 2015 (WAM) -- The annual Sheikh Zayed Book Award has announced nine shortlisted candidates in the Literature, Children’s Literature, and Young Author categories for its 2015 ...

Sheikh Ahmed Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Second Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Media Council, on Monday opened the 2025 Arab Health Exhibition and Congress, the largest and ...

Dhaka, Bangladesh — On the afternoon of July 16, 2024, as Abu Sayeed, a student leader at the forefront of protests against then-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s leadership, was shot dead by ...