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Paschimbanga Divas revives debate over Bengal's birth, identity and historical memoryWest Bengal's June 20, marking its partition-era birth, has become a potent political symbol. The BJP government's official observance of P...
Who is Meher Afroz Shaon, the Bangladeshi National Film Award winner detained for conspiring against the state?Bangladeshi actress Meher Afroz Shaon has been detained by police for questioning on charges of conspiring against the state. Shaon has bee...
Bangladesh floods: 59 Killed, thousands homeless in 11 districtsFloodwaters in 11 districts have receded, but the aftermath has left many homeless and struggling. The disaster claimed 59 lives and affect...
Floods maroon many people in Bangladesh, India and cause at least 15 deathsFloods have stranded hundreds of thousands in India's northeast and eastern Bangladesh, with at least 15 deaths reported. Heavy rains in Tr...
Bangladesh Crisis: Majority community students take turns to guard minorities, their placesMuslim students in Bangladesh have worked to protect Hindu temples during recent violence. In Noakhali, students and local religious groups...
Bangladesh Army-administration remain silent even as Hindus are persecutedFollowing Sheikh Hasina’s departure from power, Hindus in Bangladesh have faced rampant violence. Their homes, temples, and businesses have...
Six Bangladesh nationals arrested by the security forces in TripuraThe Bangladeshi nationals are residents of Bangladesh's Chapainawabganj and Rajshahi Districts, told the security personnel that they came ...
Bangladesh: 10 people dead, over 150,000 houses damaged due to cyclone RemalAs many as 10 people were killed as cyclonic storm Remal made landfall in Bangladesh's coastal area on Sunday night, according to State Min...
Pro-Pakistan Jamaat-e-Islami men arrested for Bangladesh violencePolice have also arrested a leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in connection with an attack on a puja venue in Noakhali. A law enfo...
Bangladesh arrests hundreds for violence against HindusAuthorities have filed 71 cases in connection with the violence during the Hindu festival of Durga Puja, a Bangladesh police spokesman said...
Arsonists vandalise 66 houses, torch 20 homes of Hindus in Bangladesh amidst protests over Durga Puja violenceOn Wednesday, communal violence broke out in several places in Bangladesh after news broke on social media about the alleged desecration of...
ISKCON temple vandalised, 1 killed in fresh violence in Bangladesh's Noakhali"It is with great grief that we share the news of an ISKCON member, Partha Das, who was brutally killed yesterday by a mob of over 200 peop...
Pakistan-backed Jamaat behind attacks on Durga Puja pandals in Bangladesh: SourcesBangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday promised strong action against those involved in provoking communal disturbances by put...
Suvendu Adhikari writes to PM, expresses concern about idol vandalism in BangladeshIt is learnt that Hindu temples in Bangladesh have been vandalised by some unknown miscreants during Durga Puja celebrations. The Banglades...
Train crash kills 16 people in central BangladeshA railway spokesman said the the pre-dawn accident appeared to have occurred when Chittagong-bound Udayan Express was changing tracks at Mo...
Kolkata house that hosted Gandhi in 1947 to open as full-fledged museum on October 2On October 2, 1985, the state government's Public Works Department carried out some maintenance works there in consultation with the Samiti...
Indian Navy rescues 27 Bangladeshi nationals after Cyclone MoraAt least six persons were killed as Cyclone Mora made landfall in Bangladesh yesterday, damaging several houses, with over half a million p...
- Death toll in Bangladesh tornado climbs to 23
The death toll from a tornado that swept through some 25 villages in eastern Bangladesh, rose to 23 with rescuers finding three more bodies...
- Khaleda Zia condemns attacks on Hindus; demands probe
Opposition leader blames the government for the planned attack aimed to divert people's democratic movement and destroy the country's commu...
- Four suspected ISI agents arrested from Agartala
Four suspected ISI agents were today arrested from the Agartala Airport for not carrying valid documents, officials said today.