The Bengali and Assamese communities in Mumbai celebrated Poila Baisakh and Bohag Bihu, their New Year's day on Tuesday. For Bengalis, Poila Baisakh is Nobo Borsho, the first day of Baisakh, the first ...

Sanjida Khatun, a pioneer of the Bengali cultural movement and a founding member and president of Chhayanaut, has died at the age of 91. She passed away at 3:10pm on Tuesday while receiving treatment ...

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) announced a fiber-based intranet TV service, dubbed the IFTV in India. This service utilizes BSNL's FTTH network to offer access to over 500 live TV channels to ...

Priyanka Chopra Jonas’ husband Nick Jonas finally landed in India to be part of brother-in-law Siddharth Chopra’s wedding. A while ago, the celebrity couple made heads turn as they arrived at the ...

The broadcast of Gaan Bangla, a private music-focused television channel in Bangladesh, has been suspended. The channel went off-air abruptly at around 12pm on Wednesday. It has been reported that the ...

An arts and cultural festival celebrating Bengali artists is taking place in Birmingham. A series of events are being held between 16-23 November for Bangla Week 2024. The festival, organised by ...

Manoj Mitra, veteran Bengali actor and dramatist, is no more. He breathed his last on Tuesday morning at a hospital in Kolkata's Salt Lake due to age-related issues. It is being reported that he was ...

Kaushik Hossain Taposh, chairman of the private TV channel Gaan Bangla, has been arrested in Uttara in an attempted murder case filed with Uttara East police station. Following his arrest, the ...

A game of football, English lessons under the tree, brush with musical instruments, getting introduced to modern gadgets like drones — for a bunch of 50 smiling children of Sarberia village, a day of ...

Over 5,000 artistes from across the state will be participating at the Bangla Sangeet Mela, which began in Kolkata on Sunday. The eight-day festival, which aims to showcase the rich repository of ...

Amar Mitra wrote the story back in 1977, when he was only 26; today, it has fetched him the 1919-founded O. Henry Award, whose past winners include William Faulkner, Saul Bellow and Raymond Carver.

The 7th MipDrama ended on Sunday with German series “House of Promises” named as the winner of the Buyers’ Coup de Coeur Award. While the showcase received mixed reactions from the participants, ...