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For most of his adult life, Rafiul Alam did not believe that voting was worth the walk to the polling station. He is 27, grew up in a middle-class neighbourhood of Dhaka, and became eligible to vote ...

On February 12, Bangladesh is scheduled to hold its first general elections since the country’s August 2024 Monsoon revolution. But ahead of the elections, attacks on women, girls, and religious ...

Akshay Kumar's 'Bhooth Bangla' has a new release date: May 15, 2026. This horror-comedy, reuniting Kumar with director Priyadarshan after 14 years, promises a return to slapstick scares. The film, ...

Dhaka’s already strained relationship with New Delhi has come under fresh pressure after a Bangladeshi opposition leader threatened to shelter separatists targeting India’s sensitive northeast region ...

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 ...

The guitars screamed, the drums hammered and the crowd sang along—not in English, but in Bangla. That night in September, we pushed through the throng at Dr. Jeckyll’s Beer Lab in Pantego, Texas, ...

About 100 Bangladeshi workers who were employed by Malaysian companies rallied on Monday to demand unpaid wages, fair compensation and an end to alleged abuse by Malaysian employers. The Migrant ...

Kishanganj/Katihar, India – More than a decade ago, when Mukhtar Alam* studied at a government school in Kishanganj, the only Muslim-majority district in eastern India’s Bihar state, he had Hindu ...

At every Apple launch, there’s usually a familiar rhythm. Tim Cook opens, senior executives follow, and the spotlight stays firmly on the top brass. But this year, when Apple pulled the covers off its ...