Bangladeshi composer Armeen Musa has announced the global release of Bangali Folk Vocals (Baul), a new vocal sample collection now available on the music production platform Splice. Produced in ...

The youth-led uprising in 2024 in Bangladesh succeeded as a moment of collective emotional mobilization through the ideals of 1971 and in Bengali cultural pluralism. Mobilization did not evolve ...

Amidst its ongoing stand-off with the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the Trinamool Congress (TMC) launched its campaign song, with a focus on Bengali identity and language, for the forthcoming Assembly ...

In Bengali homes, fish curry is not just a dish, but an emotion, which is lived every day. It's the aroma of mustard oil, and marinate that accentuate the flavours and make you crave more. Here's the ...

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, ...

Kolkata: A man was arrested for allegedly harassing Lagnajita Chakraborty, a popular Bengali singer, for not singing a “secular” song at a concert in West Bengal’s East Midnapore district on Saturday, ...

Just when the Internet was getting over Jahangir's Hawa Hawa - the breezy 1980s Pakistani pop hit used to introduce Sanjay Dutt's character SP Aslam in Dhurandhar - yet another musical connection has ...

Our staff's favorite songs from the past year of hits and deeper cuts. On the charts, 2025 was a year that often felt like flipping TV channels to find a new episode to watch and coming across nothing ...

This was one wild year for music — as the late, great Ozzy would say, it was a crazy train. In 2025, you never knew where your next favorite song was coming from. Some of the year’s best songs were ...

The arrest of 'baul' artist Abul Sarkar has sparked protests In a brazen display of radical Islam taking control under the Muhammad Yunus regime, 'baul' singers continue to come under attack in ...

John Prine wrote his first two songs, “Sour Grapes” and “The Frying Pan,” when he was 14. Even at that young age, Prine could channel humor and heartbreak just like his heroes Hank Williams and Roger ...

Bangladesh emerged as a secular nation-state in 1971, one of the few Muslim-majority countries to do so. However, the country is currently undergoing a profound ideological transformation.