LOS ANGELES, CA – The thunderous and rhythmic beating of the drum echoed out of the small Los Angeles Hindu Temple as the priest, clad in yellow and hints of orange, sat in front of the intricately ...

Winner of the Big Screen Competition at Rotterdam, Rezwan Shahriar Sumit's second feature follows an idealistic history teacher whose career swerve into local politics leaves him a changed man. To ...

The police detained a total of 103 Bangladeshi nationals from eight districts in the West Zone in 2025, registering a steep rise from 35 detentions in 2024. According to the police, majority of the ...

The Pune police have suspended a woman constable posted at the Faraskhana Police Station for allegedly concealing information related to a Bangladeshi national staying illegally in Budhwar Peth area, ...

Dhaka, Bangladesh — Sukumar Pramanik, a Hindu teacher in Rajshahi city – about 250km (155 miles) from Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka – says the country’s upcoming national election could be his final ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The Khulna-1 seat has a history of electing Hindu community candidates. In what is being seen as the strongest minority outreach by Bangladesh's radical Islamists, Jamaat-E-Islami leader Shafiqur ...

A labour recruiter persuaded Maksudur Rahman to leave the tropical warmth of his hometown in Bangladesh and travel thousands of miles to frigid Russia for a job as a janitor. Within weeks, he found ...

LAKSHMIPUR: A labor recruiter persuaded Maksudur Rahman to leave the tropical warmth of his hometown in Bangladesh and travel thousands of miles to frigid Russia for a job as a janitor. Within weeks, ...

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has rejected the accreditation applications of all Bangladeshi journalists who sought to cover the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, to be jointly hosted by India ...

A sixteen-day photography festival has commenced in Dhaka under the title “Chobi Mela.” The inauguration ceremony of the festival was held on January 16 at 4pm at the National Art Gallery Auditorium.