DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Schoolteacher Supriya Sarker is glad to celebrate Bangladesh’s largest Hindu festival of Durga Puja but feels the festivities would be more jubilant without the fear ...

India on Saturday (October 12, 2024) termed the latest incidents that unfolded in a Durga Puja pandal in Dhaka and temples in Bangladesh as “deplorable” and urged the interim government in Dha ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Schoolteacher Supriya Sarker is glad to celebrate Bangladesh’s largest Hindu festival of Durga Puja but feels the festivities would be more jubilant without the fear ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Schoolteacher Supriya Sarker is glad to celebrate Bangladesh’s largest Hindu festival of Durga Puja but says the festivities would be more jubilant without the fear and ...

Mr. Islam visited the Banani Puja Mandap in Dhaka on Friday (October 11) after which he told reporters that Durga Puja was being celebrated at over 32,000 mandaps nationwide. The IGP's visit was ...

Some miscreants threw a petrol bomb at a Durga Puja pandal in Bangladesh’s capital city Dhaka on Friday (October 11) which led to a stampede situation. The incident took place in the Tati Bazar ...

If you happen to find yourself at Dhaka University during the Durga Puja vacation, you won't witness the quiet solitude that comes along with most universities in vacations. Rather, you will find ...

Sharadiya Durga Puja, the largest Hindu festival in Bangladesh ... “The first attacks on Durga idols took place in Chattogram and Dhaka in 1972. Since then, hundreds of such attacks have ...

Dhaka: Hindus in Bangladesh will celebrate Durga Puja in a subdued manner to register their protest against attacks on the community following widespread student-led protests that culminated in ...

Thirty-five years on, the Saha family Durga puja meticulously follows the century-old rituals from their home in Dhaka. The family has a tradition of placing the weapons on the ‘protima’ themselves on ...