For long, a whispered dream has been held dear: grander recognition for Avro Keyboard – free and open-source graphical keyboard software developed by OmicronLab – and the brains behind it. Mehdi Hasan ...

Among the recipients are late novelist Shahidul Zahir (Md Shahidul Haque) and poet Helal Hafeez, who will be honoured posthumously for their contributions to Language and Literature. Renowned ...

A man was severely beaten by a mob after chanting ‘Joy Bangla’ during the demolition of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s ...

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s flirtations with religiosity continued to afflict Bangladesh’s body politic much after his death.

When asked what it takes to “truly” belong in a country, many people globally say speaking the local language is key.

Ever since the collapse of the Mughal Empire in India, the modern era began in this part of the world with the gradual introduction of English colonial rule since 1757. With the exit of these colonial ...

The trailer of Mukhoshe Manushe Khela - Dark Mind Games was launched at a grand event in Kolkata last Saturday.

Bangladeshi police dismissed online rumours in December that a massive fire burned a neighbourhood near the site of the ...

A look at the East End Bangladeshi community round Brick Lane and Whitechapel, with photographer Wayne Tippetts at Café Royal ...

For years, only the Shakespeares and Dickenses of the world have been the mainstays in our English classrooms, with no room for the Rokeyas — voices that resonate with our culture and identity. It’s t ...