Eminent Bengali author Mani Sankar Mukhopadhay, popularly known as ‘Sankar’, died at a hospital here on Friday (February 20, 2026) afternoon, family members said. Mukhopadhay, 93, was unwell for some ...

West Bengal’s Swanirvar Bangla initiative’s Banglar Yubasathi scheme offers ₹1,500 per month to eligible unemployed youth, providing financial stability while they search for jobs. Representative ...

Abstract: Bayesian inference provides a methodology for parameter estimation and uncertainty quantification in machine learning and deep learning methods. Variational inference and Markov Chain ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Three Asian countries -- Singapore, South Korea, Japan -- dominate the passport rankings The Bangladeshi passport has dropped a few places in the latest passport rankings recently announced. The ...

A prominent Bangladeshi business leader from Queens is turning his back on Zohran Mamdani after repeatedly backing the socialist lawmaker — and urging his community to now block the ...

When 29-year-old Mainak Dutta set up his small table of attars near Kolkata's Tollygunge Metro station, he expected the usual bargaining over prices. Instead, he was branded a 'Bangladeshi' by a ...