Durga puja festival

REFLECTIONS / Durga and the Bangali identity crisis

I am compelled to ask what being a Bangali even means today: What shapes our ethnic identity?

Tell Hasina-ji to send hilsa this year too: Mamata tells Tipu Munshi

Bangladesh is likely to export hilsa to India during this year's Durga Puja festival as well.

IGP asks police to monitor social media during Durga Puja

The Inspector General of Police yesterday directed law enforcers to monitor social networking sites so that none can spread rumours to disturb the communal harmony centering the upcoming Durga Puja, using Facebook and other social networking sites.

2 shot during Durga Puja celebrations

Two people, including a woman, sustained bullet injuries after a gang of local criminals opened fire in Chittagong city's Nandankanun during Durga Puja celebrations early yesterday.

Bijoya Dashami celebrated

The five-day-long Durga Puja, the greatest of the Hindu festivals, ends with the solemn immersion of Goddess Durga idols in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country.

Durga Puja begins

Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, begins today with enthusiasm and much religious fervour across the country.

Editorial / Attack on Satkhira temple

We are unnerved by the news from Satkhira where six idols of a Hindu temple have been desecrated by miscreants only hours before the start of the Durga Puja.

Ma Durga: Pliant soil to goddess with reverent touch of artisan (video)

Artisans are busy in Chittagong city making idols for the Durga puja festival around the clock.

October 13, 2024
October 13, 2024

Durga and the Bangali identity crisis

I am compelled to ask what being a Bangali even means today: What shapes our ethnic identity?

April 22, 2022
April 22, 2022

Tell Hasina-ji to send hilsa this year too: Mamata tells Tipu Munshi

Bangladesh is likely to export hilsa to India during this year's Durga Puja festival as well.

September 27, 2018
September 27, 2018

IGP asks police to monitor social media during Durga Puja

The Inspector General of Police yesterday directed law enforcers to monitor social networking sites so that none can spread rumours to disturb the communal harmony centering the upcoming Durga Puja, using Facebook and other social networking sites.

October 1, 2017
October 1, 2017

2 shot during Durga Puja celebrations

Two people, including a woman, sustained bullet injuries after a gang of local criminals opened fire in Chittagong city's Nandankanun during Durga Puja celebrations early yesterday.

September 30, 2017
September 30, 2017

Bijoya Dashami celebrated

The five-day-long Durga Puja, the greatest of the Hindu festivals, ends with the solemn immersion of Goddess Durga idols in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country.

September 26, 2017
September 26, 2017

Durga Puja begins

Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, begins today with enthusiasm and much religious fervour across the country.

October 19, 2015
October 19, 2015

Attack on Satkhira temple

We are unnerved by the news from Satkhira where six idols of a Hindu temple have been desecrated by miscreants only hours before the start of the Durga Puja.

September 30, 2015
September 30, 2015

Ma Durga: Pliant soil to goddess with reverent touch of artisan (video)

Artisans are busy in Chittagong city making idols for the Durga puja festival around the clock.